Pavel Roskin wrote: > Hello! > > My iwl3945 device cannot associate to Linksys BEFW11S4. The AP reports > code 18 (unsupported rates). > > I tried the current master branch from iwlwifi repository with the > current wireless-2.6/everything kernel patched by mac80211 10.0.0, and > it still exhibits the problem. > > It turns out the driver sends CCK rates as extended and OFDM rates as > "non-extended": > > Tagged parameters (23 bytes) > SSID parameter set: "WTEST" > Tag Number: 0 (SSID parameter set) > Tag length: 5 > Tag interpretation: WTEST > Supported Rates: 6.0 9.0 12.0 18.0 24.0 36.0 48.0 54.0 > Tag Number: 1 (Supported Rates) > Tag length: 8 > Tag interpretation: Supported rates: 6.0 9.0 12.0 18.0 24.0 36.0 48.0 54.0 [Mbit/sec] > Extended Supported Rates: 1.0 2.0 5.5 11.0 > Tag Number: 50 (Extended Supported Rates) > Tag length: 4 > Tag interpretation: Supported rates: 1.0 2.0 5.5 11.0 [Mbit/sec] > > The association request captured by WireShark is attached. > > I tried swapping WLAN_EID_SUPP_RATES and WLAN_EID_EXT_SUPP_RATES in the > sources, but it didn't work. Maybe mac80211 rewrites the request, I > don't know. > > Also, iwl3945 refuses to scan more than several times, and the only > workaround is to reload the module. Maybe the association failure > triggers that. If it's not a known problem, I can look closer. Using the latest git pull from Linus, I am able to associate with my BEFW11S4 AP using the b43 driver. The problem is probably not in mac80211. Larry - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
