On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 02:12:06 +0300, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> hmm... what does lsusb -v -d 057c:6201 reports to you ?
compaq:/home/ts # lsusb -vvd 057c:
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 057c:6201 AVM GmbH WLAN USB v1.1
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bDeviceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass
bDeviceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x057c AVM GmbH
idProduct 0x6201 WLAN USB v1.1
bcdDevice 1.00
iManufacturer 3
iProduct 2
iSerial 1 TI964E1FA4C100TNETW
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 32
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x80
(Bus Powered)
MaxPower 500mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass
bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
bLength 10
bDescriptorType 6
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 224 Wireless
bDeviceSubClass 1 Radio Frequency
bDeviceProtocol 1 Bluetooth
bMaxPacketSize0 64
bNumConfigurations 0
Device Status: 0x0000
(Bus Powered)
compaq:/home/ts #
>> The device was reported in iwconfig as:
>>
>> wlan0 IEEE 802.11b+/g+ ESSID:"STAF1E469" Nickname:"acx v0.3.37"
>> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
>> Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
>> Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off
>> Encryption key:off
>> Power Management:off
>> Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
>> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
>> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>>
>> but didn't work. In particular "iwlist wlan0 scan" failed with the message:
>>
>> wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Resource temporarily unavailable
>
> Did you try setting the parameters by hand ?
>
> # iwconfig wlan0 essid <ESSID> key <KEY>
>
> and then
>
> # dhclient wlan0
compaq:/home/ts # iwconfig wlan0 essid MYESSID
compaq:/home/ts # iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11b+/g+ ESSID:"MYESSID" Nickname:"acx v0.3.37"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=100/100 Noise level=100/100
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
compaq:/home/ts # iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 No scan results
compaq:/home/ts #
Next step would be running wpa_supplicant, because my WLAN uses WPA, but:
# wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
rapidly floods my console with messages
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
and the syslog with
Aug 3 01:55:47 compaq kernel: get_mask 0x00000000, set_mask 0x00040000
Aug 3 01:55:47 compaq kernel: important setting has been changed. Need to update packet templates, too
Aug 3 01:55:47 compaq kernel: updating packet templates
Aug 3 01:55:47 compaq kernel: updating WEP key settings
Aug 3 01:55:47 compaq kernel: setting WEP key 0 as default
Aug 3 01:55:47 compaq kernel: acx_set_status(1):SCANNING
Aug 3 01:55:47 compaq kernel: start_scan: seems like previous scan is still running. Not starting anew. Please report
Aug 3 01:55:47 compaq kernel: get_mask 0x00000000, set_mask 0x00000000 - after update
until I hit ctrl/C.
# dhclient wlan0
just repeats
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
a couple of times with increasing interval values and finally tells me
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
> It's probably affected by timing as well. That driver sure needs some
> rework.
Yeah, looks like it. I posted a report to the project's Sourceforge
"ACX100 USB" forum, too.
Thanks,
Tilman
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