On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 11:31 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote:
> I have a 4318 (rev 02), which has been working fine with b43.
> Recently, with 2.6.31-rc2 kernels from the wireless-testing git repo,
> I've been having trouble. Sometimes the card simply fails to associate
> after doing 'iwconfig eth0 essid xxxx'. It doesn't even seem to try;
> i.e., when it does associate, I see log entries like these:
I believe is that the ESSID support in the wext compatibility layer is
seriously broken. It's not shown originally at all. Once it's set, it
cannot be changed.
[root@mj proski]# modprobe rt73usb
[root@mj proski]# iwconfig wlan5
wlan5 IEEE 802.11bg Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
[root@mj proski]# iwconfig wlan5 essid foo
[root@mj proski]# iwconfig wlan5
wlan5 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"foo"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
[root@mj proski]# iwconfig wlan5 essid bar
[root@mj proski]# iwconfig wlan5
wlan5 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"foo"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
[root@mj proski]# ifconfig wlan5 up
[root@mj proski]# iwconfig wlan5
wlan5 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"foo"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=7 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
[root@mj proski]# iwconfig wlan5 essid bar
[root@mj proski]# iwconfig wlan5
wlan5 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"foo"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=7 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
> and subsequent invocations, when the card is still not working, gives:
>
> ~# iwlist eth0 scan
> eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Device or resource busy
This thread may be related:
http://marc.info/?t=124713997300002&r=1&w=2
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Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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