On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 06:08:19PM +0300, Nick Kossifidis wrote: > 2009/7/12 Joel Roth <joelz@xxxxxxxxx>: > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 07:09:16AM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > >> Hello all, > >> > >> I'd appreciate some help troubleshooting my wireless connection. > >> > >> I have a Toshiba Satellite L305 series laptop running Debian > >> sid with a recent, stock Debian kernel version 2.6.29-2-486. > >> > >> $ lspci | grep Atheros > >> > >> 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01) > >> > >> I am seeking to connect to a D-Link 614+ wireless router. > >> For initial testing, the AP is unencrypted, unsecured. > >> > >> My wife's G3 i-Book with AfterTheMac USB wireless adapter > >> connected just fine, on the first try. > >> > >> I believe I have the modules I should have: > >> > >> $ lsmod | grep 80211 > >> mac80211 139680 1 ath5k > >> cfg80211 21576 2 ath5k,mac80211 > >> > >> My wireless network interface is present: > >> > >> $ iwconfig wlan0 > >> > >> wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"" > >> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated > >> Tx-Power=0 dBm > >> Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B > >> 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 > >> > >> $ ifconfig wlan0 > >> > >> wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:21:63:82:82:40 > >> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > >> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > >> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > >> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > >> RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) > >> > >> > >> However, I don't find the D-Link 614+: > >> > >> $ iwlist wlan0 scan > >> > >> wlan0 No scan results > >> > >> And of course, dhclient fails to find a server. > >> > >> Am I missing something? What could I try next? > >> I'd appreciate any pointers. > >> > >> Thanks. > > > > Okay, I'm back with a new kernel 2.6.30.1 and the latest > > ath5k. Here are my basic diagnostics data. > > > > $ iwlist wlan0 scan > > > > wlan0 No scan results > > > > $ iwlist wlan0 ap > > > > wlan0 Interface doesn't have a list of Peers/Access-Points > > > > $ iwconfig wlan0 > > > > wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"" > > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated > > Tx-Power=27 dBm > > Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr: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 > > > > $ ifconfig wlan0 > > > > wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:21:63:82:82:40 > > UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > > RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) > > > > dmesg highlights > > > > [ 4.884157] ath5k 0000:05:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002) > > [ 4.884223] ath5k 0000:05:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 > > [ 4.884283] ath5k 0000:05:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 > > [ 4.884326] ath5k 0000:05:00.0: registered as 'phy0' > > [ 6.411392] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70) > > [ 337.543014] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready > > > > I compiled the kernel with debugfs support for wireless. Can someone > > point me to helpful docs in setting this up. > > > > Also, is there a chance that another driver would serve me better? > > > > Regards, > > > > -- > > Joel Roth > > O.K. can you try madwifi so that we can eliminate the possibility of a > hw failure ? My naive compile of madwifi failed; however, I was able to boot up the factory Windows Vista. Vista advised me to: 1) turn on the hardware wifi switch <blush> 2) use the hotkey combination to enable wifi Then I was able to see the AP in Vista's Connect-To pane. Rebooting under 2.6.30.1 for amd64, the driver still doesn't find access points. None of my hotkeys work under Linux (the toshiba_acpi driver doesn't load), so I can't press the Fn-F8 key combination to enable wifi. It may be that the wireless driver is fine, but that I simply can't (yet) enable the hardware. Thanks for your suggestions. Joel -- Joel Roth -- 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
