On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:08:52AM -0400, Bob Copeland wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Joel Roth<joelz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Vista advised me to:
> >
> > 1) turn on the hardware wifi switch <blush>
> >
> > 2) use the hotkey combination to enable wifi
>
> It might be worth trying compat-wireless or 2.6.31-rcX. Support
> for reading the card's internal rfkill state was added in the
> post-2.6.30 time-frame.
I installed compat-wireless against my 2.6.30.1 kernel,
and also the iw command.
I've read some docs, however I'm not sure what the next step should be.
My general idea is that I should be able to see a list of
access points, however iwlist doesn't tell me anything new.
# iwlist wlan0 ap
wlan0 Interface doesn't have a list of Peers/Access-Points
I'm appending some diagnostics.
Here's what dmesg tells me after 'modprobe ath5k'
[256888.841092] cfg80211: Using static regulatory domain info
[256888.841098] cfg80211: Regulatory domain: US
[256888.841101] (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[256888.841105] (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2700 mBm)
[256888.841109] (5170000 KHz - 5190000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
[256888.841112] (5190000 KHz - 5210000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
[256888.841116] (5210000 KHz - 5230000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
[256888.841119] (5230000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
[256888.841123] (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 3000 mBm)
[256888.841134] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US
[256888.870476] ath5k 0000:05:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[256888.870492] ath5k 0000:05:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[256888.870563] ath5k 0000:05:00.0: registered as 'phy0'
[256888.943464] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x65
[256888.943466] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[256888.943471] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[256888.943474] ath: Regpair used: 0x65
[256888.947007] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel'
[256888.947904] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)
# iw list
Wiphy phy0
Band 1:
Frequencies:
* 2412 MHz [1] (20.0 dBm)
* 2417 MHz [2] (20.0 dBm)
* 2422 MHz [3] (20.0 dBm)
* 2427 MHz [4] (20.0 dBm)
* 2432 MHz [5] (20.0 dBm)
* 2437 MHz [6] (20.0 dBm)
* 2442 MHz [7] (20.0 dBm)
* 2447 MHz [8] (20.0 dBm)
* 2452 MHz [9] (20.0 dBm)
* 2457 MHz [10] (20.0 dBm)
* 2462 MHz [11] (20.0 dBm)
* 2467 MHz [12] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning)
* 2472 MHz [13] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning)
* 2484 MHz [14] (disabled)
Bitrates (non-HT):
* 1.0 Mbps
* 2.0 Mbps (short preamble supported)
* 5.5 Mbps (short preamble supported)
* 11.0 Mbps (short preamble supported)
* 6.0 Mbps
* 9.0 Mbps
* 12.0 Mbps
* 18.0 Mbps
* 24.0 Mbps
* 36.0 Mbps
* 48.0 Mbps
* 54.0 Mbps
max # scan SSIDs: 4
Supported interface modes:
* IBSS
* managed
* AP
* AP/VLAN
* monitor
* mesh point
# iw wlan0 scan
BSS 00:40:05:c5:4f:19 (on wlan0)
TSF: 5703065889 usec (0d, 01:35:03)
freq: 2412
beacon interval: 100
capability: ESS PBCC (0x0041)
signal: -92.00 dBm
SSID: default
Supported rates: 1.0* 2.0* 5.5* 11.0* 22.0
DS Paramater set: channel 1
BSS 00:16:b6:db:fd:78 (on wlan0)
TSF: 625899182784 usec (7d, 05:51:39)
freq: 2437
beacon interval: 100
capability: ESS ShortSlotTime (0x0401)
signal: -101.00 dBm
SSID: linksys
Supported rates: 1.0* 2.0* 5.5* 11.0* 18.0 24.0 36.0
54.0
DS Paramater set: channel 6
ERP: Barker_Preamble_Mode
Extended supported rates: 6.0 9.0 12.0 48.0
# iw wlan0 info
Interface wlan0
ifindex 6
type managed
--
Joel Roth
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