Hello List,
I built todays compat-wireless (compat-wireless-2009-09-27) on two different
Ubuntu machines:
- kernel 2.6.28-15-generic i686 using rt73usb
- kernel 2.6.31-11-generic x86_64 using ath5k (AR2425)
and tried to create an 802.11s Mesh following the HOWTO - unsuccessfully:
root@ion:/home/sturmflut# export MESH_IFACE=mesh
root@ion:/home/sturmflut# export MESH_ID=test
root@ion:/home/sturmflut# iw dev wlan0 interface add $MESH_IFACE type mp
mesh_id $MESH_ID
root@ion:/home/sturmflut# ifconfig -a | grep mesh
mesh Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:75:50:13:c2
root@ion:/home/sturmflut# ifconfig $MESH_IFACE up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Name not unique on network
if I remove wlan0 the mesh device can be brought up through ifconfig:
root@ion:/home/sturmflut# iw dev wlan0 del
root@ion:/home/sturmflut# ifconfig $MESH_IFACE up
The strange thing is that iwconfig lists the interface as Mode "Auto"
immediately after it is added:
root@ion:/home/sturmflut# iwconfig mesh
mesh IEEE 802.11bg Mode:Auto Tx-Power=11 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
and falls back to "Managed" after about five seconds:
root@ion:/home/sturmflut# iwconfig mesh
mesh IEEE 802.11bg Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=11 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on
Symptoms are identical on both machines. I remember this working some weeks
ago, at least using the ath5k driver, and without any "Name not unique on
network" errors.
I could try with a full wireless-testing.git checkout but I doubt anything
will change, Ubuntus 2.6.31-11-generic is quite recent and all relevant
modules should have been overwritten by those in compat-wireless.
regards,
Simon Raffeiner
University of Applied Sciences Offenburg
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