On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 6:17 AM, Ed Vaessen <evaessen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have a Fritz!Box Fon WLAN 7170 as router and try to connect wireless to > it with the Fritz!WLAN USB N2.4 stick using the compat-wireless software. > Without succes so far. > Oct 25 15:38:38 vaessen-laptop kernel: [ 399.349605] usb 1-1: USB > disconnect, address 5 > Oct 25 15:38:39 vaessen-laptop kernel: [ 400.608057] usb 1-1: new high > speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6 > Oct 25 15:38:39 vaessen-laptop kernel: [ 400.771795] usb 1-1: > configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > Oct 25 15:38:39 vaessen-laptop kernel: [ 400.888063] usb 1-1: reset high > speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6 > Oct 25 15:38:40 vaessen-laptop kernel: [ 402.044043] usb 1-1: firmware: > requesting ar9170.fw > Oct 25 15:38:41 vaessen-laptop kernel: [ 402.465806] Registered led > device: ar9170-phy1::tx > Oct 25 15:38:41 vaessen-laptop kernel: [ 402.465846] Registered led > device: ar9170-phy1::assoc > Oct 25 15:38:41 vaessen-laptop kernel: [ 402.465851] usb 1-1: Atheros > AR9170 is registered as 'phy1' > Oct 25 15:38:41 vaessen-laptop kernel: [ 402.471136] udev: renamed network > interface wlan0 to wlan1 > > It seems the firmware is installed. > Command iwconfig: > > lo no wireless extensions. > > eth0 no wireless extensions. > > pan0 no wireless extensions. > > wlan1 IEEE 802.11bg Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated > Tx-Power=0 dBm > Retry long limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff > Power Managementff > > Command sudo lshw -C network gives for the wireless this information: > > *-network:1 DISABLED > description: Wireless interface > physical id: 2 > bus info: usb@1:1 > logical name: wlan1 > serial: 00:1f:3f:09:2d:40 > capabilities: ethernet physical wireless > configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ar9170usb > driverversion=2.6.28-16-generic firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes > wireless=IEEE 802.11bg > > This 'firmware=N/A' puzzles me. That's probably from ethtool, and since John added ethtool support all we would need to do I think is tag the firmware name on the wiphy struct (wiphy->fw_version). But we haven't added that yet to ar9170. > I used System->Administration->Network Tools but cannot ping the Fritz!Box > router > The interface information says that wireless interface wlan1 is inactive. > > How do I make it active? Bring the interface up first: ip link set dev wlan1 up Then use iw to scan for example Luis -- 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
