Ok! Consider that to reduce complexity, I stopped the firewall agent in the WinXPPro laptop that hosts the wifi ad-hoc network. So we can exclude the firewall :) By the way, has Ubuntu got a default firewall active? 2010/1/19 Greg Oliver <oliver.greg@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Giuseppe Fontana <gfontana13@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi! >> ping from .1 -> .99 >>>> No ping >> ping from .1 to <ip of nokia> >> I don't know how to determine Nokia >> IP. I can't get it from the phone GUI. Is there a way to get it from >> Windows? But I guess ping should work, cause Nokia phone can access >> internet via wireless... > > I was just trying to rule out a firewall issue.. > >> 2010/1/19 Greg Oliver <oliver.greg@xxxxxxxxx>: >>> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 6:04 AM, Giuseppe Fontana <gfontana13@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> Yes, I installed b43-fwcutter to extract the adapter firmware, as >>>> suggested in linux-wireless page. >>>> I did other experiments and I have an update: the issue is only with >>>> ad-hoc networks. >>>> Moreover yesterday I successufully connected to a Windows ad-hoc >>>> network using Network Manager (that is able to force BSSID address to >>>> grant access to the same cell of the ad-hoc network) following these >>>> steps: >>>> >>>> 1. I created an ad-hoc network (essid "SkyNet") under WinXPPro, to >>>> share my Internet connection via wireless. To achieve this result I >>>> manually set 192.168.0.1 IP address and 255.255.255.0 netmask. I also >>>> selected connection sharing option under the adapter connected to the >>>> internet. >>>> 2. Connected to the ad-hoc network using my Nokia E52 phone. The >>>> phone and WinXPPro successfully created the network and negotiated IP >>>> addresses via DHCP (note that after connection the phone can access >>>> internet and navigate) >>>> 3. At this point, I connected Ubuntu to the ad-hoc network via Network >>>> Manager. dhcpclient founds an active network and connection happens :) >>>> (Note that I later I discovered that I can achieve the same result >>>> skipping step 2 and manually setting a 192.168.0.x address in Ubuntu >>>> via Network Manager profile). >>>> >>>> However I still have a problem: even if the connection is established, >>>> I cannot ping the 192.168.0.1 address and the Ubunbtu laptop can't use >>>> the shared internet connection. Here is the syslog printed during the >>>> connection (with dhcp negotiation): >>> >>> Can you ping from .1 -> .99 and from .1 to <ip of nokia>? >>> >>>> >>>> 2010/1/18 Shang Wu <shang@xxxxxxxxxx>: >>>>> In 9.04, it used to be installing the package b43-fwcutter. Is the package >>>>> installed on your system? Can you also pastebin the syslog? >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Giuseppe Fontana <gfontana13@xxxxxxxxx> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi! I installed Ubuntu 9.10 on my Acer 5024wlmi and followed Linux >>>>>> wireless instructions to enable my Broadcom AirForceOne BCM4318 wifi >>>>>> card. Now the wireless adapter is on (laptop front led also is on), I >>>>>> can see wifi networks but connection fails (even with a simple ad-hoc >>>>>> open wifi network!). I tried with Network Manager/WICD/Wifi Radar and >>>>>> also using terminal lfconfig/lwconfig commands without success. It >>>>>> seems that my wifi card cannot ping access points: for example see >>>>>> this log from WICD connection session: >>>>>> >>>>>> -2010/01/16 22:51:15 :: Connecting to wireless network Winx >>>>>> -2010/01/16 22:51:15 :: ping -q -w 3 -c 1 192.168.0.1 >>>>>> -2010/01/16 22:51:17 :: iwconfig wlan0 >>>>>> -2010/01/16 22:51:18 :: Connection Failed: Failed to ping the access >>>>>> point! >>>>>> >>>>>> Here there are some useful data about my laptop/Ubuntu configuration. >>>>>> Hope you can help! >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> Laptop model >> Acer Aspire 5024wlmi laptop >>>>>> giuseppe@giuseppe-laptop:~$ lsb_release -d >> Description: Ubuntu 9.10 >>>>>> giuseppe@giuseppe-laptop:~$ uname -mr >> 2.6.31-17-generic i686 >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> giuseppe@giuseppe-laptop:~$ sudo lspci | grep 'Broadcom' >>>>>> 06:05.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One >>>>>> 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> giuseppe@giuseppe-laptop:~$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 >>>>>> wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"" >>>>>> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated >>>>>> Tx-Power=20 dBm >>>>>> Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off >>>>>> Encryption key: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 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> giuseppe@giuseppe-laptop:~$ sudo lsmod | grep "b43" >>>>>> b43 122168 0 >>>>>> mac80211 181140 1 b43 >>>>>> cfg80211 93052 2 b43,mac80211 >>>>>> led_class 4096 3 acer_wmi,b43,sdhci >>>>>> ssb 35364 1 b43 >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> giuseppe@giuseppe-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep b43 >>>>>> [ 2.717660] b43-pci-bridge 0000:06:05.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 >>>>>> (level, low) -> IRQ 21 >>>>>> [ 14.884317] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found (core revision 9) >>>>>> [ 16.516094] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw >>>>>> [ 16.739725] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/pcm5.fw >>>>>> [ 16.745578] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0initvals5.fw >>>>>> [ 16.751202] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw >>>>>> [...] >>>>>> [ 4300.736074] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 >>>>>> 15:32:10) >>>>>> [ 4300.776488] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx >>>>>> [ 4300.776531] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx >>>>>> [ 4300.776575] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> giuseppe@giuseppe-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network >>>>>> *-network:0 >>>>>> description: Network controller >>>>>> product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller >>>>>> vendor: Broadcom Corporation >>>>>> physical id: 5 >>>>>> bus info: pci@0000:06:05.0 >>>>>> version: 02 >>>>>> width: 32 bits >>>>>> clock: 33MHz >>>>>> capabilities: bus_master >>>>>> configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64 >>>>>> resources: irq:21 memory:c0204000-c0205fff >>>>>> *-network:1 >>>>>> description: Ethernet interface >>>>>> product: RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet >>>>>> vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. >>>>>> physical id: 7 >>>>>> bus info: pci@0000:06:07.0 >>>>>> logical name: eth0 >>>>>> version: 10 >>>>>> serial: 00:0a:e4:e8:a2:87 >>>>>> size: 1GB/s >>>>>> capacity: 1GB/s >>>>>> width: 32 bits >>>>>> clock: 66MHz >>>>>> capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp >>>>>> mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation >>>>>> configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 >>>>>> driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.0.242 latency=64 >>>>>> link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=1GB/s >>>>>> resources: irq:23 ioport:a000(size=256) >>>>>> memory:c0209400-c02094ff memory:44000000-4401ffff(prefetchable) >>>>>> *-network >>>>>> description: Wireless interface >>>>>> physical id: 1 >>>>>> logical name: wlan0 >>>>>> serial: 00:14:a4:49:c7:fc >>>>>> capabilities: ethernet physical wireless >>>>>> configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> giuseppe@giuseppe-laptop:~$ sudo iwlist scan >>>>>> (...) >>>>>> wlan0 Scan completed : >>>>>> Cell 01 - Address: 02:1D:E0:00:08:5A >>>>>> Channel:11 >>>>>> Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11) >>>>>> Quality=62/70 Signal level=-48 dBm >>>>>> Encryption key:off >>>>>> ESSID:"Winx" >>>>>> Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s >>>>>> Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s >>>>>> 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s >>>>>> Mode:Ad-Hoc >>>>>> Extra:tsf=00000001035383eb >>>>>> Extra: Last beacon: 272ms ago >>>>>> IE: Unknown: 000457696E78 >>>>>> IE: Unknown: 010482840B16 >>>>>> IE: Unknown: 03010B >>>>>> IE: Unknown: 06020000 >>>>>> IE: Unknown: 2A0100 >>>>>> IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C >>>>>> IE: Unknown: DD070giuseppe@giuseppe-laptop:~$ sudo >>>>>> iwlist 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