On 7 December 2010 04:41, Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Monday 06 December 2010 17:34:15 Wade Fitzpatrick wrote: >> I could not get anything sensible from carl9170. I will keep trying though. > hmm, hard to say what it is? I bet it could be conflicting > stack/driver modules. (i.e.: the driver is from compact-wireless, > whereas the mac80211, or cfg80211 is the original module from 2.6.36) Having the right firmware helps ;) >> The Otus message comes from arusb_lnx which was loaded automatically >> after ar9170usb. Should I remove the arusb_lnx.ko file? > either that, or add it to the module blacklist (also in /etc/modprobe.d) I blacklisted arusb_lnk and ar9170usb >> options mac80211 ieee80211_default_rc_algo=minstrel > > the problem with this is that carl9170 (or any other driver > that relies on minstrel_ht to supply 802.11n MCS rates) > are limited to the legacy rates (and physpeeds of 54Mbit) I tried carl9170 with minstrel_ht and by forcing to only use minstrel. Both times I get the same connect/disconnect loop happening every 1-2 seconds: usb 2-1.3: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 Compat-wireless backport release: compat-wireless-2010-11-23-7-g813c0e6 Backport based on linux-next.git next-20101202 cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel' ieee80211 phy0: hwaddr 00:1a:ef:00:50:e6, RTL8187vB (default) V1 + rtl8225z2, rfkill mask 2 rtl8187: Customer ID is 0xFF Registered led device: rtl8187-phy0::radio Registered led device: rtl8187-phy0::tx Registered led device: rtl8187-phy0::rx rtl8187: wireless switch is on usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8187 usb 2-5: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6 usbcore: registered new interface driver carl9170 usb 2-5: driver API: 1.9.0 2010-10-29 [1-1] usb 2-5: firmware API: 1.9.1 2010-12-06 ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x0 ath: EEPROM indicates default country code should be used ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a ath: Country alpha2 being used: US ath: Regpair used: 0x3a ieee80211 phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel' Registered led device: carl9170-phy1::tx usb 2-5: Atheros AR9170 is registered as 'phy1' ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan1: link is not ready wlan1: authenticate with 00:22:3f:07:42:f3 (try 1) wlan1: authenticated wlan1: associate with 00:22:3f:07:42:f3 (try 1) wlan1: RX AssocResp from 00:22:3f:07:42:f3 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=3) wlan1: associated ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan1: link becomes ready wlan1: deauthenticated from 00:22:3f:07:42:f3 (Reason: 2) cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US wlan1: authenticate with 00:22:3f:07:42:f3 (try 1) wlan1: authenticated wlan1: associate with 00:22:3f:07:42:f3 (try 1) wlan1: RX AssocResp from 00:22:3f:07:42:f3 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=3) wlan1: associated wlan1: deauthenticated from 00:22:3f:07:42:f3 (Reason: 2) cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain wlan1: no IPv6 routers present wlan1: authenticate with 00:22:3f:07:42:f3 (try 1) wlan1: authenticated wlan1: associate with 00:22:3f:07:42:f3 (try 1) wlan1: RX AssocResp from 00:22:3f:07:42:f3 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=3) wlan1: associated wlan1: deauthenticated from 00:22:3f:07:42:f3 (Reason: 2) # iw event -f wlan1 (phy #1): deauth 00:22:3f:07:42:f3 -> 00:22:3f:8d:7b:05 reason 2: Previous authentication no longer valid [frame: c0 00 40 01 00 22 3f 8d 7b 05 00 22 3f 07 42 f3 00 22 3f 07 42 f3 70 00 02 00] wlan1 (phy #1): disconnected (by AP) reason: 2: Previous authentication no longer valid wlan1 (phy #1): scan started wlan1 (phy #1): scan finished: 2412 2417 2422 2427 2432 2437 2442 2447 2452 2457 2462, "" wlan1 (phy #1): auth 00:22:3f:07:42:f3 -> 00:22:3f:8d:7b:05 status: 0: Successful [frame: b0 00 40 01 00 22 3f 8d 7b 05 00 22 3f 07 42 f3 00 22 3f 07 42 f3 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00] wlan1: new station 00:22:3f:07:42:f3 wlan1 (phy #1): assoc 00:22:3f:07:42:f3 -> 00:22:3f:8d:7b:05 status: 0: Successful [frame: 10 00 40 01 00 22 3f 8d 7b 05 00 22 3f 07 42 f3 00 22 3f 07 42 f3 10 00 31 04 00 00 03 c0 01 08 82 84 8b 0c 12 96 18 24 32 04 30 48 60 6c dd 18 00 50 f2 02 01 01 82 00 03 a4 00 00 27 a4 00 00 42 43 5e 00 62 32 2f 00 dd 09 00 03 7f 01 01 00 00 ff 7f dd 0a 00 03 7f 04 01 00 00 00 00 00 dd 1e 00 90 4c 33 4e 10 1b ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2d 1a 4e 10 1b ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 dd 1a 00 90 4c 34 01 05 1b 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3d 16 01 05 1b 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00] wlan1 (phy #1): connected to 00:22:3f:07:42:f3 wlan1 (phy #1): deauth 00:22:3f:07:42:f3 -> 00:22:3f:8d:7b:05 reason 2: Previous authentication no longer valid [frame: c0 00 40 01 00 22 3f 8d 7b 05 00 22 3f 07 42 f3 00 22 3f 07 42 f3 70 00 02 00] wlan1 (phy #1): disconnected (by AP) reason: 2: Previous authentication no longer valid wlan1 (phy #1): scan started wlan1 (phy #1): scan finished: 2412 2417 2422 2427 2432 2437 2442 2447 2452 2457 2462, "" wlan1 (phy #1): auth 00:22:3f:07:42:f3 -> 00:22:3f:8d:7b:05 status: 0: Successful [frame: b0 00 40 01 00 22 3f 8d 7b 05 00 22 3f 07 42 f3 00 22 3f 07 42 f3 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00] wlan1: new station 00:22:3f:07:42:f3 wlan1 (phy #1): assoc 00:22:3f:07:42:f3 -> 00:22:3f:8d:7b:05 status: 0: Successful [frame: 10 00 40 01 00 22 3f 8d 7b 05 00 22 3f 07 42 f3 00 22 3f 07 42 f3 10 00 31 04 00 00 03 c0 01 08 82 84 8b 0c 12 96 18 24 32 04 30 48 60 6c dd 18 00 50 f2 02 01 01 82 00 03 a4 00 00 27 a4 00 00 42 43 5e 00 62 32 2f 00 dd 09 00 03 7f 01 01 00 00 ff 7f dd 0a 00 03 7f 04 01 00 00 00 00 00 dd 1e 00 90 4c 33 4e 10 1b ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2d 1a 4e 10 1b ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 dd 1a 00 90 4c 34 01 05 1b 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3d 16 01 05 1b 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00] wlan1 (phy #1): connected to 00:22:3f:07:42:f3 I had the router/AP set to 145Mbit mode but changed it to 300Mbit mode with no difference. 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