Dear List,
I'm having similar troubles with an ASUS 500gP, a self-compiled image based on
2.6 (Linux asus 2.6.25.10 #10 Thu Jul 24 16:15:41 CEST 2008 mips unknown
)
> Couple comments on broadcom wireless with a 2.6 kernel. When using
> the b43 driver, you need to include the hostapd package. To build it
> run "make menuconfig", select "Image configuration", "Network", and
> enter 'y' when hostapd is selected. Exit out, save, and build world.
>
> Install the package, run "wifi up" and cross your fingers.
>
> As to "wifi detect", if /etc/config/wireless already exists and has a
> mac80211 entry under wifi-device wlan0, then it doesn't do anything.
> The code can be found in /lib/wifi/mac80211.sh in the detect_mac80211
> function. This file is included by the /sbin/wifi script.
BUT I have exchanged the Broadcom WLAN module by an Atheros one (lspci:)
00:02.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC
(rev 01)
I get the ath0 interface as well as the wifi0 interface. The wifi0 interface
also collects traffic statistics, and with "iwlist ath0 scanning" I can see
my wlan environment. ath0 has the wireless extension and produces some
information about the wlan config...:
ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"asus" Nickname:""
Mode:Master Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:1D:0F:AF:05:3A
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm Sensitivity=1/1
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=0/70 Signal level=-96 dBm Noise level=-96 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:2 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
Here's my /etc/config/wireless:
config 'wifi-device' 'wifi0'
option 'type' 'atheros'
option 'channel' 'auto'
option 'disabled' '0'
option diversity 0
option txantenna 1
option rxantenna 1
config 'wifi-iface'
option 'device' 'wifi0'
option 'network' 'lan'
option 'mode' 'ap'
option 'ssid' 'asus'
option 'encryption' 'none'
option hidden 0
option isolate '0'
option bursting '1'
and here's my /etc/config/network:
#### VLAN configuration
config switch eth0
option vlan0 "1 2 3 4 5*"
option vlan1 "0 5"
#### Loopback configuration
config interface loopback
option ifname "lo"
option proto static
option ipaddr 127.0.0.1
option netmask 255.0.0.0
#### LAN configuration
config interface lan
option type bridge
option ifname "eth0.0"
option proto static
option ipaddr 192.168.178.100
option netmask 255.255.255.0
#option gateway ''
#option dns ''
#### WAN configuration
config interface wan
option ifname "eth0.1"
option proto dhcp
#### WLAN configuration
config interface wifi0
option ifname ath0
option proto static
option ipaddr 192.168.1.1
option netmask 255.255.255.0
Compared to the documentation around (mostly referring to kernel 2.4
installations) I noticed that I don't have a eth2. The bridge bridges the
following:
bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces
br-lan 8000.001d0faf053a no eth0.0
ath0
On my laptop I can connect to my other WLAN (Fritzbox) without a problem. But
connecting to the ASUS fails. I am sure to set the ESSID right, as well as
the IP (192.168.1.2) When I try toping the ASUS, i will get a "Destination
Host Unreachable".
To be sure, I even deactivated the firewall settings on the ASUS, but that's
not the cause... The ASUS will simply not respond, even if it obviously sees
the packets flying around.
As said, I can connect through LAN without problems, only the WLAN won't
work...
Can you help me? Any ideas? Did I miss something minor? Probably the cause is
just something small...
Thanks ahead
Markus
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