Re: BCM4308 rev 3 owner, willing to help (want to make an access point)
2008/5/2 Francesco Gringoli [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Just a question (for Francis): how does the AP work? Have you tried very stressing tests with traffic crossing the AP? The AP works fine for now. When it has just started up, though, the first association sometimes drops immediately and has to be redone. Not sure whether this bug is related to the b43 driver or hostapd. I haven't tried stress testing via the AP though, since I only have one client for now. A second is to come later today. What I've tried is, from the client: dd if=/dev/zero |ssh the.ap cat ''/dev/null for a good hour. The AP didn't seem to mind. I even did casual Internet browsing while doing this and it went fine (no interactivity problems). When I have the second client online, I'll try this command from the first client to the second. We do have problems when the channel is saturated, it seems that the BCM device acting as AP stops sending beacons and the BSS goes down, we need to reconfigure everything when this happens (I mean, stop and restart hostapd and reset ifaces on STAs). The configuration we are trying is built exclusively on BCM+b43 devices running wireless git, one is configured as AP using the patch from Johannes Berg. Not the case here: the first client uses ipw2200, the second one will have a Netgear WG311 v2, (acx111 chipset). Both clients run vanilla Ubuntu 8.04, I didn't even change the kernel and I don't plan to, either (unless this can be of some interest to you). I remember a post (from Johannes) where he stated that there are still problems with beaconing. Is this still true? Honestly, I have no idea. What should I look for in the logs? I run the b43 driver in debug mode. Have fun, -- Francis Galiegue, [EMAIL PROTECTED] It seems obvious [...] that at least some 'business intelligence' tools invest so much intelligence on the business side that they have nothing left for generating SQL queries (Stéphane Faroult, in The Art of SQL, ISBN 0-596-00894-5) ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: BCM4308 rev 3 owner, willing to help (want to make an access point)
2008/5/1 Johannes Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED]: unencrypted AP -- success; [WPA] -- segfault http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/patches/kernel/all/2008-05-01-00:32/023-mac80211-fix-debugfs-key.patch Better, but not there yet... At least now it doesn't segfault. I ran again hostapd with -d this time. Here is what I get... WPA: group state machine entering state SETKEYSDONE (VLAN-ID 0) Failed to set CTS protect in kernel driver Failed to set Short Slot Time option in kernel driver Could not set preamble for kernel driver wlan0: Setup of interface done. Wireless event: cmd=0x8b04 len=12 Wireless event: cmd=0x8b1a len=15 NOTE: all mgmt::proberesp and MGMT (TX messages DROPPED from what follows START mgmt::auth authentication: STA=00:15:00:35:12:e0 auth_alg=0 auth_transaction=1 status_code=0 wep=0 New STA wlan0: STA 00:15:00:35:12:e0 IEEE 802.11: authentication OK (open system) wlan0: STA 00:15:00:35:12:e0 MLME: MLME-AUTHENTICATE.indication(00:15:00:35:12:e0, OPEN_SYSTEM) wlan0: STA 00:15:00:35:12:e0 MLME: MLME-DELETEKEYS.request(00:15:00:35:12:e0) authentication reply: STA=00:15:00:35:12:e0 auth_alg=0 auth_transaction=2 resp=0 (IE len=0) mgmt::auth cb wlan0: STA 00:15:00:35:12:e0 IEEE 802.11: authenticated mgmt::assoc_req association request: STA=00:15:00:35:12:e0 capab_info=0x411 listen_interval=10 Failed to set CTS protect in kernel driver Failed to set Short Slot Time option in kernel driver Could not set preamble for kernel driver new AID 1 wlan0: STA 00:15:00:35:12:e0 IEEE 802.11: association OK (aid 1) mgmt::assoc_resp cb wlan0: STA 00:15:00:35:12:e0 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 1, accounting session 4819A816-) wlan0: STA 00:15:00:35:12:e0 MLME: MLME-ASSOCIATE.indication(00:15:00:35:12:e0) wlan0: STA 00:15:00:35:12:e0 MLME: MLME-DELETEKEYS.request(00:15:00:35:12:e0) wlan0: STA 00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA: event 1 notification wlan0: STA 00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA: start authentication WPA: 00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA_PTK entering state INITIALIZE wlan0: STA 00:15:00:35:12:e0 IEEE 802.1X: unauthorizing port Could not set station 00:15:00:35:12:e0 flags for kernel driver (errno=22). WPA: 00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA_PTK_GROUP entering state IDLE WPA: 00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA_PTK entering state AUTHENTICATION WPA: 00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA_PTK entering state AUTHENTICATION2 WPA: 00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA_PTK entering state INITPSK WPA: 00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA_PTK entering state PTKSTART wlan0: STA 00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA: sending 1/4 msg of 4-Way Handshake WPA: Send EAPOL(version=1 secure=0 mic=0 ack=1 install=0 pairwise=8 kde_len=0 keyidx=0 encr=0) IEEE 802.1X: 123 bytes from 00:15:00:35:12:e0 IEEE 802.1X: version=1 type=3 length=119 wlan0: STA 00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA: received EAPOL-Key frame (2/4 Pairwise) WPA: 00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA_PTK entering state PTKCALCNEGOTIATING WPA: PTK derivation - A1=00:0c:41:63:9f:a3 A2=00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA: PMK - hexdump(len=32): 95 5f af d8 0c bf e2 e1 02 7e 13 2a 7b 08 bd ea 52 84 2d a0 d0 ef 10 86 91 d4 e5 8e a4 0e 7e 78 WPA: PTK - hexdump(len=64): 8a 51 b4 9b 0c 1e 4a c7 b6 c1 5d 27 c8 b3 c8 8c 82 0d 1e 97 24 d7 1b 7b 27 8b 4e 4e 3c 30 77 81 04 21 a3 0b 8e d8 5b 7e 60 be a9 da 78 40 04 e6 17 92 34 e8 c0 5f fd c0 d7 f8 5e 4c 28 b6 e4 47 WPA: 00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA_PTK entering state PTKCALCNEGOTIATING2 WPA: 00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA_PTK entering state PTKINITNEGOTIATING wlan0: STA 00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA: sending 3/4 msg of 4-Way Handshake WPA: Send EAPOL(version=1 secure=0 mic=1 ack=1 install=1 pairwise=8 kde_len=24 keyidx=0 encr=0) IEEE 802.1X: 99 bytes from 00:15:00:35:12:e0 IEEE 802.1X: version=1 type=3 length=95 wlan0: STA 00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA: received EAPOL-Key frame (4/4 Pairwise) WPA: 00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA_PTK entering state PTKINITDONE wlan0: STA 00:15:00:35:12:e0 IEEE 802.1X: authorizing port wlan0: STA 00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (WPA) WPA: 00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA_PTK_GROUP entering state REKEYNEGOTIATING wlan0: STA 00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA: sending 1/2 msg of Group Key Handshake WPA: Send EAPOL(version=1 secure=1 mic=1 ack=1 install=0 pairwise=0 kde_len=32 keyidx=1 encr=1) Plaintext EAPOL-Key Key Data - hexdump(len=32): 30 96 19 8d ca 89 da 62 6b f2 a5 c1 a6 e6 da a9 42 05 b0 ef f3 92 b7 ae 75 14 e7 1e b7 e6 37 29 IEEE 802.1X: 99 bytes from 00:15:00:35:12:e0 IEEE 802.1X: version=1 type=3 length=95 wlan0: STA 00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA: received EAPOL-Key frame (2/2 Group) WPA: 00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA_PTK_GROUP entering state REKEYESTABLISHED wlan0: STA 00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA: group key handshake completed (WPA) WPA: 00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA_PTK_GROUP entering state IDLE mgmt::disassoc disassocation: STA=00:15:00:35:12:e0 reason_code=1 wlan0: STA 00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA: event 2 notification WPA: 00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA_PTK entering state DISCONNECTED WPA: 00:15:00:35:12:e0 WPA_PTK entering state INITIALIZE wlan0: STA 00:15:00:35:12:e0 IEEE 802.1X: unauthorizing port Could not set station 00:15:00:35:12:e0 flags for kernel driver (errno=22). wlan0: STA
Re: BCM4308 rev 3 owner, willing to help (want to make an access point)
2008/5/1 Francis Galiegue [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2008/5/1 Johannes Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED]: unencrypted AP -- success; [WPA] -- segfault http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/patches/kernel/all/2008-05-01-00:32/023-mac80211-fix-debugfs-key.patch Better, but not there yet... At least now it doesn't segfault. I ran again hostapd with -d this time. Here is what I get... [...] Well now it runs! It appears that hostapd definitely does NOT like bridge interfaces. There is a bridge_interface option though, but the config file says it has no effect apart from using it with the ath and hostap drivers... -- Francis Galiegue, [EMAIL PROTECTED] It seems obvious [...] that at least some 'business intelligence' tools invest so much intelligence on the business side that they have nothing left for generating SQL queries (Stéphane Faroult, in The Art of SQL, ISBN 0-596-00894-5) ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Fwd: BCM4308 rev 3 owner, willing to help (want to make an access point)
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 11:05 PM, Francis Galiegue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2008/5/1 Francis Galiegue [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
2008/5/1 Johannes Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
unencrypted AP -- success;
[WPA] -- segfault
http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/patches/kernel/all/2008-05-01-00:32/023-mac80211-fix-debugfs-key.patch
Better, but not there yet... At least now it doesn't segfault.
I ran again hostapd with -d this time. Here is what I get...
[...]
Well now it runs!
It appears that hostapd definitely does NOT like bridge interfaces.
There is a bridge_interface option though, but the config file says it
has no effect apart from using it with the ath and hostap drivers...
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nothing left for generating SQL queries (Stéphane Faroult, in The
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Possibly it would also be required for nl80211 for proper bridge
interface handling. But that needs to be implemented in
{mac|cfg|nl}80211 first. (Maybe that's why AP mode is not enabled by
default...)
(This message is a resend of a mail for which I forgot to CC the list.)
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Re: BCM4308 rev 3 owner, willing to help (want to make an access point)
Just a question (for Francis): how does the AP work? Have you tried very stressing tests with traffic crossing the AP? We do have problems when the channel is saturated, it seems that the BCM device acting as AP stops sending beacons and the BSS goes down, we need to reconfigure everything when this happens (I mean, stop and restart hostapd and reset ifaces on STAs). The configuration we are trying is built exclusively on BCM+b43 devices running wireless git, one is configured as AP using the patch from Johannes Berg. I remember a post (from Johannes) where he stated that there are still problems with beaconing. Is this still true? Regards, FG On May 1, 2008, at 11:05 PM, Francis Galiegue wrote: 2008/5/1 Francis Galiegue [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2008/5/1 Johannes Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED]: unencrypted AP -- success; [WPA] -- segfault http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/patches/kernel/all/2008-05-01-00:32/023-mac80211-fix-debugfs-key.patch Better, but not there yet... At least now it doesn't segfault. I ran again hostapd with -d this time. Here is what I get... [...] Well now it runs! It appears that hostapd definitely does NOT like bridge interfaces. There is a bridge_interface option though, but the config file says it has no effect apart from using it with the ath and hostap drivers... -- Francis Galiegue, [EMAIL PROTECTED] It seems obvious [...] that at least some 'business intelligence' tools invest so much intelligence on the business side that they have nothing left for generating SQL queries (Stéphane Faroult, in The Art of SQL, ISBN 0-596-00894-5) ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: BCM4308 rev 3 owner, willing to help (want to make an access point)
On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 03:01 +0200, Francis Galiegue wrote: No, you only need *-allow-ap-vlan-modes.patch for current hostapd git, as SERIES says. I think that would be http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/patches/kernel/all/LATEST/026-allow-ap-vlan-modes.patch. OK, it's starting to get a little more clear now. I've git-pulled the whole wireless-testing, applied this patch and am right now in the process of compiling the kernel. After this, time for hostapd... With the following patch applied, plus libnl 1.1, and git hostapd... unencrypted AP -- success; WAP -- segfault http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/patches/kernel/all/2008-05-01-00:32/023-mac80211-fix-debugfs-key.patch johannes signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
BCM4308 rev 3 owner, willing to help (want to make an access point)
Hello everyone, Here is my setup: - Gentoo 2007.0, x86; - a Broadcom BCM4308 rev 3 chipset (PCI card), PCI ID 14e4:4320; - vanilla 2.6.25 kernel; - firwmare downloaded and cut as instructed on the b43 page at linuxwireless.org. The machine on which the card is also has a GBit Ethernet interface, and serves as a DHCP server. My goal: - making this card an AP, using hostapd (with the nl80211 driver, I guess); - including the Ethernet card and the BCM in a bridge setup (it works already, but no access point yet). My main gripe right now is that I cannot iwconfig wlan0 mode master. The b43 page says it doesn't work, lacking proper support in mac80211 and hostapd. I'm quite a rookie with AP setups. This card otherwise works fine in managed and ad-hoc mode. I'm willing to donate some of my time answering questions/reading documentation/testing everything you like. I have plenty of time right now, so feel free to ask me questions! Have fun, -- Francis Galiegue, [EMAIL PROTECTED] It seems obvious [...] that at least some 'business intelligence' tools invest so much intelligence on the business side that they have nothing left for generating SQL queries (Stéphane Faroult, in The Art of SQL, ISBN 0-596-00894-5) ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: BCM4308 rev 3 owner, willing to help (want to make an access point)
On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 11:50 +0200, Francis Galiegue wrote: Hello everyone, Here is my setup: - Gentoo 2007.0, x86; - a Broadcom BCM4308 rev 3 chipset (PCI card), PCI ID 14e4:4320; Actually, according my /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids file, which came with Fedora development, and should be recent, 14e4:4320 is BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller. Is BCM4308 written on the chip? - making this card an AP, using hostapd (with the nl80211 driver, I guess); - including the Ethernet card and the BCM in a bridge setup (it works already, but no access point yet). My main gripe right now is that I cannot iwconfig wlan0 mode master. The b43 page says it doesn't work, lacking proper support in mac80211 and hostapd. I'm quite a rookie with AP setups. This card otherwise works fine in managed and ad-hoc mode. The AP functionality is still experimental. Please check archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED] for messages from Johannes Berg with hostap in the subject. You'll find the description of what is missing. There are some patches to enable AP functionality at http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/patches/ I haven't tried it myself and I don't know any details. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: BCM4308 rev 3 owner, willing to help (want to make an access point)
2008/4/28 Pavel Roskin [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 11:50 +0200, Francis Galiegue wrote: Hello everyone, Here is my setup: - Gentoo 2007.0, x86; - a Broadcom BCM4308 rev 3 chipset (PCI card), PCI ID 14e4:4320; Actually, according my /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids file, which came with Fedora development, and should be recent, 14e4:4320 is BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller. Is BCM4308 written on the chip? Err, sorry, it's a BCM4306... - making this card an AP, using hostapd (with the nl80211 driver, I guess); - including the Ethernet card and the BCM in a bridge setup (it works already, but no access point yet). My main gripe right now is that I cannot iwconfig wlan0 mode master. The b43 page says it doesn't work, lacking proper support in mac80211 and hostapd. I'm quite a rookie with AP setups. This card otherwise works fine in managed and ad-hoc mode. The AP functionality is still experimental. Please check archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED] for messages from Johannes Berg with hostap in the subject. You'll find the description of what is missing. I'll do. There are some patches to enable AP functionality at http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/patches/ I haven't tried it myself and I don't know any details. Hmm, lots of stuff in there... I'll dig into this and let you know the outcome. Thanks for the quick answer! -- Francis Galiegue, [EMAIL PROTECTED] It seems obvious [...] that at least some 'business intelligence' tools invest so much intelligence on the business side that they have nothing left for generating SQL queries (Stéphane Faroult, in The Art of SQL, ISBN 0-596-00894-5) ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: BCM4308 rev 3 owner, willing to help (want to make an access point)
[...] There are some patches to enable AP functionality at http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/patches/ I haven't tried it myself and I don't know any details. Hmm, lots of stuff in there... I'll dig into this and let you know the outcome. Now, I have a problem :( From file http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/patches/kernel/all/LATEST/series: ## b43 AP 027-NPUB-b43-tsf-offset.patch 028-NPUB-b43-dbg-pmq.patch --- Both patches do NOT exist in http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/patches/kernel/all/LATEST Does that mean that these patches are merged somewhere? -- Francis Galiegue, [EMAIL PROTECTED] It seems obvious [...] that at least some 'business intelligence' tools invest so much intelligence on the business side that they have nothing left for generating SQL queries (Stéphane Faroult, in The Art of SQL, ISBN 0-596-00894-5) ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: BCM4308 rev 3 owner, willing to help (want to make an access point)
On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 20:06 +0200, Francis Galiegue wrote: [...] There are some patches to enable AP functionality at http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/patches/ I haven't tried it myself and I don't know any details. Hmm, lots of stuff in there... I'll dig into this and let you know the outcome. Now, I have a problem :( From file http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/patches/kernel/all/LATEST/series: Does that mean that these patches are merged somewhere? Could could bother to read the series file. johannes signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: BCM4308 rev 3 owner, willing to help (want to make an access point)
2008/4/28 Johannes Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [...] Now, I have a problem :( From file http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/patches/kernel/all/LATEST/series: Does that mean that these patches are merged somewhere? Could could bother to read the series file. johannes I'm afraid I didn't understand that? What's more, since the last time I read, the LATEST directory has changed (not very surprising, the last update has occured a little more than 4 hours ago if times displayed are GMT), and so has the series file, which now reads: ## b43 AP 035-NPUB-b43-tsf-offset.patch 036-NPUB-b43-dbg-pmq.patch And these files still are not in LATEST. Should I take it that NPUB means Not PUBlished? Sorry for wasting your time, -- Francis Galiegue, [EMAIL PROTECTED] It seems obvious [...] that at least some 'business intelligence' tools invest so much intelligence on the business side that they have nothing left for generating SQL queries (Stéphane Faroult, in The Art of SQL, ISBN 0-596-00894-5) ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: BCM4308 rev 3 owner, willing to help (want to make an access point)
2008/4/28 Francis Galiegue [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [...] Should I take it that NPUB means Not PUBlished? It does :( I have somewhat overlooked the start of this series file, which explicitly mentions this fact. This URL however: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/13591/match=hostap states that b43 _does_ work. Is that with these unpublished patches? -- Francis Galiegue, [EMAIL PROTECTED] It seems obvious [...] that at least some 'business intelligence' tools invest so much intelligence on the business side that they have nothing left for generating SQL queries (Stéphane Faroult, in The Art of SQL, ISBN 0-596-00894-5) ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
