Re: bcm43xx 2.6.17-rc5 problems
On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 08:32:16PM +0200, Guido Guenther wrote: On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 02:20:59PM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: Now that 2.6.17-rc5 is out I gave it a test run. Unfortunately the wireless driver bcm43xx does not work, it not been working with -rc3 either. Using the patches (softmac and all this) against 2.6.15.4 I got it to work a few times, and now I hoped that the integration into the kernel would have made stuff better, but it didn't. Any hints appreciated. What worked for me is associating with the access point manually, i.e., ifconfig the interface, do dhcp (you won't get an address) then: - iwlist scan - iwconfig wireless-interface ap mac-of-ap Thanks for the hint, I have just tried, but it did not help me. It seems there's something broken with the ap selection code, but I didn't get around to figure out what exactly. I have several aps in range and setting an essid usually is enough to have iwconfig show the right one. Also I have tried a new kernel configuration. ?* Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack ? ?[*] Enable full debugging output interesting enough I had to compile the above in (_not_ a module) to make it possible to enable the WEP support as a module. ? ?M IEEE 802.11 WEP encryption (802.1x) ? ?M IEEE 802.11i CCMP support ? ?M IEEE 802.11i TKIP encryption ? ?M Software MAC add-on to the IEEE 802.11 networking stack ? ?[*] Enable full debugging output May 28 11:06:10 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Start scanning with channel: 1 May 28 11:06:10 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Scanning 14 channels May 28 11:06:10 localhost kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready May 28 11:06:11 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Scanning finished May 28 11:06:11 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Queueing Authentication Request to 00:23:45:67:89:ab May 28 11:06:11 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: cannot associate without being authenticated, requested authentication May 28 11:06:11 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Sent Authentication Request to 00:23:45:67:89:ab. May 28 11:06:14 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Can't perform deauthentication, network is not authenticated. May 28 11:06:14 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Authentication response received from 00:13:ce:9f:f8:af but no queue item exists. May 28 11:06:14 localhost kernel: ieee80211: eth1: IEEE80211_ASSOC_REQ received May 28 11:06:18 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: cannot associate without being authenticated, requested authentication May 28 11:06:18 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: cannot associate without being authenticated, requested authentication May 28 11:06:22 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Authentication response received from 00:13:ce:9f:f8:af but no queue item exists. May 28 11:06:22 localhost kernel: ieee80211: eth1: IEEE80211_ASSOC_REQ received May 28 11:06:23 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Sent Authentication Request to 00:23:45:67:89:ab. May 28 11:06:30 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Authentication response received from 00:13:ce:9f:f8:af but no queue item exists. May 28 11:06:30 localhost kernel: ieee80211: eth1: IEEE80211_ASSOC_REQ received May 28 11:06:35 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Sent Authentication Request to 00:23:45:67:89:ab. May 28 11:06:38 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Authentication response received from 00:13:ce:9f:f8:af but no queue item exists. May 28 11:06:38 localhost kernel: ieee80211: eth1: IEEE80211_ASSOC_REQ received May 28 11:06:46 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Authentication response received from 00:13:ce:9f:f8:af but no queue item exists. pgpXkOiBzAmBb.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: bcm43xx 2.6.17-rc5 problems
On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 02:20:59PM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: Now that 2.6.17-rc5 is out I gave it a test run. Unfortunately the wireless driver bcm43xx does not work, it not been working with -rc3 either. Using the patches (softmac and all this) against 2.6.15.4 I got it to work a few times, and now I hoped that the integration into the kernel would have made stuff better, but it didn't. Any hints appreciated. What worked for me is associating with the access point manually, i.e., ifconfig the interface, do dhcp (you won't get an address) then: - iwlist scan - iwconfig wireless-interface ap mac-of-ap - rerun dhcp It seems there's something broken with the ap selection code, but I didn't get around to figure out what exactly. Cheers, -- Guido -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: bcm43xx 2.6.17-rc5 problems
On Saturday 27 May 2006 14:20, Bernhard Reiter wrote: Now that 2.6.17-rc5 is out I gave it a test run. Unfortunately the wireless driver bcm43xx does not work, it not been working with -rc3 either. It's been workin for me since 2.6.17-rc1, I've followed all the rc's but rc5. rc3 certainly worked with the bcm43xx. However, I got to try connecting many times and at last (at some point) it will connect. Also it got huge problems connection to a network if the dhclient files for the interface in /var/run/ exists. My rutine have come to be; * run a dhcp query to times * rm /var/run/dhcl* * dhcp query and I usually get an IP and is connected THIS NEVER WORKS with the following: The cursed Cnet routers almost never works and throws me off every so often... (once or twice an hour). Huh anything to come out of dlinks doors seems to follow the same path. At this stage I must try anything at random, maby a reboot once or twice... anythin... but no pattern is available. Børge Using the patches (softmac and all this) against 2.6.15.4 I got it to work a few times, and now I hoped that the integration into the kernel would have made stuff better, but it didn't. Any hints appreciated. Powerbook5,6 Debian Sarge with backported ii wireless-tools 27+28pre13-1 Doing the ifconfig eth1 and then after a iwlist eth1 scanning iwconfig eth1 essid conference channel 8 rate 11M First it looks fine, but these are the sort of messages I get a lot: May 27 12:59:02 localhost kernel: ieee80211: eth1: IEEE80211_ASSOC_REQ received May 27 13:00:04 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Authentication response received from 00:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX but no queue item exists. (The XX actually having numbers from the right access point.) But I cannot do dhclient eth1 or anything else to get the network working. Other laptops (non-broadcom) around me can do it without problems. Here is a full session: 86 ifconfig eth1 up 87 iwconfig eth1 essid conference channel 8 rate 11M 88 ifconfig 89 iwconfig 90 dhclient eth1 91 ifconfig eth1 down eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:conference Nickname:Broadcom 4306 Mode:Managed Frequency=2.447 GHz Access Point: 00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key: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 I get this signal with iwconfig a few times as well, then it says: eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:conference Nickname:Broadcom 4306 Mode:Managed Frequency=2.447 GHz Access Point: 00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Link Quality=100/100 Signal level=2/3 Noise level=187/100 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 but this only slightly changes the messsge. /var/log/syslog (some anonymisation done), without associations working. May 27 14:14:37 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: PHY connected May 27 14:14:37 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Radio turned on May 27 14:14:37 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Chip initialized May 27 14:14:37 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: DMA initialized May 27 14:14:37 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: 80211 cores initialized May 27 14:14:37 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Keys cleared May 27 14:14:37 localhost kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready May 27 14:15:07 localhost kernel: printk: 9 messages suppressed. May 27 14:15:07 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Authentication response received from 00:13:ce:9e:a2:f4 but no queue item exists. May 27 14:15:10 localhost last message repeated 8 times May 27 14:15:17 localhost kernel: printk: 12 messages suppressed. May 27 14:15:17 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Authentication response received from 00:13:ce:9e:a2:f4 but no queue item exists. May 27 14:15:20 localhost kernel: printk: 124 messages suppressed. May 27 14:15:20 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Authentication response received from 00:13:ce:9e:a2:f4 but no queue item exists. May 27 14:15:23 localhost dhclient: Internet Software Consortium DHCP Client 2.0pl5 May 27 14:15:23 localhost dhclient: Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 The Internet Software Consortium. May 27 14:15:23 localhost dhclient: All rights reserved. May 27 14:15:23 localhost dhclient: May 27 14:15:23 localhost dhclient: Please contribute if you find this softwareuseful. May 27 14:15:23 localhost dhclient: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/dhcp-contrib.html May 27 14:15:23 localhost dhclient: May 27 14:15:23 localhost dhclient: sit0: unknown hardware address type 776 May 27 14:15:24 localhost dhclient: sit0: unknown hardware address type 776 May 27 14:15:24 localhost dhclient: Listening on
