Re: Sharing ppp connection with wlan interface
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Vinicius Massuchetto viniciusan...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:35 PM, Celejar cele...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:18:50 -0300 Vinícius Massuchetto viniciusan...@gmail.com wrote: Celejar escreveu: [...] $ lspci | grep Wireless 0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02) This page claims that iwlwifi (iwl3945) can't do AP: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers How pity. Is that a driver or a hardware limitation? -- Vinicius -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Sharing ppp connection with wlan interface
[back on list] On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:38:06 -0300 Vinicius Massuchetto viniciusan...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:35 PM, Celejar cele...@gmail.com wrote: ... This page claims that iwlwifi (iwl3945) can't do AP: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers How pity. Is that a driver or a hardware limitation? I really don't know; I don't have any Intel wireless hardware. Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Sharing ppp connection with wlan interface
On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:49:35 -0300 Vinícius Massuchetto viniciusan...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all. I've been trying to serve a ppp0 internet connection through a wireless network. I made a small script to be ran when i want to do that: ifdown wlan0 iwconfig wlan0 essid VinaNET mode Ad-Hoc ifconfig wlan0 192.168.0.254 echo 1 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward /etc/init.d/dnsmasq stop /etc/init.d/dnsmasq start iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ppp0 -j MASQUERADE The script goes just fine and the client computer can see the wireless network but can't connect, it only keeps trying: DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval x I'm not sure that I understand exactly what you're trying to do here. If you want the box in question to serve as a wireless AP / router (i.e., the ppp connection is from the box, and clients connect wirelessly to the box), then you should be configuring it with 'mode master', or, more likely these days, using hostapd. If you have a separate wireless AP, and you just want the box to be a dns server / ppp host, then the mode should be 'managed', and the AP should be configured to forward traffic to the box. Please explain more clearly your network topology. Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Sharing ppp connection with wlan interface
Hi. Thanks for helping. On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Celejar cele...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:49:35 -0300 Vinícius Massuchetto viniciusan...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all. I've been trying to serve a ppp0 internet connection through a wireless network. I made a small script to be ran when i want to do that: ifdown wlan0 iwconfig wlan0 essid VinaNET mode Ad-Hoc ifconfig wlan0 192.168.0.254 echo 1 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward /etc/init.d/dnsmasq stop /etc/init.d/dnsmasq start iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ppp0 -j MASQUERADE The script goes just fine and the client computer can see the wireless network but can't connect, it only keeps trying: DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval x I'm not sure that I understand exactly what you're trying to do here. If you want the box in question to serve as a wireless AP / router (i.e., the ppp connection is from the box, and clients connect wirelessly to the box) That's exactly it. I've got a 3G modem connected to the box, and I want other computers to get this connection wirelessly. I followed this tutorial to get this configuration: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sharing_ppp_connection_with_wlan_interface then you should be configuring it with 'mode master', or, more likely these days, using hostapd. If you have a separate wireless AP, and you just want the box to be a dns server / ppp host, then the mode should be 'managed', and the AP should be configured to forward traffic to the box. I'm not sure about what mode to use in case I want the computer to be the router. I found this information randomically defined in different places while looking for it on the web. As I said, the client computer sees the wireless network I created, but can't connect to it. The syslog of the server computer keeps showing this: Sep 20 23:46:48 vinicius kernel: [ 3349.172165] wlan0: No active IBSS STAs - trying to scan for other IBSS networks with same SSID (merge) Sep 20 23:46:51 vinicius kernel: [ 3351.704879] wlan0: Selected IBSS BSSID 0e:45:9e:94:06:07 based on configured SSID Please explain more clearly your network topology. Hope it is clear enough now. Thanks again. Vinicius -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Sharing ppp connection with wlan interface
On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:28:06 -0300 Vinicius Massuchetto viniciusan...@gmail.com wrote: ... That's exactly it. I've got a 3G modem connected to the box, and I want other computers to get this connection wirelessly. I followed this tutorial to get this configuration: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sharing_ppp_connection_with_wlan_interface then you should be configuring it with 'mode master', or, more likely these days, using hostapd. If you have a separate wireless AP, and you just want the box to be a dns server / ppp host, then the mode should be 'managed', and the AP should be configured to forward traffic to the box. You'd normally use 'master' / hostapd where the wireless clients are connecting to the box. I've never used ad-hoc mode, and I don't know anything about it. I'm not sure about what mode to use in case I want the computer to be the router. I found this information randomically defined in different places while looking for it on the web. As I said, the client computer sees the wireless network I created, but can't connect to it. The syslog of the server computer keeps showing this: Sep 20 23:46:48 vinicius kernel: [ 3349.172165] wlan0: No active IBSS STAs - trying to scan for other IBSS networks with same SSID (merge) Sep 20 23:46:51 vinicius kernel: [ 3351.704879] wlan0: Selected IBSS BSSID 0e:45:9e:94:06:07 based on configured SSID This sounds like ad-hoc mode related stuff. Try setting up master mode; the exact method will depend on what chipset / driver you're using. Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Sharing ppp connection with wlan interface
Celejar escreveu: [...] You'd normally use 'master' / hostapd where the wireless clients are connecting to the box. I've never used ad-hoc mode, and I don't know anything about it. I've been trying to set it to master mode, but I'm starting to think that this card doesn't support it. How can I confirm? $ iwconfig wlan0 mode master Error for wireless request Set Mode (8B06) : SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. $ lspci | grep Wireless 0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02) $ apt-cache show firmware-iwlwifi Version: 0.18 Thanks Vinicius -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Sharing ppp connection with wlan interface
On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:18:50 -0300 Vinícius Massuchetto viniciusan...@gmail.com wrote: Celejar escreveu: [...] You'd normally use 'master' / hostapd where the wireless clients are connecting to the box. I've never used ad-hoc mode, and I don't know anything about it. I've been trying to set it to master mode, but I'm starting to think that this card doesn't support it. How can I confirm? $ iwconfig wlan0 mode master Error for wireless request Set Mode (8B06) : SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. $ lspci | grep Wireless 0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02) This page claims that iwlwifi (iwl3945) can't do AP: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers For (most?) modern cards that can, you'll want to read: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Documentation/hostapd Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Sharing ppp connection with wlan interface
Dear all. I've been trying to serve a ppp0 internet connection through a wireless network. I made a small script to be ran when i want to do that: ifdown wlan0 iwconfig wlan0 essid VinaNET mode Ad-Hoc ifconfig wlan0 192.168.0.254 echo 1 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward /etc/init.d/dnsmasq stop /etc/init.d/dnsmasq start iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ppp0 -j MASQUERADE The script goes just fine and the client computer can see the wireless network but can't connect, it only keeps trying: DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval x Thanks. -- Vinícius André Massuchetto http://vinicius.soylocoporti.org.br -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Sharing ppp connection with wlan interface
Oh Sorry... I forgot to mention an important info. Here's my dnsmasq.conf file: domain-needed bogus-priv interface=wlan0 dhcp-range=192.168.0.1,192.169.0.100,12h Thanks again. -- Vinícius André Massuchetto http://vinicius.soylocoporti.org.br Vinícius Massuchetto escreveu: Dear all. I've been trying to serve a ppp0 internet connection through a wireless network. I made a small script to be ran when i want to do that: ifdown wlan0 iwconfig wlan0 essid VinaNET mode Ad-Hoc ifconfig wlan0 192.168.0.254 echo 1 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward /etc/init.d/dnsmasq stop /etc/init.d/dnsmasq start iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ppp0 -j MASQUERADE The script goes just fine and the client computer can see the wireless network but can't connect, it only keeps trying: DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval x Thanks. -- Vinícius André Massuchetto http://vinicius.soylocoporti.org.br -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
