Return-path: Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com ([209.85.200.173]:23946 "EHLO wf-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755976AbYC0OlT (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:41:19 -0400 Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 28so3713264wff.4 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:41:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <183c1cc10803270741r66896d88q15614af05a4142e6@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20080327_144134_566423_227720A4) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:41:18 -0400 From: "John Goulah" To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: problem with iwl4965 and kernel 2.6.24.4 In-Reply-To: <183c1cc10803262027k4c40386v767b2f9c79945deb@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <183c1cc10803261031p6e7e16bdme000416095de9b7f@mail.gmail.com> <183c1cc10803261149r2f518772j2ea3a1b5df55b2cc@mail.gmail.com> <183c1cc10803262027k4c40386v767b2f9c79945deb@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 11:27 PM, John Goulah wrote: > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Chatre, Reinette > > wrote: > > > > > On Wednesday, March 26, 2008 11:49 AM, John Goulah wrote: > > > > > > > > $ iwconfig > > > lo no wireless extensions. > > > > > > eth1 no wireless extensions. > > > > > > sit0 no wireless extensions. > > > > > > wmaster0 no wireless extensions. > > > > > > Warning: Driver for device wlan0 has been compiled with version 22 > > > of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 20. > > > Some things may be broken... > > > > > > wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"goulahnet" > > > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: > > > Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm > > > Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > Is this warning a problem? Does this mean I need to get a newer > > > iwconfig (I'm on debian etch, Wireless-Tools version 28) > > > > I don't know if it is necessary. In the above iwconfig output it does > > not look as though you are associated though. > > > > > > It appears I am still having some issues here with associating. Could > this be on the driver end of things? It doesn't happen with another > box (other drivers) > > I can disassociate: > $ sudo iwconfig wlan0 ap off > $ iwconfig > > wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"goulahnet" > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated > Tx-Power=14 dBm > > Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B > 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 > > > > What I was doing before is showing Invalid: > > > $ sudo iwconfig wlan0 ap any (same for auto here) > $ iwconfig > > wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"goulahnet" > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Invalid > Tx-Power=14 dBm > > Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B > 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 > > > > > It does seem a bit random, and I did have it working there for a > while, but it looked like if issue ctrl-C to wpa_supplicant it got > into this state, or a reboot. > > Anything I can try here? > > > Quick followup, one thing I've found is that I can scan as root and see my access point in the list: Cell 09 - Address: 00:15:E9:FA:E2:DB ESSID:"goulahnet" Mode:Master Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11) Channel:11 Quality=84/100 Signal level=-50 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm Encryption key:on IE: WPA Version 1 Group Cipher : CCMP Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP Authentication Suites (1) : PSK IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1 Group Cipher : CCMP Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP Authentication Suites (1) : PSK Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s 11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Extra:tsf=00000208dd78c752 One time, that even got me associated. But after removing the module and trying again to be sure, I'm still showing "Invalid" This seems a bit odd to me- Ideas are appreciated, I'm happy to debug where appropriate - Thanks!