Return-path: Received: from mta1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net ([167.206.4.196]:48585 "EHLO mta1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754910AbYDBTDI (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Apr 2008 15:03:08 -0400 Received: from X61.NetworkingUnlimited.com (ool-43503a0c.dyn.optonline.net [67.80.58.12]) by mta1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0JYP00B6ZOX6SI20@mta1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:03:06 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:03:06 -0400 From: Vincent C Jones Subject: RE: problem with iwl4965 and kernel 2.6.24.4 In-reply-to: To: "Chatre, Reinette" Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Message-id: <1207162986.12301.32.camel@X61.NetworkingUnlimited.com> (sfid-20080402_200322_442172_AA2D2074) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain References: <1207092107.12301.18.camel@X61.NetworkingUnlimited.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 11:21 -0700, Chatre, Reinette wrote: > On , Vincent C Jones wrote: > > > Agree, it should not be necessary to use both iwconfig & > > wpa_supplicant, but somewhere between the last official release for > > Intel 4965 and the latest the 3/27/2008 release, it has become > > necessary, at least for some of us. SuSE 10.3, all kernels tried from > > 2.6.22 through 2.6.25-rc4. Some data points which might give > > you a clue: > > To check we are using the same code ... could you please use the latest > iwlwifi driver by making use of the compat-wireless project > (http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download)? > > > > > Incidentally, should the 802.11n work using 802.11n draft on 5Ghz? > > yes > > Reinette Downloaded, compiled and tested with today's version (compat-wireless-2008-04-02) compat-release "2.8-50-g7b9853d". Same results as before: iwl4965: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN driver for Linux, 1.2.26k iwl4965: Copyright(c) 2003-2008 Intel Corporation ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:03:00.0 to 64 iwl4965: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN iwl4965: Tunable channels: 11 802.11bg, 13 802.11a channels phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-4965-rs' ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0 wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1a:c1:8a:23:40 wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0 wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1a:c1:8a:23:40 wlan0: RX authentication from 00:1a:c1:8a:23:40 (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0) wlan0: authenticated wlan0: associate with AP 00:1a:c1:8a:23:40 wlan0: authentication frame received from 00:1a:c1:8a:23:40, but not in authenticate state - ignored wlan0: RX deauthentication from 00:1a:c1:8a:23:40 (reason=6) wlan0: deauthenticated execute - iwconfig wlan0 chan 149 wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1a:c1:8a:23:40 wlan0: RX authentication from 00:1a:c1:8a:23:40 (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0) wlan0: authenticated wlan0: associate with AP 00:1a:c1:8a:23:40 wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1a:c1:8a:23:40 (capab=0x11 status=0 aid=1) wlan0: associated Note that upon further testing, I don't need to specify the AP address, only the channel to use, and only if the channel is in the 5Ghz band. Other info: uname -a Linux X61 2.6.22.17-0.1-test #2 SMP Tue Apr 1 11:33:27 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Lenovo 7675CTO X61 ThinkPad T7500 (2.2MHz Core-2 Duo), SuSE 10.3 X86_64 Any other info that would help (or tests to run), just let me know. Vince