Return-path: Received: from nsp.dat.demokritos.gr ([143.233.247.10]:53569 "EHLO nsp.dat.demokritos.gr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752599AbYHHPFM (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Aug 2008 11:05:12 -0400 Received: from orion.ozo.com (orion.ozo.com [212.70.193.242]) by nsp.dat.demokritos.gr (8.13.1/8.13.1) with SMTP id m78DnY2V000550 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:49:34 +0300 Message-ID: <489C5B6C.4030108@ozo.com> (sfid-20080808_170525_667461_87CB61DD) Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:42:52 +0300 From: "Alexandros C. Couloumbis" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ath9k-devel@venema.h4ckr.net CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: ath9k<-->ath9k ad-hoc does not associate Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-7; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Greetings, I am using an openwrt-x86 trunk 12244 image with linux-2.6.26.2, compiled with gcc-4.2.2, compat-wireless-2008-08-06 from: http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat-wireless-2.6/2008/08/compat-wireless-2008-08-06.tar.bz2 and ath9k commit c3785ea5f6f61095a3cffa8c688d9aae171abb83 The hardware used is: alix & wrap boards along with a pair of Unex DNMA-83 (Atheros 9160) wifi cards. the mac80211 is compiled with all debug options enabled. frame dumping is not enabled though. also timing info is enabled on kernel debug. the wifi cards are not able to ping one another. here is some output: iwconfig, ifconfig & iwlist wlan0 scan from the wrap board: wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"awmn" Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:5.745 GHz Cell: 0E:18:12:1E:75:73 Tx-Power=23 dBm Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B Encryption key:off Power Management: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 wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0B:6B:B0:21:B8 inet addr:192.168.100.1 Bcast:192.168.100.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-0B-6B-B0-21-B8-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) wlan0 Scan completed : Cell 01 - Address: E6:FE:0E:A1:77:22 ESSID:"awmn" Mode:Ad-Hoc Channel:149 Frequency:5.745 GHz (Channel 149) Quality=17/100 Signal level:-84 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm Encryption key:off Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Extra:tsf=000005ffca03c65c Extra: Last beacon: 370ms ago iwconfig, ifconfig & iwlist wlan0 scan on the alix board: wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"awmn" Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:5.745 GHz Cell: E6:FE:0E:A1:77:22 Tx-Power=23 dBm Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B Encryption key:off Power Management: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 wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0B:6B:B0:21:FA inet addr:192.168.100.2 Bcast:192.168.100.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:180 (180.0 B) wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-0B-6B-B0-21-FA-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0B:6B:B0:21:FA inet addr:192.168.100.2 Bcast:192.168.100.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:180 (180.0 B) wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-0B-6B-B0-21-FA-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) dmesg on the wrap side is filled with: [ 1504.350024] RX beacon SA=00:0b:6b:b0:21:fa BSSID=0e:18:12:1e:75:73 TSF=0x11d4b13007e3e5 BCN=0x11d4b130076345 diff=32928 @120435 [ 1504.459005] RX beacon SA=00:0b:6b:b0:21:fa BSSID=0e:18:12:1e:75:73 TSF=0x11d4b13008f3ea BCN=0x11d4b13008f34b diff=159 @120445 [ 1504.560161] RX beacon SA=00:0b:6b:b0:21:fa BSSID=0e:18:12:1e:75:73 TSF=0x11d4b1300a83e6 BCN=0x11d4b1300a8346 diff=160 @120455 [ 1504.660023] RX beacon SA=00:0b:6b:b0:21:fa BSSID=0e:18:12:1e:75:73 TSF=0x11d4b1300f93ed BCN=0x11d4b1300c134c diff=229537 @120466 [ 1504.766188] RX beacon SA=00:0b:6b:b0:21:fa BSSID=0e:18:12:1e:75:73 TSF=0x11d4b1300da3e5 BCN=0x11d4b1300da345 diff=160 @120476 [ 1504.868558] RX beacon SA=00:0b:6b:b0:21:fa BSSID=0e:18:12:1e:75:73 TSF=0x11d4b1300fb3eb BCN=0x11d4b1300f334b diff=32928 @120486 dmesg on the alix side: [ 1614.667845] phy0: HW CONFIG: freq=5825 [ 1614.727853] phy0: HW CONFIG: freq=5745 [ 1614.735100] wlan0: sta_find_ibss (active_ibss=0) [ 1614.735131] bssid=e6:fe:0e:a1:77:22 found [ 1614.735154] bssid=0e:18:12:1e:75:73 found [ 1614.735193] sta_find_ibss: selected 0e:18:12:1e:75:73 current e6:fe:0e:a1:77:22 [ 1614.735226] wlan0: Selected IBSS BSSID 0e:18:12:1e:75:73 based on configured SSID [ 1614.735297] phy0: HW CONFIG: freq=5745 [ 1644.738301] wlan0: No active IBSS STAs - trying to scan for other IBSS networks with same SSID (merge) [ 1644.768298] phy0: HW CONFIG: freq=2412 [ 1644.828298] phy0: HW CONFIG: freq=2417 [ 1644.888299] phy0: HW CONFIG: freq=2422 [ 1644.948299] phy0: HW CONFIG: freq=2427 [ 1645.008303] phy0: HW CONFIG: freq=2432 [ 1645.068305] phy0: HW CONFIG: freq=2437 [ 1645.128303] phy0: HW CONFIG: freq=2442 [ 1645.188303] phy0: HW CONFIG: freq=2447 [ 1645.248306] phy0: HW CONFIG: freq=2452 [ 1645.308305] phy0: HW CONFIG: freq=2457 [ 1645.368304] phy0: HW CONFIG: freq=2462 [ 1645.428306] phy0: HW CONFIG: freq=5180 [ 1645.488308] phy0: HW CONFIG: freq=5200 [ 1645.548307] phy0: HW CONFIG: freq=5220 [ 1645.608313] phy0: HW CONFIG: freq=5240 [ 1645.668321] phy0: HW CONFIG: freq=5745 [ 1645.699752] phy0: Adding new IBSS station 00:0b:6b:b0:21:b8 (dev=wlan0) [ 1645.699799] phy0: Allocated STA 00:0b:6b:b0:21:b8 [ 1645.699869] phy0: Inserted STA 00:0b:6b:b0:21:b8 [ 1645.728313] phy0: HW CONFIG: freq=5765 [ 1645.788314] phy0: HW CONFIG: freq=5785 [ 1645.848316] phy0: HW CONFIG: freq=5805 [ 1645.908316] phy0: HW CONFIG: freq=5825 [ 1645.968324] phy0: HW CONFIG: freq=5745 [ 1645.975576] wlan0: sta_find_ibss (active_ibss=0) [ 1645.975606] bssid=e6:fe:0e:a1:77:22 found [ 1645.975645] sta_find_ibss: selected e6:fe:0e:a1:77:22 current 0e:18:12:1e:75:73 [ 1645.975678] wlan0: Selected IBSS BSSID e6:fe:0e:a1:77:22 based on configured SSID [ 1645.975769] phy0: Removed STA 00:0b:6b:b0:21:b8 [ 1645.975864] phy0: HW CONFIG: freq=5745 [ 1645.984326] phy0: Destroyed STA 00:0b:6b:b0:21:b8 I would be happy to provide any further output if necessary. best regards, -- Alexandros C. 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