Re: [Madwifi-users] AR242x: no scan results, can't connect
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From: Colin B. <cb...@li...> - 2008-06-30 16:55:47
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vo...@bu... wrote: > On Sat, 28 Jun 2008, Colin Brace wrote: > >> * I removed the ath driver files included in Ubuntu; > > Make sure you also blacklist the ath_hal from linux-restricted-modules: > > In my /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules file, I added: > > DISABLED_MODULES="ath_hal" I am a little confused by this. Doesn't the current CVS require the new madwifi-hal package to be installed? As I wrote in my original message, I compiled this package and installed it in the default location. Blacklisting this module, ath0 doesn't get created. In any case, this is what I now have loaded: $ lsmod | grep ath ath_rate_sample 16128 1 ath_pci 242104 0 wlan 236400 4 wlan_scan_sta,ath_rate_sample,ath_pci ath_hal 305376 3 ath_rate_sample,ath_pci Does this look right? > Does your machine have a physical wireless button ? I would try > hitting/switching it and then checking your scan results again. It has doesn't have a hardward on/off WLAN switch; there is a "wifi" button, but it is currently unassigned. Just curious; if I run dhclient: $ sudo dhclient ath0 Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.6 Copyright 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801 wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801 Listening on LPF/ath0/00:1f:3a:b5:36:33 Sending on LPF/ath0/00:1f:3a:b5:36:33 Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15 DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 1 No DHCPOFFERS received. No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. It would appear to recognize the hardware and so forth, except for that strange wifi0 error. Why is this node created? Thanks. -- Colin Brace Amsterdam http://lim.nl |