Re: [Gumstix-users] No wifi love after r1411 flash

[C D <loo...@gm...>]

Settings for mwlan0
> auto mwlan0
>
> iface mwlan0 inet dhcp
>
> pre-up /sbin/iwconfig $IFACE key <wep-key> key open essid <essid> txpower
> 100mW
but devices named
> wlan0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"test"  Nickname:""
and
> wifi0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"test"  Nickname:""

try dropping the m from the /etc/network/interfaces settings. e.g.

>snip<
auto wlan0

 iface wlan0 inet dhcp

 pre-up /sbin/iwconfig $IFACE key <wep-key> key open essid <essid> txpower
 100mW


- Chris


On 5/18/07, Brian Gregory <bgr...@g-...> wrote:
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> How do I get my CF MA701 card to work (as it did before with the
> wireless.opts based config) with the latest revision? (I just grabbed 141=
1)
> I flashed my gumstix-400mx and I can't seem to get the wifi to work. (I w=
ish
> I hadn't =96 can someone recommend a stable buildroot?)
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> Here are the lines from my otherwise unmodified /etc/network/interfaces:
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> auto mwlan0
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> iface mwlan0 inet dhcp
>
> pre-up /sbin/iwconfig $IFACE key <wep-key> key open essid <essid> txpower
> 100mW
>
>
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> (of course the real file has a real hex wep-key and a real essid =96 plea=
se
> don't lecture me about the use of WEP. Trust me, I know it's bad but I ne=
ed
> to use it for reasons I can't change)
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> When the system boots I get the following error: (also when I issue "ifup
> mwlan0")
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> Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
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>                 SET failed on device mwlan0 : No such device.
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> Here is the output from iwconfig:
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> wifi0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"test"  Nickname:""
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>           Mode:Master  Access Point: Not-Associated   Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
>
>           Sensitivity=3D1/3
>
>           Retry short limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>
>           Encryption key:off
>
>           Power Management:off
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> wlan0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"test"  Nickname:""
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>           Mode:Master  Access Point: Not-Associated   Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
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>           Sensitivity=3D1/3
>
>           Retry short limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>
>           Encryption key:off
>
>           Power Management:off
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>           Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
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>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
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>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
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> What have I done wrong?
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> Brian Gregory
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