Thread: [Madwifi-users] Atheros AR5007EG doesn't connect
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From: Francisco J. R. R. <jav...@ho...> - 2008-03-28 13:41:29
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Hi, I would be very thankful if you could help me to get my wireless card running as I have already tried everything I could without success. I have a PackardBell Easynote MX52-B-057 laptop with AMD Turion 64x2 processor and an Atheros AR5007EG wireless card. The OS is Ubuntu 7.10 for 32 bits, $ uname -a Linux minos 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 07:42:25 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux I followed the instructions in http://madwifi.org/ticket/1679 for this card model: 1) Installed the build-essential package 2) Uninstalled the old modules with "sudo modprobe -r ath_pci" and disabled "Atheros HAL" in the Restricted Drivers Manager 3) Downloaded the patched snapshot: http://snapshots.madwifi.org/special/madwifi-nr-r3366+ar5007.tar.gz 4) "make", "sudo make install", "sudo modprobe ath_pci" 5) Enabled "Atheros HAL" in the Restricted Drivers Manager and rebooted the system The result is that the OS detects the wireless card now and it properly scans and shows the available networks in the roaming mode, but when selecting my network it can never connect. If I configure the wireless network interface instead of using the roaming mode, it doesn't connect either. Originally the security was WPA-PSK with TKIP, but I also tried configuring the network with WEP and without any security, with the same result. $ ifconfig ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:AF:3C:C8:7A inet6 addr: fe80::215:afff:fe3c:c87a/64 Scope:Link 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:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1E:8C:CE:B5:92 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:4514 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:4340 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:3974996 (3.7 MB) TX bytes:802523 (783.7 KB) Interrupt:21 Base address:0x4000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 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:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-15-AF-3C-C8-7A-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:1021 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:195 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:46286 (45.2 KB) Interrupt:20 $ iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wifi0 no wireless extensions. ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"" Nickname:"" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:17 dBm Sensitivity=1/1 Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off Link Quality=0/70 Signal level=-148 dBm Noise level=-148 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 When loading ath_pci module with modprobe I get the following messages with dmesg [ 1244.568000] ath_pci: trunk [ 1244.572000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:06:00.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 20 [ 1244.572000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:06:00.0 to 64 [ 1245.072000] MadWifi: ath_attach: Switching rfkill capability off [ 1245.072000] MadWifi: ath_attach: Switching per-packet transmit power control off [ 1245.076000] wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps [ 1245.076000] wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps [ 1245.076000] wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP [ 1245.076000] wifi0: ath_announce: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic [ 1245.076000] wifi0: ath_announce: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic [ 1245.076000] wifi0: ath_announce: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic [ 1245.076000] wifi0: ath_announce: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic [ 1245.076000] wifi0: ath_announce: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic [ 1245.076000] wifi0: ath_announce: Use hw queue 9 for beacons [ 1245.076000] ath_pci: wifi0: Atheros 5424/2424: mem=0xfe9f0000, irq=20 If I check with lsmod, the modules loaded are ath_pci, wlan ,wlan_scan_sta, ath_rate_sample, ath_hal, ath_rate_sample. The info about the modules is: javier@minos:~$ modinfo ath_pci filename: /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/net/ath_pci.ko license: Dual BSD/GPL version: trunk description: Support for Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards. author: Errno Consulting, Sam Leffler srcversion: EF5714FF89F840AB57EB838 alias: pci:v0000168Cd00009013sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000024sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000023sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000001Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000001Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000001Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000001Asv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000019sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000018sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000017sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000016sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000015sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000101Asv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd00001014sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v000010B7d00000013sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000A727d00000013sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000012sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000007sv*sd*bc*sc*i* depends: ath_hal,wlan vermagic: 2.6.22-14-generic SMP mod_unload 586 parm: beacon_cal:int parm: countrycode:Override default country code (int) parm: maxvaps:Maximum VAPs (int) parm: outdoor:Enable/disable outdoor use (int) parm: xchanmode:Enable/disable extended channel mode (int) parm: rfkill:Enable/disable RFKILL capability (int) parm: tpc:Enable/disable per-packet transmit power control (TPC) capability (int) parm: autocreate:Create ath device in [sta|ap|wds|adhoc|ahdemo|monitor] mode. defaults to sta, use 'none' to disable (charp) parm: ratectl:Rate control algorithm [amrr|minstrel|onoe|sample], defaults to 'sample' (charp) parm: ath_debug:Load-time driver debug output enable (int) parm: ieee80211_debug:Load-time 802.11 debug output enable (int) javier@minos:~$ modinfo wlan filename: /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/net/wlan.ko license: Dual BSD/GPL version: trunk description: 802.11 wireless LAN protocol support author: Errno Consulting, Sam Leffler srcversion: 6B8063BBEBA501F732F726F depends: vermagic: 2.6.22-14-generic SMP mod_unload 586 javier@minos:~$ modinfo wlan_scan_sta filename: /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/net/wlan_scan_sta.ko license: Dual BSD/GPL description: 802.11 wireless support: default station scanner author: Errno Consulting, Sam Leffler srcversion: 32CA99387931DAF2E588AFD depends: wlan vermagic: 2.6.22-14-generic SMP mod_unload 586 javier@minos:~$ modinfo ath_rate_sample filename: /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/net/ath_rate_sample.ko license: Dual BSD/GPL version: trunk description: SampleRate bit-rate selection algorithm for Atheros devices author: John Bicket srcversion: 14E62D23BC897A7A1331C24 depends: wlan,ath_hal vermagic: 2.6.22-14-generic SMP mod_unload 586 javier@minos:~$ modinfo ath_hal filename: /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/net/ath_hal.ko license: Proprietary version: i386-elf: 0.10.2.2-ATHEROS description: Atheros Hardware Access Layer (HAL) author: Errno Consulting, Sam Leffler srcversion: 4513580BE92ACD7C78289A6 depends: vermagic: 2.6.22-14-generic SMP mod_unload 586 javier@minos:~$ modinfo ath_rate_sample filename: /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/net/ath_rate_sample.ko license: Dual BSD/GPL version: trunk description: SampleRate bit-rate selection algorithm for Atheros devices author: John Bicket srcversion: 14E62D23BC897A7A1331C24 depends: wlan,ath_hal vermagic: 2.6.22-14-generic SMP mod_unload 586 If you need any other info to help me solve the problem, please let me know. Thanks in advance. Javier _________________________________________________________________ MSN Noticias http://noticias.msn.es/comunidad.aspx |
From: Adam N. <il...@ya...> - 2008-03-28 17:54:17
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At least on the surface, it doesn't look like a problem with the driver. dmesg output looks good, device was created, and you can see networks. I noticed that your ESSID is set to an empty string. How are you trying to connect? ifconfig ath0 up iwconfig ath0 essid myNetwork channel 1 iwconfig ath0 # check output to make sure everything was set properly and you are associated /sbin/dhclient ath0 # or... use dhcpcd # or set ip statically with ifconfig ping 192.168.1.1; # or whatever your router might be Let us know where it fails. --Adam --- Francisco Javier Rando Rodriguez <jav...@ho...> wrote: > > Hi, I would be very thankful if you could help me to get my wireless card > running as I have already tried everything I could without success. > > I have a PackardBell Easynote MX52-B-057 laptop with AMD Turion 64x2 > processor and an Atheros AR5007EG wireless card. The OS is Ubuntu 7.10 for 32 > bits, > $ uname -a > Linux minos 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 07:42:25 UTC 2008 i686 > GNU/Linux > > I followed the instructions in http://madwifi.org/ticket/1679 for this card > model: > > 1) Installed the build-essential package > 2) Uninstalled the old modules with "sudo modprobe -r ath_pci" and disabled > "Atheros HAL" in the Restricted Drivers Manager > 3) Downloaded the patched snapshot: > http://snapshots.madwifi.org/special/madwifi-nr-r3366+ar5007.tar.gz > 4) "make", "sudo make install", "sudo modprobe ath_pci" > 5) Enabled "Atheros HAL" in the Restricted Drivers Manager and rebooted the > system > > The result is that the OS detects the wireless card now and it properly scans > and shows the available networks in the roaming mode, but when selecting my > network it can never connect. If I configure the wireless network interface > instead of using the roaming mode, it doesn't connect either. Originally the > security was WPA-PSK with TKIP, but I also tried configuring the network with > WEP and without any security, with the same result. > > $ ifconfig > ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:AF:3C:C8:7A > inet6 addr: fe80::215:afff:fe3c:c87a/64 Scope:Link > 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:0 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1E:8C:CE:B5:92 > UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:4514 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:4340 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:3974996 (3.7 MB) TX bytes:802523 (783.7 KB) > Interrupt:21 Base address:0x4000 > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 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:0 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) > > wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr > 00-15-AF-3C-C8-7A-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:1021 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:195 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:46286 (45.2 KB) > Interrupt:20 > > $ iwconfig > lo no wireless extensions. > > eth0 no wireless extensions. > > wifi0 no wireless extensions. > > ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"" Nickname:"" > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated > Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:17 dBm Sensitivity=1/1 > Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Power Management:off > Link Quality=0/70 Signal level=-148 dBm Noise level=-148 dBm > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 > > When loading ath_pci module with modprobe I get the following messages with > dmesg > > [ 1244.568000] ath_pci: trunk > [ 1244.572000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:06:00.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> > IRQ 20 > [ 1244.572000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:06:00.0 to 64 > [ 1245.072000] MadWifi: ath_attach: Switching rfkill capability off > [ 1245.072000] MadWifi: ath_attach: Switching per-packet transmit power > control off > [ 1245.076000] wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps > [ 1245.076000] wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps > 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps > [ 1245.076000] wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP > [ 1245.076000] wifi0: ath_announce: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic > [ 1245.076000] wifi0: ath_announce: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic > [ 1245.076000] wifi0: ath_announce: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic > [ 1245.076000] wifi0: ath_announce: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic > [ 1245.076000] wifi0: ath_announce: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic > [ 1245.076000] wifi0: ath_announce: Use hw queue 9 for beacons > [ 1245.076000] ath_pci: wifi0: Atheros 5424/2424: mem=0xfe9f0000, irq=20 > > If I check with lsmod, the modules loaded are ath_pci, wlan ,wlan_scan_sta, > ath_rate_sample, ath_hal, ath_rate_sample. The info about the modules is: > > javier@minos:~$ modinfo ath_pci > filename: /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/net/ath_pci.ko > license: Dual BSD/GPL > version: trunk > description: Support for Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards. > author: Errno Consulting, Sam Leffler > srcversion: EF5714FF89F840AB57EB838 > alias: pci:v0000168Cd00009013sv*sd*bc*sc*i* > alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000024sv*sd*bc*sc*i* > alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000023sv*sd*bc*sc*i* > alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000001Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i* > alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000001Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* > alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000001Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* > alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000001Asv*sd*bc*sc*i* > alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000019sv*sd*bc*sc*i* > alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000018sv*sd*bc*sc*i* > alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000017sv*sd*bc*sc*i* > alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000016sv*sd*bc*sc*i* > alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000015sv*sd*bc*sc*i* > alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000101Asv*sd*bc*sc*i* > alias: pci:v0000168Cd00001014sv*sd*bc*sc*i* > alias: pci:v000010B7d00000013sv*sd*bc*sc*i* > alias: pci:v0000A727d00000013sv*sd*bc*sc*i* > alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv*sd*bc*sc*i* > alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000012sv*sd*bc*sc*i* > alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000007sv*sd*bc*sc*i* > depends: ath_hal,wlan > vermagic: 2.6.22-14-generic SMP mod_unload 586 > parm: beacon_cal:int > parm: countrycode:Override default country code (int) > parm: maxvaps:Maximum VAPs (int) > parm: outdoor:Enable/disable outdoor use (int) > parm: xchanmode:Enable/disable extended channel mode (int) > parm: rfkill:Enable/disable RFKILL capability (int) > parm: tpc:Enable/disable per-packet transmit power control (TPC) > capability (int) > parm: autocreate:Create ath device in > [sta|ap|wds|adhoc|ahdemo|monitor] mode. defaults to sta, use 'none' to > disable (charp) > parm: ratectl:Rate control algorithm [amrr|minstrel|onoe|sample], > defaults to 'sample' (charp) > parm: ath_debug:Load-time driver debug output enable (int) > parm: ieee80211_debug:Load-time 802.11 debug output enable (int) > > javier@minos:~$ modinfo wlan > filename: /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/net/wlan.ko > license: Dual BSD/GPL > version: trunk > description: 802.11 wireless LAN protocol support > author: Errno Consulting, Sam Leffler > srcversion: 6B8063BBEBA501F732F726F > depends: > vermagic: 2.6.22-14-generic SMP mod_unload 586 > > javier@minos:~$ modinfo wlan_scan_sta > filename: /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/net/wlan_scan_sta.ko > license: Dual BSD/GPL > description: 802.11 wireless support: default station scanner > author: Errno Consulting, Sam Leffler > srcversion: 32CA99387931DAF2E588AFD > depends: wlan > vermagic: 2.6.22-14-generic SMP mod_unload 586 > > javier@minos:~$ modinfo ath_rate_sample > filename: /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/net/ath_rate_sample.ko > license: Dual BSD/GPL > version: trunk > description: SampleRate bit-rate selection algorithm for Atheros devices > author: John Bicket > srcversion: 14E62D23BC897A7A1331C24 > depends: wlan,ath_hal > vermagic: 2.6.22-14-generic SMP mod_unload 586 > > javier@minos:~$ modinfo ath_hal > filename: /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/net/ath_hal.ko > license: Proprietary > version: i386-elf: 0.10.2.2-ATHEROS > description: Atheros Hardware Access Layer (HAL) > author: Errno Consulting, Sam Leffler > srcversion: 4513580BE92ACD7C78289A6 > depends: > vermagic: 2.6.22-14-generic SMP mod_unload 586 > > javier@minos:~$ modinfo ath_rate_sample > filename: /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/net/ath_rate_sample.ko > license: Dual BSD/GPL > version: trunk > description: SampleRate bit-rate selection algorithm for Atheros devices > author: John Bicket > srcversion: 14E62D23BC897A7A1331C24 > depends: wlan,ath_hal > vermagic: 2.6.22-14-generic SMP mod_unload 586 > > If you need any other info to help me solve the problem, please let me know. > > Thanks in advance. > Javier > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Noticias > http://noticias.msn.es/comunidad.aspx > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace > _______________________________________________ > Madwifi-users mailing list > Mad...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/madwifi-users > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? 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