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[Madwifi-users] Re: Madwifi-users digest, Vol 1 #1469 - 7 msgs
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From: <asa...@si...> - 2006-01-13 17:06:45
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hello, what ahppened to my message? > Send Madwifi-users mailing list submissions to > mad...@li... > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/madwifi-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mad...@li... > > You can reach the person managing the list at > mad...@li... > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Madwifi-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Netgate EMP-8602 wireless card?? (Michael Renzmann) > 2. Re: Problem with 54Mbps Ad-hoc (Long Pu) > 3. Wireless cards recommendation (802.11a + ad-hoc + linux) (George > Hadjichristofi) > 4. Any luck with WPA-Enterprise? (Chad Meister) > 5. Re: Any luck with WPA-Enterprise? (Dimitris Kogias) > 6. Re: Any luck with WPA-Enterprise? (Yeo Siow Vic) > 7. AP mac address is 00:00:00:00:00:00 (Yeo Siow Vic) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > Subject: Re: [Madwifi-users] Netgate EMP-8602 wireless card?? > From: Michael Renzmann <ma...@no...> > Reply-To: ma...@no... > To: Jim Thompson <ji...@ne...> > Cc: he...@cn..., mad...@li..., > su...@ne... > Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 05:47:54 +0100 > > Hi. > > On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 00:14 -1000, Jim Thompson wrote: >> On some platforms, (are you running on a WRAP?) there is a BIOS issue >> during cold boot (only), where the BIOS doesn't properly enumerate the >> cards, but during a warm boot (reboot without a power cycle) the cards >> *are* enumerated. > >> Its *not* a HAL (or driver) issue. I spoke to Sam at some length about >> it to be sure I wasn't confusing myself. >> >> I'm working on getting it fixed. > > It would be great if you could drop a note into this thread once you > found a solution for this. We have quite a lot people running MadWifi on > WRAPs, so this might be of good help. Thanks. > > Bye, Mike > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:57:08 +0800 > From: Long Pu <lo...@gm...> > To: ma...@no... > Subject: Re: [Madwifi-users] Problem with 54Mbps Ad-hoc > Cc: mad...@li... > > There is no error messages. > It just can't reach each other. > > BTW: > madwifi-old works fine. :-) > I use 2.6.12 kernel. > I set both cards rate auto 54M, channel 5. > and I use netperf to test tcp throuput. The distance of two thinkpads > is just 0.5m. > Three times run netperf: > 25.82Mbits/sec, 25.71Mbits/sec, 26.32Mbits/sec. > > The result is reasonable, I think. It is almost the same as that of > 54M infrastructured network with one card. > > > On 1/10/06, Michael Renzmann <ma...@no...> wrote: >> Hi. >> >> On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 23:36 +0800, Long Pu wrote: >> > I can set up an Ad-hoc network only when I set both cards >> > as 802.11b(11Mbps). >> >> What happens if you try to get Ad-hoc working in 11a or 11g? Do you get >> any error messages? >> >> Bye, Mike >> >> > > > -- > Things don' happen. Things are made to happen. > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 3 > From: "George Hadjichristofi" <gha...@vt...> > To: <mad...@li...> > Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 17:59:08 -0500 > Subject: [Madwifi-users] Wireless cards recommendation (802.11a + ad-hoc + > linux) > > Dear all, > > I would like to buy a number of wireless cards that use the madwifi > drivers in order to deploy a small ad-hoc network with 802.11a. > Can anyone recommend any cards that would work and are stable in ad-hoc > mode with 802.11a? > My first attempts with an "Intel pro/wireless 5000 LAN cardbus" adapter > have proven unsuccessful. > I greatly appreciate your help. > > George > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 17:52:22 -0800 (PST) > From: Chad Meister <cha...@ya...> > To: mad...@li... > Subject: [Madwifi-users] Any luck with WPA-Enterprise? > > Hi, > > Using wpa_supplicant and hostapd, I have successfully > managed to connect two atheros cards, one in station > and one in ap mode. I used the latest version of > wpa_supplicant and hostapd (0.4.7) and set up a > WPA-PSK session or what the Wi-Fi alphabet soup > labels "WPA-Personal." Since WPA-PSK can be cracked, > I want to set up "WPA-Enterprise"; that is, exchanging > the keys using certificates and a freeradius server. > > Problem is that I get a "segmentation fault" when > starting up hostapd with the proper WPA-Enterprise > settings. > > So my question is, has anyone managed to build such a > setup that works? I'm trying to determine if the > "segmentation fault" is a madwifi driver problem or a > hostapd problem. > > Any advice, of course, is welcome. > > Thanks, > > Chad > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:02:17 -0800 > From: Dimitris Kogias <dim...@gm...> > To: MadWiFi Users <mad...@li...> > Subject: Re: [Madwifi-users] Any luck with WPA-Enterprise? > >> labels "WPA-Personal." Since WPA-PSK can be cracked, > > Veering off-topic, but: The only weakness in WPA-PSK I'm aware of is > with weak passwords, i.e. dictionary attacks. You can use > randomly-generated passwords and you should be OK. > > Plus I believe hostapd lets you use per-MAC PSKs to better protect > point-to-point traffic. > > D. > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:20:05 -0800 (PST) > From: Yeo Siow Vic <yeo...@ya...> > Subject: Re: [Madwifi-users] Any luck with WPA-Enterprise? > To: mad...@li... > > hi, > > I am using madwifi dated ng-r1390-20060105, on kernel > 2.4.24, on ixp425. I can compile and bring up the > madwifi driver. However, in AP mode, no cards can see > it. When i do iwconfig, i find that the AP mac address > is all 0! > > Is this anything to do with the driver or the kernel? > > Thanks. Vic > > # ./iwconfig > lo no wireless extensions. > > wifi0 no wireless extensions. > > ath0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"jj" > Mode:Master Frequency:2.412 GHz Access > Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00 > Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:20 dBm > Sensitivity=0/3 > Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Encryption key:off > Power Management:off > Link Quality=0/94 Signal level=-95 dBm > Noise level=-95 dBm > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx > invalid frag:0 > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 > Missed beacon:0 > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:20:36 -0800 (PST) > From: Yeo Siow Vic <yeo...@ya...> > Subject: [Madwifi-users] AP mac address is 00:00:00:00:00:00 > To: mad...@li... > > hi, > > I am using madwifi dated ng-r1390-20060105, on kernel > 2.4.24, on ixp425. I can compile and bring up the > madwifi driver. However, in AP mode, no cards can see > it. When i do iwconfig, i find that the AP mac address > is all 0! > > Is this anything to do with the driver or the kernel? > > Thanks. Vic > > # ./iwconfig > lo no wireless extensions. > > wifi0 no wireless extensions. > > ath0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"jj" > Mode:Master Frequency:2.412 GHz Access > Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00 > Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:20 dBm > Sensitivity=0/3 > Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Encryption key:off > Power Management:off > Link Quality=0/94 Signal level=-95 dBm > Noise level=-95 dBm > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx > invalid frag:0 > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 > Missed beacon:0 > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > --__--__-- > > _______________________________________________ > Madwifi-users mailing list > Mad...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/madwifi-users > > > End of Madwifi-users Digest > -- "Whatever is deserved to be admired not ought to being plunder"---- Margot Bigel |