[Madwifi-users] [Fwd: Madwifi and RedHat 7.3 Driver Loads but does not connect to wireless.]

[Patrick F. <pa...@mo...>]

Hi all,

I've been trying to get a Unex CM9-GP working under RedHat 7.3.

I'm currently trying to use a new 2.4 kernel (2.4.32) and the 
Madwifi-old driver (r1208-20060106), they only real requirements I have 
is the base be RH7.3. I've also tried 2.4 kernels 20,21,22,27 with 
success ranging from the driver not compiling, to refusing to link 
properly, to loading and not ever connecting to the access point. I've 
also recompiled wireless tools (27) from the tarball on the HP site. All 
of this has been done with gcc 2.95.3.

With 2.4.32 the driver compiles and loads finding ath0 and allowing me 
to ifconfig it as well as run iwconfig on it. However, no matter what 
settings I use, with encryption or not, it refuses to find an access point.

unencrypted example: iwconfig ath0 mode Managed essid "Wireless Network" 
enc open rate auto
ath0      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"Wireless Network"
         Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.442 GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
         Bit Rate:1 Mb/s   Tx-Power:18 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

my dmesg looks like:ath_hal: 0.9.14.9 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, 
RF5112, RF2413)
wlan: 0.8.6.0 (EXPERIMENTAL)
ath_rate_sample: 1.2
ath_pci: 0.9.6.0 (EXPERIMENTAL)
Build date: Jan 20 2006
Debugging version (IEEE80211)
ath0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 
24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: turboA rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: turboG rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP
ath0: mac 5.9 phy 4.3 radio 3.6
ath0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
ath0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
ath0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
ath0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
ath0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
ath0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
Debugging version (ATH)
ath0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xc0000000, irq=9
ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 2 (2417 Mhz)
ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 4 (2427 Mhz)
ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 4 (2427 Mhz)
ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 6 (2437 Mhz)
ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 6 (2437 Mhz)
ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 8 (2447 Mhz)


I've used that madwifi-old driver under Debian 2.4.27's kernel  with 
this card and a slightly different board and was completely successful 
right out of the gate.

I've also tried various kernels from ATrpms and fedora-legacy with 
little success. Even when their kernels would install their modules 
woudn't ever link right, and attempting to recreate the kernel from the 
sorce packages they provided (a must, i have other drivers to build) 
would fail on building.

So anyone got any advice on getting that driver to work correctly on a 
redhat 7.3. box? I tried searching thru the archives, but found little 
recent information.

Thanks for any and all responses.
Best
Patrick Flaherty

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