[Madwifi-users] madwifi in Ubuntu - Edgy vs Dapper
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[Madwifi-users] madwifi in Ubuntu - Edgy vs Dapper
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From: Anita L. <ajl...@hi...> - 2006-11-23 22:01:49
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Ubuntu provides madwifi in their restricted modules. I installed Ubuntu 6.06 when it came out and my wireless works with it. I upgraded recently to 6.10 and wifi does not work with the restricted modules that come with kernel 2.6.17. I'm pretty sure it is something with madwifi, because this same version of Ubuntu with 2.6.17 allows wifi out of the box with my orinoco card. To add to this, I installed Slackware 11 with a 2.4.33.3 kernel and I downloaded and compiled the latest madwifi as of yesterday. The modules all loaded. I put the ESSID in the rc.wireless.conf file and restarted the network. It would not associate with the access point either. Installed Slackware on my laptop to be sure that I was not needing some other magic to set up the wireless. I worked fine. Here is the information for the wireless when using 2.6.15 and also the one that is not working, 2.6.17. My concern is that some upgrade somewhere is going to require me to use madwifi that won't work. Also I need the 2.6.17 kernel for some other things that I would like. I hope someone can help, because I've been looking into this off and on for a long time and can't find an answer. The closest thing I found is: http://madwifi.org/ticket/698 which is something about Agere/Orinoco chip in the router I presume. I really didn't understand what was being said in those posts. Thanks, Anita ============2.6.15============== -----lsmod grep ath-------- ath_pci 80540 0 ath_rate_sample 17160 1 ath_pci wlan 144924 3 ath_pci,ath_rate_sample ath_hal 148816 3 ath_pci,ath_rate_sample --------iwconfig-------- ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"04Z412556244" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:E0:98:DE:73:D1 Bit Rate:36 Mb/s Tx-Power:18 dBm Sensitivity=0/3 Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off Link Quality=22/94 Signal level=-73 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm Rx invalid nwid:236476 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:33 Invalid misc:33 Missed beacon:0 -------dmesg--------- 02:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5005G 802.11abg NIC (rev 01) [17179597.076000] ath_hal: 0.9.14.9 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2 413) [17179597.156000] wlan: 0.8.6.0 (EXPERIMENTAL) [17179597.156000] ath_rate_sample: 1.2 [17179597.164000] ath_pci: 0.9.6.0 (EXPERIMENTAL) [17179597.164000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:0d.0[A] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 209 [17179597.188000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.5[B] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 217 [17179597.188000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.5 to 64 [17179597.548000] AC'97 0 analog subsections not ready [17179597.612000] intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 52091 usecs [17179597.612000] intel8x0: clocking to 48000 [17179597.848000] Build date: Jul 10 2006 [17179597.848000] Debugging version (IEEE80211) [17179597.848000] ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps [17179597.848000] ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps [17179597.848000] ath0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP [17179597.848000] ath0: mac 7.8 phy 4.5 radio 5.6 [17179597.848000] ath0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic [17179597.848000] ath0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic [17179597.848000] ath0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic [17179597.848000] ath0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic [17179597.848000] ath0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic [17179597.848000] ath0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons [17179597.848000] Debugging version (ATH) [17179597.848000] ath0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xfead0000, irq=209 ==========end 2.6.15================= ==========2.6.17============== -----lsmod----- ath_pci 97184 0 ath_rate_sample 15616 1 ath_pci wlan 204636 4 wlan_scan_sta,ath_pci,ath_rate_sample ath_hal 192080 3 ath_pci,ath_rate_sample ----------iwconfig---------------- ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"04Z412556244" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.442 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated Bit Rate:1 Mb/s Tx-Power:9 dBm Sensitivity=0/3 Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off Link Quality=26/94 Signal level=-69 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm Rx invalid nwid:2019 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 -------------dmesg----------- [17179595.804000] ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) [17179595.988000] wlan: 0.8.4.2 (0.9.2) [17179595.996000] ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (0.9.2) [17179596.016000] ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (0.9.2) [17179596.016000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:0d.0[A] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 209 [17179596.916000] wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps [17179596.916000] wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps [17179596.916000] wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP [17179596.916000] wifi0: mac 7.8 phy 4.5 radio 5.6 [17179596.916000] wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic [17179596.916000] wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic [17179596.916000] wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic [17179596.916000] wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic [17179596.916000] wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic [17179596.916000] wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons [17179597.412000] FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 [17179597.448000] wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xfead0000, irq=209 =======end 2.6.17================== |