[Voyage-linux] error in madwifi-tools

[Punky Tse]

May be this thread show you some hints?

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=12954540

Looks like you need to bring down the interface first?

Giorgio Ducci wrote:

> Hi Toth,
>
> yes, I have kernel 2.6.8-486-voyage and madwifi-tools-20050726 and I 
> have the same problem with the same card..WIth the previous 
> madwifi-tools as you mention was fine for me, too. Who knows?
> Cheers
>
>> Dear Tse,
>>
>> The working version is the madwifi 20050105-1 which was included in the
>> voyage0.1sarge version.
>>
>> The voyage-0.2pre1 use the kernel-image-2.6.8-486-voyage_2.0-2 and
>> madwifi_20050712. This combination is useless for my card.
>>
>> I used the downloadable version from both dists and I changed nothing on
>> them.
>>
>> Toth
>>
>> On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, Punky Tse wrote:
>>
>> > Toth,
>> >
>> > How old is your madwifi, or which kernel or voyage version you 
>> used?  Please be more specific.
>> >
>> > Toth Szabolcs wrote:
>> > > Hi !
>> > >
>> > > I have an Ubiquiti Networks SuperRange2 802.11b/g 400mW High 
>> Power Atheros
>> > > Wireless mini-pci card. I was able to set the Tx Power to 400wW 
>> width the
>> > > old madwifi but with the new madwifi-tools I was unable to set 
>> the tx power above 15-20dbm.
>> > > I tired the following  but nothing changed:
>> > > You can see that the Tx-Power hasn't gone above 15dBm however my 
>> card can give 27dBm.
>> > >
>> > > wrap2c:~# iwconfig ath0 txpower auto
>> > > wrap2c:~# iwconfig ath0
>> > > ath0      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"ajka-air"
>> > >           Mode:Master  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 
>> 00:15:6D:10:00:43
>> > >           Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power:12 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
>> > >
>> > > wrap2c:~# iwconfig ath0 txpower fixed
>> > > wrap2c:~# iwconfig ath0
>> > > ath0      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"ajka-air"
>> > >           Mode:Master  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 
>> 00:15:6D:10:00:43
>> > >           Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power=12 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
>> > >
>> > > wrap2c:~# iwconfig ath0 txpower 400mW
>> > > wrap2c:~# iwconfig ath0
>> > > ath0      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"ajka-air"
>> > >           Mode:Master  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 
>> 00:15:6D:10:00:43
>> > >           Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power=15 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
>> > >
>> > > I use the following modules:
>> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > > ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
>> > > ath_hal: 0.9.14.9 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413)
>> > > wlan: 0.8.6.0 (EXPERIMENTAL)
>> > > ath_rate_onoe: 1.0
>> > > ath_pci: 0.9.6.0 (EXPERIMENTAL)
>> > > Build date: Aug 23 2005
>> > > Debugging version (IEEE80211
>> > > 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: 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 4.6
>> > > 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=0x80040000, irq=9
>> > >      ath_pci: loaded successfully
>> > > 
>> ================================================================================ 
>>
>> > >
>> > > Please help ??
>> > > Szabolcs Toth
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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>> >
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