[Voyage-linux] Is it possible up ath0 with Atheros 802.11n mini-pci on ALIX?

[Punky]

Hi Daniel,

If you are using ath5k, then I would say ath5k driver does not support
AP mode.

See http://www.punknix.com/building-compat-wireless-drivers-for-2.6.30

Regards,
Punky

2009/10/17 Daniel Badawi <danielbadawi at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> writing "wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap" did not work..
> returns "wlanconfig: ioctl: No such device"
>
> follow my /etc/network/interfaces
>
> auto wlan0
> iface wlan0 inet static
>         address 10.1.10.1
>         netmask 255.255.255.0
>         broadcast 10.1.10.255
>         up iwconfig wlan0 essid "voyage"
>         up iwconfig wlan0 mode ap
>         up iwconfig wlan0 txpower auto
>         up iwconfig wlan0 enc off
>         up iwconfig wlan0 rate auto
>         up nat.sh wlan0 eth0 "10.1.10.0/24"
>
>
>
> And if I write "ifup wlan0", returns:
> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
>     SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
> Failed to bring up wlan0.
>
> I tryed mode AP also... but return same error..
>
>
> follow lspci:
> 00:0c.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Device 0029 (rev 01)
>
> follow iwconfig:
> lo        no wireless extensions.
> eth0      no wireless extensions.
> eth1      no wireless extensions.
> eth2      no wireless extensions.
> wmaster0  no wireless extensions.
> wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:"voyage"
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
>           Tx-Power=20 dBm
>           Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Encryption key:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
>
>
> ifconfig:
> wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0c:42:51:b1:b4
>           inet addr:10.1.10.1  Bcast:10.1.10.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           UP BROADCAST 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:1000
>           RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
>
> wmaster0  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr
> 00-0C-42-51-B1-B4-65-74-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
>           UP RUNNING  MTU:0  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:1000
>           RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
>
>
>
> my kernel version (I've download the dev version of voyage (0.6.2 appears
> not supporting 802.11n):
> 2.6.30-486-voyage
>
>
> But, if I search for APs with my notebook, "voyage" doesnt appears..
>
>
>
> thanks,
> Badawi
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 5:38 AM, Stefan Nakov <steftzo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> You Have to write:
>> wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap
>> This is an example. you have to check if the device is wifi0...
>> and then :
>> iwconfig ath0 essid "name" channel 1 (for ex.)
>>
>>
>>
>> 2009/10/10 Daniel Badawi <danielbadawi at gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I have an ALIX, and just bought an 802.11n mini-pci card.
>>> I tried to up the ath0 interface with the configuration:
>>> auto ath0
>>> iface ath0 inet static
>>>         address 10.1.20.1
>>>         netmask 255.255.255.0
>>>         broadcast 10.1.20.255
>>>         madwifi-base wifi0
>>>         wireless-mode Master
>>>         wireless-essid voyage
>>>         wireless-key s:voyage
>>>         wireless-channel 1
>>>         up iwpriv ath0 mode 3
>>>         up iwconfig ath0 txpower 14
>>>         up athctrl -i wifi0 -d 8000
>>>         down wlanconfig ath0 destroy
>>> auto ath0:0
>>> iface ath0:0 inet static
>>>         address 10.1.20.1
>>>         netmask 255.255.255.0
>>>         broadcast 10.1.20.255
>>>
>>> and when I type # ifup ath0
>>> I receive the message: SET failed on device ath0 ; No such device.
>>>
>>> Is it possible start ath0 on ALIX with 802.11n Atheros mini-pci card?
>>>
>>> thanks!
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>>
>>
>>
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>
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