[Voyage-linux] Atheros AR5001X+ 0.7.5 Alix master AP

[Gustin Johnson]

For the client side, I use the following in the /etc/network/interfaces:
	wpa-ssid MyNet
	wpa-psk mywpapassphrase

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 6:06 AM, themrorange at gmail.com
<themrorange at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to configure two Alix 2D3 in a WLAN 802.11g. Both machines have voyage 0.7.5 updated.
>
> I'm having some troubles registering the managed machine to the network.
> Not always the access point appears associated from iwconfig but even when it's associated I cannot ping the access point (Destination Host Unreachable). I've almost no experience and I'm a bit stuck here.
>
> Can I use your help? Please, have a look to my configuration files below?
>
> Many thanks
> Davide
>
> - The first machine (Alix1) is acting as Access Point in Master mode, thanks to hostapd.
>
> my /etc/network/interfaces:
>
> auto wlan0
> iface wlan0 inet static
>        hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.wlan0.conf
>        address 192.168.2.1
>        netmask 255.255.255.0
>        broadcast 10.5.30.255
>
> my hostapd configuration (/etc/hostapd/hostapd.wlan0.conf) is:
>
> interface=wlan0
> bridge=br0
> driver=nl80211
> logger_syslog=-1
> logger_syslog_level=2
> logger_stdout=-1
> logger_stdout_level=2
> debug=4
> #dump_file=/tmp/hostapd.dump
> #ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
> #ctrl_interface_group=0
> channel=2
> hw_mode=g
> macaddr_acl=0
> auth_algs=1
> eapol_key_index_workaround=0
> eap_server=0
> #wpa=3
> ssid=MYnet
> #wpa_psk=mypass
> #wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> #wpa_pairwise=TKIP
> #rsn_pairwise=CCMP
> eapol_version=1
> ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
>
>
> - The second machine (Alix2) is in managed mode
>
> auto wlan0
> iface wlan0 inet static
>       address 192.168.2.2
>       netmask 255.255.255.0
>       broadcast 192.168.2.255
>       gateway 192.168.2.1
>       up iwconfig wlan0 channel 2 essid Mynet mode managed
>
>
>
>
> Both machine have the same WLAN card:
>
> 00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
>        Subsystem: Wistron NeWeb Corp. CM9 Wireless a/b/g MiniPCI Adapter
>        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 9
>        Memory at e00c0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
>        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
>        Kernel driver in use: ath5k
>
>
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