[Voyage-linux] Basic Wifi problem
Steve Holdoway
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Sat May 7 14:26:52 HKT 2011
Shouldn't both interfaces be on separate subnets???
On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 17:38 -0700, Big Booger wrote:
> Hi Punky
>
> I have attached the output from running the commands you recommended.
> #ifconfig -a
> #route -n.
>
> I didn't know what you meant by the serial console so I googled it. Tommorow I
> will try to get a cable and enable it and let you know.
>
> Thanx again,
>
> Matt
>
> root at voyage:~# ifconfig -a
> ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 06:02:6f:44:e1:3e
> inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> inet6 addr: fe80::402:6fff:fe44:e13e/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:1522 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:93400 (91.2 KiB) TX bytes:1117 (1.0 KiB)
>
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0d:b9:1b:e3:e8
> inet addr:192.168.1.31 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> inet6 addr: fe80::20d:b9ff:fe1b:e3e8/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:1978 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:1234 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:142546 (139.2 KiB) TX bytes:81661 (79.7 KiB)
> Interrupt:10 Base address:0xa000
>
> eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0d:b9:1b:e3:e9
> 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)
> Interrupt:15 Base address:0xe000
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> RX packets:30 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:30 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:2442 (2.3 KiB) TX bytes:2442 (2.3 KiB)
>
> wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr
> 00-02-6F-44-E1-3E-65-74-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:1933 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:12
> TX packets:126 errors:5 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:280
> RX bytes:317333 (309.8 KiB) TX bytes:9096 (8.8 KiB)
> Interrupt:11
>
>
> root at voyage:~# route -n
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
> 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
> 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 ath0
> 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ath0
> 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Kim-man 'Punky' TSE <punkytse at punknix.com>
> To: Big Booger <furrybailey at yahoo.ca>
> Cc: voyage-linux at voyage.hk
> Sent: Fri, May 6, 2011 12:35:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [Voyage-linux] Basic Wifi problem
>
> Hi Matt,
>
> This is the exactly the same config I have in my office eveyday, it works for me
> without problem. Can you show the
>
> output of:
>
> # ifconfig -a
> # route -n
>
> To further troubshoot you should have enable serial console in ALIX box in order
> to see what happens.
>
> Regards,
> Punky
>
> On 5/6/2011 12:53 PM, Big Booger wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I am having some wifi problems with an Alix board and an athereos wifi mini
> PCI
> > card. I have voyage mpd 7.7.0 on the alix. I have the board running no
> >problem
> > through ethernet, and the wifi card scans (see iwlist below). Also when I run
> > nmap on my network I get the ethernet connection showing and another address
> > that I assume is the wifi connection. I can ssh into the wifi address (at
> >least
> > I assume it is the wifi address), but when I disconnect the ethernet cable my
> > connection through the wifi address is disabled. Does anyone have any insight
> > into what is going on here? I would like to have this alix board supply my
> DAC
> > and connect to my Arch Server through wifi - i do not want to have to have an
> > ethernet cable permenently connected to the board. I have tried booting the
> > board up with out an Ethernet cable connected, and nmap shows no new
> connection
> > onto my network. Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > I have attached some information below. Let me know if I should supply any
> >more
> > information.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Matt
> >
> >
> > > From running #iwlist ath0 scan
> > Cell 02 - Address: 06:26:F2:F4:31:E5
> > ESSID:"TestMatt"
> > Mode:Master
> > Frequency:2.422 GHz (Channel 3)
> > Quality=42/70 Signal level=-53 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
> > Encryption key:on
> > Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
> > 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
> > 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
> > Extra:bcn_int=200
> > IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
> > Group Cipher : TKIP
> > Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
> > Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
> > IE: WPA Version 1
> > Group Cipher : TKIP
> > Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
> > Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
> >
> > Extra:wme_ie=dd180050f2020101850003a4000027a4000042435e0062322f00
> >
> >
> > Interfaces file contents:
> > # Used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8). See the interfaces(5) manpage or
> > # /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples for more information.
> > auto lo
> > iface lo inet loopback
> >
> > auto eth0
> > iface eth0 inet dhcp
> >
> > auto ath0
> > iface ath0 inet dhcp
> > madwifi-base wifi0
> > wireless-mode Managed
> > wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
> >
> >
> > Contents of wpa_supplicant.conf:
> > network={
> > ssid="TestMatt"
> > #psk="password"
> > psk=96c98dc5ca179fe2286d29eb0dd5021ad44fac388c1aeae121b8de6e40e2fa65
> > key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> > proto=WPA
> > # proto=RSN #uncomment for WPA2
> > }
> >
> >
> > Output of # lspci
> > 00:01.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion]
> Host
> > Bridge (rev 33)
> > 00:01.2 Entertainment encryption device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Geode LX
> > AES Security Block
> > 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6105M [Rhine-III] (rev
> >96)
> > 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6105M [Rhine-III] (rev
> >96)
> > 00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5413 802.11abg NIC
> > (rev 01)
> > 00:0f.0 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion] ISA
> > (rev 03)
> > 00:0f.2 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion]
> >IDE
> > (rev 01)
> > 00:0f.4 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion]
> > OHC (rev 02)
> > 00:0f.5 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion]
> > EHC (rev 02)
> >
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>
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