Re: Q: support for AVM Fritz! WLAN USB in kernel 2.6.25+

[Felipe Balbi <me@felipebalbi.com>]

Hi,

On Sun, Aug 03, 2008 at 02:45:11AM +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote:
> Next step would be running wpa_supplicant, because my WLAN uses WPA, but:
> 
> # wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
>
> rapidly floods my console with messages
> 
> ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
> CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
> 
> and the syslog with
> 
> Aug  3 01:55:47 compaq kernel: get_mask 0x00000000, set_mask 0x00040000
> Aug  3 01:55:47 compaq kernel: important setting has been changed. Need to update packet templates, too
> Aug  3 01:55:47 compaq kernel: updating packet templates
> Aug  3 01:55:47 compaq kernel: updating WEP key settings
> Aug  3 01:55:47 compaq kernel: setting WEP key 0 as default
> Aug  3 01:55:47 compaq kernel: acx_set_status(1):SCANNING
> Aug  3 01:55:47 compaq kernel: start_scan: seems like previous scan is still running. Not starting anew. Please report
> Aug  3 01:55:47 compaq kernel: get_mask 0x00000000, set_mask 0x00000000 - after update

I'm wondering if that driver already supports wpa. If you have any time,
please try out with a WEP and open networks to see what happens.

> # dhclient wlan0
> 
> just repeats
> 
> DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
> 
> a couple of times with increasing interval values and finally tells me
> 
> No DHCPOFFERS received.
> No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.

Yeah, it couldn't associate with the access point.

> > It's probably affected by timing as well. That driver sure needs some
> > rework.
> 
> Yeah, looks like it. I posted a report to the project's Sourceforge
> "ACX100 USB" forum, too.

Maybe that driver could be sent to -stagging tree from been cleaned up
and later integrated.

-- 
balbi