[ath9k-devel] N mode

[Dmitri Seletski <drjoms@gmail.com>]

Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Dmitri Seletski <drjoms@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> compat-wireless-2009-05-19 # grep CONFIG_MAC80211_DEFAULT_PS config.mk
>> CONFIG_MAC80211_DEFAULT_PS=n
>> CONFIG_MAC80211_DEFAULT_PS_VALUE=1
>>
>> make :)
>>
>> make unload
>> make install
>> modprobe ath9k
>> ip link set wlan0 up
>> iwconfig wlan0 essid dlink
>>
>> last (IMHO)relevan't dmesg messages(got loads of dmesg history today)
>>
>>
>> [14147.633677] phy0: Atheros AR5416 MAC/BB Rev:2 AR2133 RF Rev:81:
>> mem=0xffffc200114e0000, irq=19
>> [14182.582492] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
>> [14216.110829] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:b4:f6:83 try 1
>> [14216.310267] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:b4:f6:83 try 2
>> [14216.316846] wlan0 direct probe responded
>> [14216.316848] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1e:58:b4:f6:83
>> [14216.320962] wlan0: authenticated
>> [14216.320964] wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:b4:f6:83
>> [14216.520277] wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:b4:f6:83
>> [14216.527099] wlan0: deauthenticated (Reason: 9)
>>     
>
> I believe reason 9 is you're AP tells you that you are trying to
> associate to it without first having authenticated.
>
>   
>> [14217.527273] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:b4:f6:83 try 3
>> [14217.727264] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:b4:f6:83 timed out
>> [14231.356054] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1e:58:b4:f6:83
>> [14231.359188] wlan0: authenticated
>> [14231.359191] wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:b4:f6:83
>> [14231.367102] wlan0: deauthenticated (Reason: 9)
>>     
>
> And we repeat this here.
>
>   
>> [14232.367277] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:b4:f6:83 try 1
>> [14232.567284] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:b4:f6:83 try 2
>> [14232.570837] wlan0 direct probe responded
>> [14232.570843] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1e:58:b4:f6:83
>> [14232.573250] wlan0: authenticated
>> [14232.573434] wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:b4:f6:83
>> [14232.773283] wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:b4:f6:83
>> [14232.780130] wlan0: deauthenticated (Reason: 9)
>>     
>
> And here.
>
>   
>> [14233.780276] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:b4:f6:83 try 3
>> [14233.784639] wlan0 direct probe responded
>> [14233.784645] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1e:58:b4:f6:83
>> [14233.799082] wlan0: authenticated
>> [14233.799087] wlan0: association with AP 00:1e:58:b4:f6:83 timed out
>>
>> Access point in N mode only currently.
>>     
>
> Hm OK.
>
>   
>> Switching to mixture of N, G, B and dmesg throws this:
>> [14233.799087] wlan0: association with AP 00:1e:58:b4:f6:83 timed out
>> [14435.358964] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1e:58:b4:f6:83
>> [14435.362920] wlan0: authenticated
>> [14435.362922] wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:b4:f6:83
>> [14435.371750] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1e:58:b4:f6:83 (capab=0x421
>> status=0 aid=1)
>> [14435.371752] wlan0: associated
>> [14435.372601] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
>> [14435.839637] wlan0: disassociated (Reason: 8)
>>     
>
> This is the STA has left. Hm,  lets try upgrading your supplicant...
> Can you try upgrading to the latest from git?
>
> git://w1.fi/srv/git/hostap.git
>
>   Luis
>   
Just to clarify:
compat-wireless-2009-05-19 # lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
ath9k                 271168  0
mac80211              194808  1 ath9k
ath                     8968  1 ath9k
cfg80211               87456  3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
f71882fg               28312  0
snd_seq                49568  0
output                  3080  0
ext4                  232992  1
jbd2                   61912  1 ext4
crc16                   1928  1 ext4
fan                     5264  0
nvidia               8117912  36
snd_virtuoso           10564  5
snd_oxygen_lib         28424  1 snd_virtuoso
snd_pcm                67696  3 snd_oxygen_lib
snd_timer              19000  4 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          8120  1 snd_pcm
snd_mpu401_uart         6344  1 snd_oxygen_lib
snd_rawmidi            19072  1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device          5564  2 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd                    50344  14
snd_seq,snd_virtuoso,snd_oxygen_lib,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
r8169                  36620  0
k8temp                  5320  0
hwmon                   2920  2 f71882fg,k8temp
i2c_core               26592  1 nvidia
soundcore               7744  1 snd

Regards
Dmitri