Broadcom 4311 and Master Mode

Broadcom 4311 and Master Mode

[Ryan Loebs]

Hey folks,

I was wondering if it was possible to get the 4311 chipset to switch
into master mode? I've been trying, I'm running 2.6.26-rc4 with the
Johannes Berg patches and the latest git for hostapd.  I read about
success with the nl80211 driver and b43 so I gave that a shot but this
is what came up:

Configuration file: hostapd.conf
Hardware does not support configured mode
wlan0: IEEE 802.11 Hardware does not support configured mode (0)
Could not select hw_mode and channel. (-1)
rmdir[ctrl_interface]: No such file or directory

I hope this doesn't mean I'm SOL...  Any help would be great.

Thanks!
-Ryan Loebs

Re: Broadcom 4311 and Master Mode

[Pavel Roskin]

On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 10:23 -0700, Ryan Loebs wrote:
> Hey folks,
> 
> I was wondering if it was possible to get the 4311 chipset to switch
> into master mode? I've been trying, I'm running 2.6.26-rc4 with the
> Johannes Berg patches and the latest git for hostapd.  I read about
> success with the nl80211 driver and b43 so I gave that a shot but this
> is what came up:
> 
> Configuration file: hostapd.conf
> Hardware does not support configured mode
> wlan0: IEEE 802.11 Hardware does not support configured mode (0)
> Could not select hw_mode and channel. (-1)
> rmdir[ctrl_interface]: No such file or directory
> 
> I hope this doesn't mean I'm SOL...  Any help would be great.

So, what are hw_mode and channel in hostapd.conf?  If hostapd complains
about them, would not it be reasonable to show us what it doesn't like?

Maybe you are trying to use 802.11a?  That's not supported in b43 yet.
802.11a is the default in the sample hostapd.conf.  Maybe you forgot to
change it?

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin

Re: Broadcom 4311 and Master Mode

[Ryan Loebs]

Alright, I had it set to hw_mode=b changed it to hw_mode=g and now it
got through... somewhat...

Now  I get this:

Upon startup:
=========================================
Configuration file: hostapd.conf
Failed to update rate sets in kernel module
Could not set passive scanning: Unknown error 4294967295
Mode: IEEE 802.11g  Channel: 5  Frequency: 2432 MHz
Failed to set CTS protect in kernel driver
Failed to set Short Slot Time option in kernel driver
Could not set preamble for kernel driver
Using interface wlan0 with hwaddr 00:1a:73:a4:44:c8 and ssid 'test'
Failed to set CTS protect in kernel driver
Failed to set Short Slot Time option in kernel driver
Could not set preamble for kernel driver
unknown mgmt cb frame subtype 4
unknown mgmt cb frame subtype 4
unknown mgmt cb frame subtype 4
unknown mgmt cb frame subtype 4
unknown mgmt cb frame subtype 4
unknown mgmt cb frame subtype 4
unknown mgmt cb frame subtype 4
unknown mgmt cb frame subtype 4
unknown mgmt cb frame subtype 4
unknown mgmt cb frame subtype 4
unknown mgmt cb frame subtype 4
=========================================


Nintendo DS attempts to connect and test:
=========================================
wlan0: STA 00:09:bf:63:d9:79 IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Failed to set CTS protect in kernel driver
Failed to set Short Slot Time option in kernel driver
Could not set preamble for kernel driver
Failed to set CTS protect in kernel driver
Failed to set Short Slot Time option in kernel driver
Could not set preamble for kernel driver
Failed to set CTS protect in kernel driver
Failed to set Short Slot Time option in kernel driver
Could not set preamble for kernel driver
wlan0: STA 00:09:bf:63:d9:79 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 1,
accounting session 484431D2-00000000)
Failed to set CTS protect in kernel driver
Failed to set Short Slot Time option in kernel driver
Could not set preamble for kernel driver
^CSignal 2 received - terminating
=========================================

Re: Broadcom 4311 and Master Mode

[Johannes Berg]

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On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 10:49 -0700, Ryan Loebs wrote:
> Alright, I had it set to hw_mode=b changed it to hw_mode=g and now it
> got through... somewhat...
> 
> Now  I get this:
> 
> Upon startup:
> =========================================
> Configuration file: hostapd.conf
> Failed to update rate sets in kernel module
> Could not set passive scanning: Unknown error 4294967295
> Mode: IEEE 802.11g  Channel: 5  Frequency: 2432 MHz
> Failed to set CTS protect in kernel driver
> Failed to set Short Slot Time option in kernel driver
> Could not set preamble for kernel driver
> Using interface wlan0 with hwaddr 00:1a:73:a4:44:c8 and ssid 'test'
> Failed to set CTS protect in kernel driver
> Failed to set Short Slot Time option in kernel driver
> Could not set preamble for kernel driver
> unknown mgmt cb frame subtype 4
> unknown mgmt cb frame subtype 4
> unknown mgmt cb frame subtype 4
> unknown mgmt cb frame subtype 4
> unknown mgmt cb frame subtype 4
> unknown mgmt cb frame subtype 4
> unknown mgmt cb frame subtype 4
> unknown mgmt cb frame subtype 4
> unknown mgmt cb frame subtype 4
> unknown mgmt cb frame subtype 4
> unknown mgmt cb frame subtype 4
> =========================================
> 
> 
> Nintendo DS attempts to connect and test:
> =========================================
> wlan0: STA 00:09:bf:63:d9:79 IEEE 802.11: authenticated
> Failed to set CTS protect in kernel driver
> Failed to set Short Slot Time option in kernel driver
> Could not set preamble for kernel driver
> Failed to set CTS protect in kernel driver
> Failed to set Short Slot Time option in kernel driver
> Could not set preamble for kernel driver
> Failed to set CTS protect in kernel driver
> Failed to set Short Slot Time option in kernel driver
> Could not set preamble for kernel driver
> wlan0: STA 00:09:bf:63:d9:79 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 1,
> accounting session 484431D2-00000000)
> Failed to set CTS protect in kernel driver
> Failed to set Short Slot Time option in kernel driver
> Could not set preamble for kernel driver

So, what are you expecting to happen? It associated fine, so hostapd's
work is done.

johannes

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Re: Broadcom 4311 and Master Mode

[Ryan Loebs]

Oh... oh wow :P Heh, I should have just looked down at the DS... It
said it couldn't acquire an IP... I didn't realize it was just a DHCP
thing :)  Sweet!  Thanks for the help :)