problems with ath5k driver.

problems with ath5k driver.

[msan]

Hallo.
Sorry for my bad english.
I have an Esprimo D9500 Fujitsu Semens notebook.
My lspci reports for wireless card: "06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros 
Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 
04)"
Dmesg says: "ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 
0x70)".
Iwconfig says: "
wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"" 
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-
Associated  
          Tx-Power=20 dBm  
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B  
          Encryption key:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

When I run "iwlist wlan0 scan" it says:" no scan results".
I can't access to any wireless lan, it seems that my atheros card doesn't 
work.
With another card, a Lonshine, I can connect to my wifi lan but with 
Atheros it is impossible.
There is any support for AR2425 chip?

Re: problems with ath5k driver.

[Pavel Roskin]

Quoting msan <msan@email.it>:

> I have an Esprimo D9500 Fujitsu Semens notebook.
> My lspci reports for wireless card: "06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros
> Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev
> 04)"
> Dmesg says: "ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY:
> 0x70)".

This device is only supported in Linux 2.6.27 and newer.

> When I run "iwlist wlan0 scan" it says:" no scan results".

That's what you would see with older kernels.

> There is any support for AR2425 chip?

Yes.

Next time, please specify versions of the software you are having  
trouble with.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin

Re: problems with ath5k driver.

[msan]

Il Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:16:25 -0500, Pavel Roskin ha scritto:

> Quoting msan <msan@email.it>:
> 
>> I have an Esprimo D9500 Fujitsu Semens notebook. My lspci reports for
>> wireless card: "06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications
>> Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 04)"
>> Dmesg says: "ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY:
>> 0x70)".
> 
> This device is only supported in Linux 2.6.27 and newer.

Now I've installed debian package for Linux 2.6.27 taken from http://
kernel-archive.buildserver.net/debian-kernel/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/
and I have the same message from kernel:

"ath5k phy0: Support for RF2425 is under development."

So it doesn't work even with linux 2.6.27.

Re: problems with ath5k driver.

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 1:12 PM, msan <msan@email.it> wrote:
> Il Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:16:25 -0500, Pavel Roskin ha scritto:
>
>> Quoting msan <msan@email.it>:
>>
>>> I have an Esprimo D9500 Fujitsu Semens notebook. My lspci reports for
>>> wireless card: "06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications
>>> Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 04)"
>>> Dmesg says: "ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY:
>>> 0x70)".
>>
>> This device is only supported in Linux 2.6.27 and newer.
>
> Now I've installed debian package for Linux 2.6.27 taken from http://
> kernel-archive.buildserver.net/debian-kernel/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/
> and I have the same message from kernel:
>
> "ath5k phy0: Support for RF2425 is under development."
>
> So it doesn't work even with linux 2.6.27.

Now that you are on 2.6.27 try compat-wireless:

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download

This gets you bleeding edge. Or you can also just try wireless-testing directly.

  Luis

Re: problems with ath5k driver.

[Pavel Roskin]

On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 13:22 -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:

> > "ath5k phy0: Support for RF2425 is under development."
> >
> > So it doesn't work even with linux 2.6.27.
> 
> Now that you are on 2.6.27 try compat-wireless:
> 
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download
> 
> This gets you bleeding edge. Or you can also just try wireless-testing directly.

Actually, I tested AR5007EG with Linux 2.6.27 and it worked, even with
WPA.  So the problem is probably elsewhere (bad antenna, lack of APs
around, curly hands, irrational fear of things "under development" etc).

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin

Re: problems with ath5k driver.

[msan]

Il Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:40:58 -0500, Pavel Roskin ha scritto:

> Actually, I tested AR5007EG with Linux 2.6.27 and it worked, even with
> WPA.  So the problem is probably elsewhere (bad antenna, lack of APs
> around, curly hands, irrational fear of things "under development" etc).

Sorry, my mystake.
It works with Linux 2.6.27.
Thank you very much :-)

Re: problems with ath5k driver.

[msan]

Il Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:40:58 -0500, Pavel Roskin ha scritto:

> Actually, I tested AR5007EG with Linux 2.6.27 and it worked, even with
> WPA.  So the problem is probably elsewhere (bad antenna, lack of APs
> around, curly hands, irrational fear of things "under development" etc).
> 

If I can say, the card now works perfectly but is rather slow.
I am downloading some files from another computer inside my lan at home, 
not from internet.
The other computer is connected with an ethernet card while my computer 
is connected with my wireless card, ATheros.
The download starts at 1Mb and more but quickly degrades at 200 - 170 kb. 
it.
Perhaps the driver needs some work yet.
Thank you and sorry for my bad english.

Re: problems with ath5k driver.

[Johannes Berg]

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On Sat, 2008-11-08 at 10:57 +0000, msan wrote:
> Il Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:40:58 -0500, Pavel Roskin ha scritto:
> 
> > Actually, I tested AR5007EG with Linux 2.6.27 and it worked, even with
> > WPA.  So the problem is probably elsewhere (bad antenna, lack of APs
> > around, curly hands, irrational fear of things "under development" etc).
> > 
> 
> If I can say, the card now works perfectly but is rather slow.
> I am downloading some files from another computer inside my lan at home, 
> not from internet.
> The other computer is connected with an ethernet card while my computer 
> is connected with my wireless card, ATheros.
> The download starts at 1Mb and more but quickly degrades at 200 - 170 kb. 
> it.
> Perhaps the driver needs some work yet.

Which RC algorithm are you using? Use minstrel if you can.

johannes

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Re: problems with ath5k driver.

[msan]

Il Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:01:25 +0100, Johannes Berg ha scritto:

>> If I can say, the card now works perfectly but is rather slow. I am
>> downloading some files from another computer inside my lan at home, not
>> from internet.
>> The other computer is connected with an ethernet card while my computer
>> is connected with my wireless card, ATheros. The download starts at 1Mb
>> and more but quickly degrades at 200 - 170 kb. it.
>> Perhaps the driver needs some work yet.
> 
> Which RC algorithm are you using? Use minstrel if you can.

Sorry for my ignorance but....where I can set the algorithm that I must 
use?
The only things tath I have do are setting my SSID, protocol WAP2 and my 
password.
Then I connect with network-manager under linux gnome.

Re: problems with ath5k driver.

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 03:09:22AM -0800, msan wrote:
> Il Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:01:25 +0100, Johannes Berg ha scritto:
> 
> >> If I can say, the card now works perfectly but is rather slow. I am
> >> downloading some files from another computer inside my lan at home, not
> >> from internet.
> >> The other computer is connected with an ethernet card while my computer
> >> is connected with my wireless card, ATheros. The download starts at 1Mb
> >> and more but quickly degrades at 200 - 170 kb. it.
> >> Perhaps the driver needs some work yet.
> >
> > Which RC algorithm are you using? Use minstrel if you can.
> 
> Sorry for my ignorance but....where I can set the algorithm that I must
> use?

make menuconfig on the kernel

  Luis