Re: NETDEV-BCM43XX BUG - Failure to associate AP with latest devscape git pull..

[Paul Collins <paul-uANAyHgy5MnD+ROgJ3VA+kB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>]

Dan Williams <dcbw-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> writes:

> On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 21:30 +1300, Paul Collins wrote:
>> Robert Martin <robertm83-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
>> 
>> > I seem to be having a problem associating with my AP--everything
>> > appears fine and I can bring my wireless adapter up (the LED lights up
>> > correctly), and I don't see complaints about firmware/IRQs in the
>> > dmesg output.  I am able to see operating APs with an "iwlist wlan0
>> > scan", but I am unable to connect to the AP, with or without WEP
>> > encryption enabled (tried none, hex and ascii; nothing worked).  This
>> > is with the latest wireless-dev pull and a vanilla 2.6.19 kernel with
>> > "irqpoll" option enabled, otherwise it misbehaves.  I would be happy
>> > to give more information if requested, or try different
>> > kernel/firmware options.
>> 
>> I started playing with wireless-dev's bcm43xx-d80211 recently and
>> noticed that I had to set the frequency manually.  When I did that,
>> setting the ap manually caused the card to associate immediately.
>
> That sounds suspiciously like the driver either doesn't have the correct
> scan results to be able to pick the AP's frequency, or is not correctly
> searching those scan results to find it...  If the AP is in the scan
> list, the driver should definitely be able to find & set the frequency
> for the AP, _unless_ you've previously specified a non-zero frequency
> for iwconfig ethX freq [1].  Do you see your AP in the 'iwlist wlan0
> scan' output?

Yes, this is how I noticed that iwconfig was reporting a different
frequency to that listed in iwlist scan.

>> Here's the sequence of commands I run.  (The driver seems stable on my
>> hardware, so I've only had to do this twice in the last week, and then
>> only for reasons unrelated to the driver.)
>> 
>>  ip link set up wlan0
>>  iwlist wlan0 scan
>>  iwconfig wlan0 essid $essid key $wep_key
>>  iwconfig wlan0
>> (note frequencies differ)
>>  iwconfig wlan0 freq $freq_from_iwlist_scan
>>  iwconfig wlan0 ap $ap_mac_address
>>  dhclient wlan0

-- 
Paul Collins
Wellington, New Zealand

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