On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, Peter Boy wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> thank you very much. I followed your instructions and things are going
> much better now, but finally no success yet.
>
> If a type ipup ath0
>
> I get the following error message:
> "Cannot get driver information: Operation not supported"
> and then
> Determining IP Information ..... (orig. German msg translated)
> which will end unsuccessful.
Well the error meesage is fine (the driver doesn't support the
'monitor mode' and hence the cryptic message. I get the following:
[asterix]: ifup ath0
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device ath0 ; Invalid argument.
Cannot get driver information: Operation not supported
Determining IP information for ath0... done.
>
> ifconfig says:
> ath0 Protokoll:Ethernet Hardware Adresse 00:05:4E:41:7D:62
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:254 errors:17 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:17
> TX packets:7 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:199
> RX bytes:27178 (26.5 Kb) TX bytes:328 (328.0 b)
> Interrupt:11 Speicher:e4d67000-e4d77000
>
> The Hardware Address is OK (according to the machines doc)
>
> Any idea how to proceed or what to check further?
I would check if the encryption key is specified correctly (and
perhaps try it on an un-encrypted network as well). Also, I use the
cvs version of the driver - not the august release version - and
compiled with 'make CC=gcc32'.
The following work for me:
802.11b no enc
802.11b 40bit enc
802.11a no enc
Some things to try:
iwlist ath0 scan # lists access points that are arround.
iwpriv ath0 mode 2 # force the card into 802.11b mode
iwpriv ath0 mode 20 # reset the mode to auto
Also, some have noted that Ad-Hoc mode has some issues. I haven't
tried this mode.
Satish
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[asterix]: iwpriv ath0 mode 2
<mapping sub-ioctl mode to cmd 0x8BE0-2>
[asterix]: iwlist ath0 scan
ath0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: **:**:**.....
Mode:Master
Encryption key:****-****-****
Quality:0/94 Signal level:-216 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Mode:Master
ESSID:"******"
Frequency:2.457GHz
Bit Rate:1Mb/s
Bit Rate:2Mb/s
Bit Rate:5Mb/s
Bit Rate:11Mb/s
