Re: [Feedback needed] "brcmsmac" wifi driver in testing
On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 15:24:11 +0300, Volkan YAZICI wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:02:02 +0000 (UTC), Camaleón writes:
(...)
>> But when I try to connect, both of my wifi cards fail:
>>
>> wlan0 → broadcom 4313+brcmsmac
(...)
>> Authentication with 00:26:44:df:60:91 timed out.
>> wlan2 → ralink+rt2870 (note that this card can connect to the AP using
>> NM)
(...)
>> Associated with 00:26:44:df:60:91
>> CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:26:44:df:60:91 reason=0
>
> You say that wlan2 doesn't work manually, but with nm. Did I get it
> right? If so, that's pretty strange.
Yes, that's what happens. NM can make the connection with wlan2 but
"wpa_assintant" fails.
> Oh, and I forgot to say in the previous mail: Turn everything fiddling
> with the wifi interfaces off, that is, nm, hostapd, etc., before trying
> any manual method.
Hey, that did it! At least for wlan2 card :-)
By stopping NM now wpa_assintant runs fine for wlan2 while wlan0 (the one with
broadcom chipset) fails in the same way it did.
root@stt300:/var/run/wpa_supplicant# wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -i wlan2
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument
Trying to associate with 00:26:44:df:60:91 (SSID='WLAN_6D' freq=2452 MHz)
Associated with 00:26:44:df:60:91
WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:26:44:df:60:91 [PTK=TKIP GTK=TKIP]
CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:26:44:df:60:91 completed (auth) [id=0 id_str=]
>> "iwconfig" shows no MAC on both cards :-/
>
> Here are my other 2cents.
>
> - Are you able to connect to an AP, where encryption is turned off?
> (Hence, no wpa needed.) Again, try this manually. That is,
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> # ifconfig wlan0 up
> # iwconfig wlan0 essid <ESSID> chan <CHANNEL> ap <MACADDR>
> # iwconfig wlan0
> # dhclient wlan0
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
root@stt300:/var/run/wpa_supplicant# iwconfig wlan0 essid WLAN_6D chan 9 ap 00:26:44:df:60:91
> What does last "iwconfig wlan0" output?
root@stt300:/var/run/wpa_supplicant# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"WLAN_6D"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.452 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=19 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
> - Did you try updating the firmware files?
I fetched the latest available for testing (0.32).
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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