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2009/6/3 Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>: |
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> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:24 AM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> I'm afraid that although my card is now recognised as wlan0, both |
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>> wpa_cli and gui insist on trying to connect to ath0, unless I specify |
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>> -iwlan0 at the terminal. I don't have (knowingly) specified ath0 in |
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>> any other configuration file ... where else could wpa_supplicant pick |
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>> this from? |
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> On my system I've got ath5k for wifi, too. It uses wpa_supplicant and |
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> my device is wlan0 and all works well enough. I switched 2 machines |
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> from madwifi to ath5k and only had to make 4 changes to my |
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> configuration: |
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> 1. Edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and add this line: |
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> blacklist ath_pci |
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I didn't have to do that. |
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> 2. In /etc/conf.d/net I have changed this line: |
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> wpa_supplicant_ath0="-Dmadwifi" |
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> |
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> to this: |
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> wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext" |
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Yep, done that. |
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> 3. In /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules I deleted the old |
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> entry for my wireless card and let it re-create, which came out as: |
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> # PCI device 0x168c:0x001c (ath5k_pci) |
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> SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", |
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> ATTR{address}=="00:15:af:15:e3:3e", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="wlan*", |
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> NAME="wlan0" |
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I deleted the old rule in there. |
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> 4. Rename /etc/init.d/net.ath0 symlink to /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 and |
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> make sure it is in the "default" runlevel. |
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Aha! Hadn't done that until now and I also deleted /var/run/wpa_supplicant/ath0 |
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This has fixed it! wpa_cli and wpa_gui now find my card. Thank you |
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all for your help. |
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PS. I noticed that unlike madwifi the in-kernel driver does not work |
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particularly well with iwlist: |
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# iwlist wlan0 ap |
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wlan0 Interface doesn't have a list of Peers/Access-Points |
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# iwlist wlan0 rate |
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wlan0 unknown bit-rate information. |
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Current Bit Rate=24 Mb/s |
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wpa_cli thought shows the full list of APs. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |