mesh question

[Alessia Moschini]

Now i have kernel 2.6.29 but nothing is changed!!

What can i do?!
Thanks!

Alessia

> Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 19:37:36 -0700
> Subject: Re: mesh question
> From: andrey at cozybit.com
> To: devel at lists.open80211s.org
> 
> Hi.  You need the 2.6.29 kernel for ath5k support, also please make
> sure that the madwifi driver (if present) is disabled.  ath5k replaces
> madwifi (ath_pci and ath_hal)
> 
>   -Andrey
> 
> On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 1:16 AM, Alessia Moschini<a.moschini at hotmail.it> wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I installed ubuntu 8.10 (kernel 2.6.27-7) on my PCs with chipset Atheros :i
> > have two PCs with 5414 and one with 5212.
> > I want to set a mesh so i kill NetworkManager and i downloaded and installed
> > compat-wireless-2009-03-04.
> > When i set up mesh node i have problem.. i type:
> >
> > ifconfig wlan0 down
> > iw dev wlan0 interface add mesh type mp mesh_id pluto
> > ifconfig mesh 192.168.3.14 up
> > iw dev mesh set channel 8
> >
> > mesh node is up only for 3 sec!!! in fact after these commands i can see:
> >
> > root at nx9005-08:# iwconfig
> > lo        no wireless extensions.
> >
> > eth0      no wireless extensions.
> >
> > wmaster0  no wireless extensions.
> >
> > wlan0     IEEE 802.11abg  ESSID:""
> >           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.447 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
> >           Tx-Power=27 dBm
> >           Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B
> >           Encryption key:off
> >           Power Management: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
> >
> > pan0      no wireless extensions.
> >
> > mesh      IEEE 802.11abg  Mode:Auto  Frequency:2.447 GHz  Tx-Power=27 dBm
> >           Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B
> >           Encryption key:off
> >           Power Management: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
> >
> > but after few seconds i see:
> >
> >  mesh      IEEE 802.11abg  ESSID:""
> >           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.447 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
> >           Tx-Power=27 dBm
> >           Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B
> >           Encryption key:off
> >           Power Management: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
> >
> > why changes?!
> >
> > When i type "dmesg" after type commands to set up mesh i see:
> >
> > root at nx9005-08:# dmesg |grep ath
> > [   19.872094] ath5k 0000:00:09.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKD] -> GSI 10 (level,
> > low) -> IRQ 10
> > [   19.872196] ath5k 0000:00:09.0: registered as 'phy0'
> > [   20.980345] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR5414 chip found (MAC: 0xa5, PHY: 0x61)
> > [   20.982954] ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
> > [   20.991382] ath_hal: 0.9.18.0 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112,
> > RF2413, RF5413)
> > [   21.066470] ath_pci: 0.9.4
> > [  581.530092] ath5k phy0: bf=d9e17a40 bf_skb=00000000
> > [  581.632508] ath5k phy0: bf=d9e17a40 bf_skb=00000000
> > [  581.734938] ath5k phy0: bf=d9e17a40 bf_skb=00000000
> > ....
> >
> >  root at nx9005-08:# dmesg |grep ADDRCONF
> > [  581.482338] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): mesh: link is not ready
> >
> > any idea??
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Alessia
> >
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