From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't connect to new router
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 20:10:20 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201009092010.32696.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=FD8kaTzrsH=bCHXtmPkG1bX2VK18ui=5DVk7K@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thursday 09 September 2010 04:44:26 Grant wrote:
> >> I just got a new TP-Link TL-WR1043ND wireless router but I can't seem
> >> connect to it. I've tried the Gentoo initscript as well as wicd.
> >> With the initscript, I get:
> >>
> >> wlan3: carrier lost
> >> wlan3: timed out
> >>
> >> I see a lot of this in dmesg:
> >>
> >> b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
> >>
> >> I can connect to other wireless routers just fine, and I can connect
> >> to this one via ethernet. I've tried configuring it in various ways,
> >> security is disabled, and I've tried specifying static IPs with no
> >> luck. Does anyone know what I could be doing wrong?
> >
> > Check that you're using the latest kernel and the latest firmware. I
> > used to get this error with a particular cisco access point and it went
> > away when I updated to 2.6.34 kernel series and also updated the
> > firmware. Have a good look in here to find the latest suitable firmware
> > for your NIC:
> >
> > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware
>
> I upgraded to the latest firmware in portage and the "MAC suspend
> failed" errors have disappeared, but I still can't connect to the
> router. Here is the only clue I see in dmesg:
>
> No probe response from AP a1:b2:c3:d4:e5:f6 after 500ms, disconnecting.
>
> Any ideas?
Try a later kernel which would have a more up to date driver. Last time I had
this problem it was corrected by unmasking and using a newer kernel. It's
something to do with the TTL that the driver uses and I'm not sure that this
is a parameter that you can see listed under modinfo. I believe it is hard
coded.
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Regards,
Mick
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-09 19:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-08-28 2:31 [gentoo-user] Can't connect to new router Grant
2010-08-28 9:19 ` Mick
2010-09-09 3:44 ` Grant
2010-09-09 19:10 ` Mick [this message]
2010-09-22 1:26 ` Grant
2010-09-22 11:51 ` Mick
2010-09-22 16:35 ` Grant
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