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From: "Paulo Roberto Candido dos Santos" <zauberschloss@gmail.com>
To: madwifi-users@lists.sourceforge.net, gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Wireless network seems ok, but higher level stuff fails
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 17:04:48 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2d561deb0703081204x711b2e56if9105d1bd5447f91@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

Hello list!

I'm having some problems setting a wireless network consisting of a
gentoo ap, one gentoo station and one Windows XP station.
I've followed the instructions on the madwifi.org and on gentoo
specialized forums and wiki. Seems like the "wireless" part of the
network is just fine and every station can connect to the ap, but I
can't do more than ping the hosts in the winxp station and the gentoo
station connects to the network but can't do nothing... not even ping
the ap.
Nothing wrong with logs and signal... but it seems that all the
network services and protocols (tcp, udp and icmp for the gentoo
station) aren't working.

The strange thing is that the Windows XP host can ping the ap, however
it can't get a dhcp address and even using static IP can't access
services on the AP like http and ssh. This machine can ping hosts on
the internet but can't access tcp or udp services. Iptraf on the AP
reports the connections.

The other Gentoo workstation can scan and connect to the network but
can't do nothing more.


>From the AP Linux Machine:

/etc/conf.d/wireless:

modules_ath0=( "iwconfig" )
config_ath0=( "169.254.0.1/16" )
mode_ath0="Master"
essid_ath0="skyshaper"
channel_ath0="10"
iwpriv_ath0=( "mode 3" )

dns_domain_skyshaper="local"
dns_servers_skyshaper=( "169.254.0.1" )

dmesg relevant parts:

ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (0.9.2.1)
ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (0.9.2.1)
wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps
24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
wifi0: turboG rates: 6Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP
wifi0: mac 7.9 phy 4.5 radio 5.6
wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xdfdc0000, irq=11

lspci -vv relevant parts:

00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212
802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
        Subsystem: D-Link System Inc D-Link AirPlus DWL-G520 Wireless
PCI Adapter(rev.B)
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 168 (2500ns min, 7000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
        Region 0: Memory at dfdc0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-

iwconfig:

ath0      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"skyshaper"  Nickname:""
          Mode:Master  Frequency:2.457 GHz  Access Point: 00:19:5B:66:D5:0C
          Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power:18 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3
          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=55/94  Signal level=-40 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:354  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

ifconfig:

ath0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:19:5B:66:D5:0C
          inet addr:169.254.0.1  Bcast:169.254.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:125 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:99 errors:0 dropped:6 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:13311 (12.9 Kb)  TX bytes:9901 (9.6 Kb)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          Expansion ROM at dfde0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
          RX bytes:574 (574.0 b)  TX bytes:574 (574.0 b)

nas0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:90:D0:B5:34:F2
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:2248 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:33 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:134393 (131.2 Kb)  TX bytes:2696 (2.6 Kb)

ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
          inet addr:201.13.90.211  P-t-P:200.100.11.75  Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1492  Metric:1
          RX packets:2238 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
          RX bytes:115929 (113.2 Kb)  TX bytes:1455 (1.4 Kb)

wifi0     Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr
00-19-5B-66-D5-0C-38-70-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1021 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:694
          TX packets:569 errors:9 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:199
          RX bytes:68997 (67.3 Kb)  TX bytes:62170 (60.7 Kb)
          Interrupt:11 Memory:c8880000-c8890000

Kernel IP routing table:
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
200.100.11.75   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 ppp0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     0      0        0 ath0
127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo
0.0.0.0         200.100.11.75   0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 ppp0

/proc/net/wireless:
Inter-| sta-|   Quality        |   Discarded packets               | Missed | WE
 iface | tus | link level noise |  nwid  crypt   frag  retry   misc |
beacon | 21
  ath0: 0004   38.  199.  161.     381      0      0      0      0        0



>From the Station Linux Machine:

/etc/conf.d/wireless:
mode_ath0="managed"
essid_ath0="skyshaper"
iwconfig_ath0=( "rate 54M" )
iwpriv_ath0=( "mode 3" )

config_ath0=( "169.254.0.3/16" )
routes_ath0=( "default via 169.254.0.1" )
dns_domain_skyshaper="local"
dns_servers_skyshaper="169.254.0.1"

dmesg relevant parts:

ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
wlan: 0.8.4.2 (0.9.2.1)
ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (0.9.2.1)
ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (0.9.2.1)
wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps
24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
wifi0: turboG rates: 6Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP
wifi0: mac 7.9 phy 4.5 radio 5.6
wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xefbf0000, irq=20

lspci -vv relevant parts:

03:02.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212
802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
        Subsystem: D-Link System Inc D-Link AirPlus DWL-G520 Wireless
PCI Adapter(rev.B)
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 168 (2500ns min, 7000ns max), Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 20
        Region 0: Memory at efbf0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-

iwconfig

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wifi0     no wireless extensions.

ath0      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"skyshaper"  Nickname:"yule"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.457 GHz  Access Point: 00:19:5B:66:D5:0C
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   Tx-Power:18 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3
          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=59/94  Signal level=-36 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

ifconfig
ath0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:19:5B:66:D8:B0
          inet addr:169.254.0.3  Bcast:169.254.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:324 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:42 (42.0 b)  TX bytes:45610 (44.5 Kb)

wifi0     Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr
00-19-5B-66-D8-B0-20-C1-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:22118 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:1164
          TX packets:668 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:199
          RX bytes:2799129 (2.6 Mb)  TX bytes:70104 (68.4 Kb)
          Interrupt:20 Memory:f93e0000-f93f0000

Kernel IP routing table:
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     0      0        0 ath0
127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo
0.0.0.0         192.168.0.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0

cat /proc/net/wireless
Inter-| sta-|   Quality        |   Discarded packets               | Missed | WE
 face | tus | link level noise |  nwid  crypt   frag  retry   misc | beacon | 21
  ath0: 0004   60.  221.  161.       0      0      0      0      0        0

Windows Machine:

No bad logs, no problems. It can ping the router ap, ping internet
address and even get dns responses from the ap. All other network
functions doesn't work.

Both stations reports good signal.

What about the "ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel."?
I thought the madwifi-ng modules were all open source. The madwifi-ng
package version is the latest until now (0.9.2.1).

I don't know what else I can do. From what I know, it should be
working but mystical forces are haunting my network.

I would appreciate any help.
-- 
gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list



             reply	other threads:[~2007-03-08 20:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-03-08 20:04 Paulo Roberto Candido dos Santos [this message]
     [not found] ` <2d561deb0703081244g2002238brb059fa0e532b8599@mail.gmail.com>
2007-03-08 23:58   ` [gentoo-user] Re: Wireless network seems ok, but higher level stuff fails Paulo Roberto Candido dos Santos

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