From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OyE6k-0004sE-Bo for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:26:50 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 68818E0A87; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:26:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-iw0-f181.google.com (mail-iw0-f181.google.com [209.85.214.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 419BCE0A87 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:26:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn39 with SMTP id 39so54658iwn.40 for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:26:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Cm49ZkzcS8hMuj5kGA/iSqXWFj+ONSEiXzkw9yY+suQ=; b=AdLbYfAhJIxyxbxUfhUIx2nXlQbRbeEQsy/yTIJp+8r1cfScHJl8qbzzVNX3scgpHl klcqgiZbdR4T8GDodow3nhF4jV6Sx+/eW8ZInZdCXdKAtVW/aE/o3/KeZ2iGjmsJhqdG f2Ow5C2oCXLpIX6miuKlHlS8xlldfXPK2wHSU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=o9fm70ozr1BO+Lf2secDd0+UMJdvllACZr25WInwvb/AH7jVaqIgrcXWRaj4xBQenV JsEGWHD0Vi+mri54WsxcXDSm3rgfGj7U6qwnueg0ZVsRSVDgLs8SWaSr6vRKCjCcm5g5 56FhmXst+2n8J1VUT7Fi4tmSFV5xPxIBcOE+g= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.1.15 with SMTP id 15mr3447473ice.45.1285118800164; Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:26:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.6.130 with HTTP; Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:26:40 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201009092010.32696.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> References: <201008281019.23910.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <201009092010.32696.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:26:40 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't connect to new router From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 0374bef0-5658-4689-9725-80db92238258 X-Archives-Hash: 1270104796a7549f0f368af619a0595a >> >> I just got a new TP-Link TL-WR1043ND wireless router but I can't seem >> >> connect to it. =A0I'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. =A0I've tried configuring it in various way= s, >> >> security is disabled, and I've tried specifying static IPs with no >> >> luck. =A0Does anyone know what I could be doing wrong? >> > >> > Check that you're using the latest kernel and the latest firmware. =A0= I >> > used to get this error with a particular cisco access point and it wen= t >> > away when I updated to 2.6.34 kernel series and also updated the >> > firmware. =A0Have a good look in here to find the latest suitable firm= ware >> > 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. =A0Here 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. =A0Last tim= e I had > this problem it was corrected by unmasking and using a newer kernel. =A0I= t's > something to do with the TTL that the driver uses and I'm not sure that t= his > is a parameter that you can see listed under modinfo. =A0I believe it is = hard > coded. I'm on the latest hardened-sources kernel so I'll wait it out. In the meantime I've plugged in a USB wireless NIC and it's working fine. Thank you for your help. - Grant