mesh question

[Alessia Moschini]

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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