mesh question

[Andrey Yurovsky]

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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