open80211s

[Andrey Yurovsky]

That's fine, just proceed.  Basically once you've installed
compat-wireless, restart your computer and insert the USB WiFi
adapter.  Then run:

lsmod | grep mac80211

and confirm that you see 'zd1211rw' listed.

2009/3/10 Rekik Hanen <hanenrekik at yahoo.fr>:
> In step 1, when I run "sudo modprobe -r zd1211", I got an error " FATAL:
> Module zd1211 not found."
> So, what can I do ?
>
> --- En date de : Mar 10.3.09, Andrey Yurovsky <andrey at cozybit.com> a écrit :
>
> De: Andrey Yurovsky <andrey at cozybit.com>
> Objet: Re: open80211s
> À: devel at lists.open80211s.org
> Date: Mardi 10 Mars 2009, 0h15
>
> No, you do not need to run "make load" or "make unload".  You do
> however need to:
> 1) unload the vendor driver and blacklist it (this is a one-time step)
>
> sudo modprobe -r zd1211
>
> Using sudo, edit the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and add the line
> "blacklist zd1211"
>
> 2) load the zd1211rw driver:
>
> sudo modprobe zd1211rw
>
> >From now on (basically, after Step 1) the zd1211rw driver should load
> when you insert the USB device.
>
> 2009/3/9 Rekik Hanen <hanenrekik at yahoo.fr>:
>> Hi,
>> I have installed compat-wireless with these instructions:
>>
>> $git-clone
>>
>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mcgrof/compat-wireless-2.6.git
>> $cd compat-wireless-2.6
>> $export GIT_TREE=.../wireless-testing
>> $scripts/admin-update.sh
>> $make
>> $sudo make install
>> But I don't run "make unload" and "make load" because I don't understand
>> their utility very well.
>> Is it necessary to run them ?
>> Really I want to resolve this problem and set up an 80211s network.
>> thanks
>>
>> --- En date de : Lun 9.3.09, Andrey Yurovsky <andrey at cozybit.com> a
>> écrit :
>>
>> De: Andrey Yurovsky <andrey at cozybit.com>
>> Objet: Re: open80211s
>> À: devel at lists.open80211s.org
>> Date: Lundi 9 Mars 2009, 20h05
>>
>> You need to install the zd1211rw driver, which uses mac80211 and
>> supports mesh.  One way to do this on Ubuntu is to install
>> compat-wireless.  Please read and follow the instructions here:
>> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download
>> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download#Buildingandinstalling
>>
>> You will also need to "blacklist" or otherwise remove the driver
>> Ubuntu shipped, but I believe that compat-wireless will do this for
>> you.
>>
>> 2009/3/9 Rekik Hanen <hanenrekik at yahoo.fr>:
>>> hi,
>>> With the WiFi device plugged in, I run:
>>> lsmod | grep mac80211
>>> but I don't see anything.
>>> what can I do ? please help me !!
>>> --- En date de : Lun 9.3.09, Andrey Yurovsky <andrey at cozybit.com> a
>>> écrit :
>>>
>>> De: Andrey Yurovsky <andrey at cozybit.com>
>>> Objet: Re: open80211s
>>> À: hanenrekik at yahoo.fr, devel at lists.open80211s.org
>>> Date: Lundi 9 Mars 2009, 19h10
>>>
>>> Hi.  Please ensure that you have the zd1211rw driver and NOT the
>>> vendor driver loaded.  With the WiFi device plugged in, please run:
>>>
>>> lsmod | grep mac80211
>>>
>>> You should see 'zd1211rw' in the list of modules printed.
>>>
>>> 2009/3/9  <hanenrekik at yahoo.fr>:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I've been trying to set up an 80211s network  ( between just 2 nodes
>>>> inially
>>>> ).I have followed  the howto at
>>>> http://www..open80211s.org/trac/wiki/HOWTO.
>>>> However when I run " iw dev wlan0 interface add mesh0 type mp mesh_id
>>>> mymesh
>>>> " , I got an error "command failed : operation not permitted (-1)"..
>>>> Note that I'm using ubuntu 8.10 and  the driver ZD1211rw. Could anyone
>>>> help
>>>> me ?
>>>> thanks
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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