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Hi!<br><br>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.<br>I want to set a mesh so i kill <tt>NetworkManager </tt>and i downloaded and installed compat-wireless-2009-03-04.<br>When i set up mesh node i have problem.. i type:<br><br>ifconfig wlan0 down<br>iw dev wlan0 interface add mesh type mp mesh_id pluto<br>ifconfig mesh 192.168.3.14 up<br>iw dev mesh set channel 8<br><br>mesh node is up only for 3 sec!!! in fact after these commands i can see:<br><br>root@nx9005-08:# iwconfig <br>lo no wireless extensions.<br><br>eth0 no wireless extensions.<br><br>wmaster0 no wireless extensions.<br><br>wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:"" <br> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.447 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated <br> Tx-Power=27 dBm <br> Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B <br> Encryption key:off<br> Power Management:off<br> Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0<br> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0<br> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0<br><br>pan0 no wireless extensions.<br><br>mesh IEEE 802.11abg Mode:Auto Frequency:2.447 GHz Tx-Power=27 dBm <br> Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B <br> Encryption key:off<br> Power Management:off<br> Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0<br> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0<br> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0<br><br>but after few seconds i see:<br><br> mesh IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:"" <br> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.447 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated <br> Tx-Power=27 dBm <br> Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B <br> Encryption key:off<br> Power Management:off<br> Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0<br> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0<br> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0<br><br>why changes?!<br><br>When i type "dmesg" after type commands to set up mesh i see:<br><br>root@nx9005-08:# dmesg |grep ath<br>[ 19.872094] ath5k 0000:00:09.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKD] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10<br>[ 19.872196] ath5k 0000:00:09.0: registered as 'phy0'<br>[ 20.980345] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR5414 chip found (MAC: 0xa5, PHY: 0x61)<br>[ 20.982954] ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.<br>[ 20.991382] ath_hal: 0.9.18.0 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)<br>[ 21.066470] ath_pci: 0.9.4<br>[ 581.530092] ath5k phy0: bf=d9e17a40 bf_skb=00000000<br>[ 581.632508] ath5k phy0: bf=d9e17a40 bf_skb=00000000<br>[ 581.734938] ath5k phy0: bf=d9e17a40 bf_skb=00000000<br>....<br><br> root@nx9005-08:# dmesg |grep ADDRCONF<br>[ 581.482338] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): mesh: link is not ready<br><br>any idea??<br><br>Thanks,<br>Alessia<br><br><br>
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