Can't find AP (BT voyager 1010USB, Fedora Core 3 k: 2.6.10)

Haydn Haines <[email protected]> Tue, 04 Jan 2005 21:26:27 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.linux.drivers.at76c503a.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi All,

I'm having problems getting the berlios driver working and would really 
appreciate some help. To me the problem appears to be a problem matching 
my wireless card & access points settings - but I'm not sure what I'm 
missing.

NOTE: This is a dual boot machine and the nic can see the AP with 
excellent reception  in win XP so that is not an issue.

FYI I'm running:

    Distro:               Fedore Core 3
    Kernel:              2.6.10 (no patches)
    Driver ver:         v1.72? Unsure - CVS from approx 2 weeks ago
    wlan0 Device:    BT Voyager 1010 USB (VID: 0x69a, PID: 0x821)
    AP:                    BT Voyager 2020

After make; make install is succesful and plugging in the device 
everything appears ok:

[root@U4ea log]# tail -5 messages
Jan  4 19:27:02 U4ea kernel: usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using 
uhci_hcd and address 6
Jan  4 19:27:03 U4ea kernel: /usr/todo/at76c503a/at76c503.c: $Id: 
at76c503.c,v 1.72 2004/10/19 20:45:25 jal2 Exp $ compiled Jan  4 2005 
17:46:43
Jan  4 19:27:03 U4ea kernel: /usr/todo/at76c503a/at76c503.c: firmware 
version 0.90.0 #44 (fcs_len 4)
Jan  4 19:27:03 U4ea kernel: /usr/todo/at76c503a/at76c503.c: device's 
MAC 00:90:96:58:65:29, regulatory domain MKK1 (Japan) (id 65)
Jan  4 19:27:03 U4ea kernel: /usr/todo/at76c503a/at76c503.c: registered 
wlan0

[root@U4ea log]# lsmod |grep at76
at76c503_i3861         32772  0
at76c503              100576  1 at76c503_i3861
at76_usbdfu             6020  1 at76c503


And the configuration also looks fine:

[root@U4ea log]# iwpriv wlan0 set_debug 0x180003
[root@U4ea log]# iwconfig wlan0 mode managed channel 1 essid greenhill
[root@U4ea log]# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"greenhill"  Nickname:"okuwlan"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
          Bit Rate:11Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm
          Retry limit:8   RTS thr=1536 B   Fragment thr=1536 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


[root@U4ea log]# ifconfig wlan0 netmask 255.255.255.240 192.168.1.5
[root@U4ea log]# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:90:96:58:65:29
          inet addr:192.168.1.5  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.240
          inet6 addr: fe80::290:96ff:fe58:6529/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:168 (168.0 b)


As soon as I've run ifconfig my /var/log/kern.debug file starts filling 
up with unsucessful scans:

[root@U4ea log]# tail -15 kern.debug
Jan  4 19:32:38 U4ea kernel: /usr/todo/at76c503a/at76c503.c: wlan0 
find_matching_bss: returned 00000000
Jan  4 19:32:38 U4ea kernel: /usr/todo/at76c503a/at76c503.c: wlan0: 
state 6 -> 1 (SCANNING)
Jan  4 19:32:38 U4ea kernel: /usr/todo/at76c503a/at76c503.c: wlan0: 
start_scan (use_essid = 0, intl = 0, channel = 1, probe_delay = 10000, 
scan_min_time = 10, scan_max_time = 120)
Jan  4 19:32:38 U4ea kernel: /usr/todo/at76c503a/at76c503.c: wlan0 
handle_mgmt_timeout_scan:2021 got cmd_status 1 (istate 1, scan_runs 2)
Jan  4 19:32:38 U4ea kernel: /usr/todo/at76c503a/at76c503.c: wlan0 BSS 
table (curr=00000000, new=00000000):
Jan  4 19:32:38 U4ea kernel: /usr/todo/at76c503a/at76c503.c: wlan0: 
start_scan (use_essid = 1, intl = 0, channel = 1, probe_delay = 10000, 
scan_min_time = 10, scan_max_time = 120)
Jan  4 19:32:38 U4ea kernel: /usr/todo/at76c503a/at76c503.c: wlan0 
handle_mgmt_timeout_scan:2021 got cmd_status 1 (istate 1, scan_runs 3)
Jan  4 19:32:38 U4ea kernel: /usr/todo/at76c503a/at76c503.c: wlan0 BSS 
table (curr=00000000, new=00000000):
Jan  4 19:32:38 U4ea kernel: /usr/todo/at76c503a/at76c503.c: wlan0: 
state 1 -> 6 (JOINING)
Jan  4 19:32:38 U4ea kernel: /usr/todo/at76c503a/at76c503.c: wlan0 
find_matching_bss: returned 00000000
Jan  4 19:32:38 U4ea kernel: /usr/todo/at76c503a/at76c503.c: wlan0: 
state 6 -> 1 (SCANNING)
Jan  4 19:32:38 U4ea kernel: /usr/todo/at76c503a/at76c503.c: wlan0: 
start_scan (use_essid = 0, intl = 0, channel = 1, probe_delay = 10000, 
scan_min_time = 10, scan_max_time = 120)
Jan  4 19:32:38 U4ea kernel: /usr/todo/at76c503a/at76c503.c: wlan0 
handle_mgmt_timeout_scan:2021 got cmd_status 1 (istate 1, scan_runs 2)
Jan  4 19:32:38 U4ea kernel: /usr/todo/at76c503a/at76c503.c: wlan0 BSS 
table (curr=00000000, new=00000000):
Jan  4 19:32:38 U4ea kernel: /usr/todo/at76c503a/at76c503.c: wlan0: 
start_scan (use_essid = 1, intl = 0, channel = 1, probe_delay = 10000, 
scan_min_time = 10, scan_max_time = 120)


I've also tried to set the AP manually with iwconfig, but it still shows 
00:00:00:00:00:00 for the AP after running:

[root@U4ea ~]# iwconfig wlan0 ap 00:90:96:62:F7:C3


Please could someone advise me what I should try next to troubleshoot 
the problem? If you require any further logs please ask and I shall post 
them asap.

Thanks in advance for your help,

Haydn.