Re: at76c593a and WUSB11 2.6 problem

Hi James,

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, James Reece wrote:

> Hello, trying to use my WUSB11 2.6 on my laptop with my SMC wireless router.
> I think what's basically happening is it can't find the access point.  It
> appears to work, once it was even sending packets according to ifconfig but
> I still couldnt ping the router or any other machines.
>
> dmesg with extra debug info after iwconfig/ifconfig:
> /root/at76c503a/at76c503a/at76c503.c: wlan0 BSS table (curr=00000000,
> new=00000000):
> /root/at76c503a/at76c503a/at76c503.c: 0xcb163a40: bssid 00:04:e2:49:85:3a
> channel 6 ssid SMC (534D43) capa x0001 rates 82 84 8B 96 rssi 26 link 0
> noise 0

Here the scan sees your access point I assume, but

> # iwconfig wlan0
> wlan0     IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"okuwlan"  Nickname:"okuwlan"
>           Mode:Ad-Hoc  Channel:6  Cell: 02:00:26:4E:12:00
>           Bit Rate:11Mb/s
>           RTS thr=1536 B   Fragment thr=1536 B
>           Encryption key:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality:0  Signal level:87  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

your device is configured for ad-hoc mode. Try
	iwconfig wlan0 mode managed essid SMC
after you've applied Dossy's patch.

> Any help/ideas appreciated. I am running gentoo linux with a 2.6 kernel. I
> made sure that the router is working and set correctly (I believe... is it
> ok to leave Base speed at auto? (1/2 mbs) and Speed at auto (max is 11mbs)?)
yes, that should work fine.

/Jörg