Re: Problems with Netgear MA101

Hello,

version 0.11 of the driver is quite old now, you may want to try getting 
the latest cvs version, which is fully supported by kernel 2.4.23

You can find the instructions on this page:

http://at76c503a.berlios.de/cvs.html

Thanks

  Nick





Christoph Nickel wrote:

>Hi,
>I have some problems with the Netgear MA101 Rev.B. and try to connect to a Netgear ME102 access point.
>I use driver version 0.11 and kernel 2.4.23. After loading the modules I start the following script
>
>iwconfig wlan0	essid Funknetz channel 6 mode managed rate auto \
>		rts off frag off \
>		key restricted [1] be60ef2d13b8ae0f847c2cb0fd
>iwpriv wlan0	short_preamble 0 auth_mode 1 scan_times 10 500
>ifconfig wlan0	192.168.0.7
>iwpriv wlan0	set_debug 0x180003
>
>The syslog output is at the end of this mail.
>First I see no difference between setting the debug level 0x180003 or 0x000003.
>Where is the information why the bss don't match (DBG 0x080000)?
>
>Second, after disconnecting the device there seems no way to reactivate it. In the following log message the device was unplugged at 21:56:50 and reconnectet at 22:21:34 but not unplugged again.
>Jul 14 21:56:50 harley kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:07.2-2 address 3
>Jul 14 21:56:50 harley kernel: at76c503-rfmd.c: wlan0 disconnected
>Jul 14 22:21:34 harley kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-2, assigned address 4
>Jul 14 22:21:34 harley kernel: usbdfu.c: Downloading firmware for USB device 4...
>Jul 14 22:21:36 harley kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:07.2-2 address 4
>
>
>Syslog output:
>Jul 14 22:26:43 harley syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
>Jul 14 22:26:54 harley kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub
>Jul 14 22:26:54 harley kernel: usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 19:43:28 Dec  2 2003
>Jul 14 22:26:54 harley kernel: usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
>Jul 14 22:26:54 harley kernel: usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0x6800, IRQ 10
>Jul 14 22:26:54 harley kernel: usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
>Jul 14 22:26:55 harley kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
>Jul 14 22:26:55 harley kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
>Jul 14 22:26:55 harley kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
>Jul 14 22:26:55 harley kernel: usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
>Jul 14 22:26:55 harley kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-1, assigned address 2
>Jul 14 22:26:55 harley kernel: usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x3538/0x15) is not claimed by any active driver.
>Jul 14 22:26:56 harley kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-2, assigned address 3
>Jul 14 22:26:56 harley kernel: usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod 0x864/0x4102) is not claimed by any active driver.
>Jul 14 22:27:11 harley kernel: at76c503.c: Generic Atmel at76c503/at76c505 routines v0.11
>Jul 14 22:27:11 harley kernel: usbdfu.c: USB Device Firmware Upgrade (DFU) handler v0.11
>Jul 14 22:27:11 harley kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdfu
>Jul 14 22:27:11 harley kernel: at76c503-rfmd.c: Atmel at76c503 (RFMD) Wireless LAN Driver v0.11
>Jul 14 22:27:11 harley kernel: usb.c: registered new driver at76c503-rfmd
>Jul 14 22:27:11 harley kernel: at76c503.c: $Id: at76c503.c,v 1.35 2003/07/30 06:31:51 jal2 Exp $ compiled Jul 14 2004 17:35:13
>Jul 14 22:27:11 harley kernel: at76c503.c: firmware version 0.90.2 #140 (fcs_len 4)
>Jul 14 22:27:11 harley kernel: at76c503.c: device's MAC 00:09:5b:29:77:9d, regulatory domain ETSI (Europe - (Spain+France) (id 48)
>Jul 14 22:27:11 harley kernel: at76c503.c: registered wlan0
>Jul 14 22:27:17 harley kernel: at76c503.c: wlan0: PRIV_IOCTL_SET_DEBUG input 9: 0x180003 -> x180003
>Jul 14 22:27:17 harley kernel: at76c503.c: wlan0: PRIV_IOCTL_SET_DEBUG, old 0x0  new 0x180003
>Jul 14 22:27:17 harley kernel: at76c503.c: wlan0: netif running 1 queue_stopped 1 carrier_ok 0
>Jul 14 22:27:17 harley kernel: at76c503.c: wlan0: state 2 -> 6 (JOINING)
>Jul 14 22:27:17 harley kernel: at76c503.c: wlan0 find_matching_bss: returned 00000000
>Jul 14 22:27:17 harley kernel: at76c503.c: wlan0: state 6 -> 1 (SCANNING)
>Jul 14 22:27:28 harley kernel: at76c503.c: wlan0 BSS table (curr=00000000, new=00000000):
>Jul 14 22:27:28 harley kernel: at76c503.c: 0xc9d46840: bssid 00:30:ab:22:aa:94 channel 6 ssid Funknetz (46756E6B6E65747A) capa x0011 rates 82 84 8B 96 rssi 7 link 0 noise 0
>Jul 14 22:27:28 harley kernel: at76c503.c: wlan0 BSS table (curr=00000000, new=00000000):
>Jul 14 22:27:28 harley kernel: at76c503.c: 0xc9d46840: bssid 00:30:ab:22:aa:94 channel 6 ssid Funknetz (46756E6B6E65747A) capa x0011 rates 82 84 8B 96 rssi 13 link 0 noise 0
>Jul 14 22:27:28 harley kernel: at76c503.c: wlan0: state 1 -> 6 (JOINING)
>Jul 14 22:27:28 harley kernel: at76c503.c: wlan0 find_matching_bss: returned c9d46840
>Jul 14 22:27:28 harley kernel: at76c503.c: wlan0 join addr 00:30:ab:22:aa:94 ssid Funknetz type 2 ch 6 timeout 2000
>Jul 14 22:27:28 harley kernel: at76c503.c: wlan0: state 6 -> 2 (AUTHENTICATING)
>Jul 14 22:27:28 harley kernel: at76c503.c: wlan0: state 2 -> 6 (JOINING)
>Jul 14 22:27:28 harley kernel: at76c503.c: wlan0 find_matching_bss: returned 00000000
>Jul 14 22:27:28 harley kernel: at76c503.c: wlan0: state 6 -> 1 (SCANNING)
>Jul 14 22:27:39 harley kernel: at76c503.c: wlan0 BSS table (curr=00000000, new=00000000):
>Jul 14 22:27:39 harley kernel: at76c503.c: 0xc9d468c0: bssid 00:30:ab:22:aa:94 channel 6 ssid Funknetz (46756E6B6E65747A) capa x0011 rates 82 84 8B 96 rssi 7 link 0 noise 0
>Jul 14 22:27:40 harley kernel: at76c503.c: wlan0 BSS table (curr=00000000, new=00000000):
>Jul 14 22:27:40 harley kernel: at76c503.c: 0xc9d468c0: bssid 00:30:ab:22:aa:94 channel 6 ssid Funknetz (46756E6B6E65747A) capa x0011 rates 82 84 8B 96 rssi 7 link 0 noise 0
>Jul 14 22:27:40 harley kernel: at76c503.c: wlan0: state 1 -> 6 (JOINING)
>Jul 14 22:27:40 harley kernel: at76c503.c: wlan0 find_matching_bss: returned c9d468c0
>Jul 14 22:27:40 harley kernel: at76c503.c: wlan0 join addr 00:30:ab:22:aa:94 ssid Funknetz type 2 ch 6 timeout 2000
>Jul 14 22:27:40 harley kernel: at76c503.c: wlan0: state 6 -> 2 (AUTHENTICATING)
>Jul 14 22:27:40 harley kernel: at76c503.c: wlan0: state 2 -> 6 (JOINING)
>Jul 14 22:27:40 harley kernel: at76c503.c: wlan0 find_matching_bss: returned 00000000
>Jul 14 22:27:40 harley kernel: at76c503.c: wlan0: state 6 -> 1 (SCANNING)
>
>Does anybody knows howto get my MA101 to work?
>
>Grettings
>Christoph Nickel
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>
>
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