Re: Rare Problem With the ipw2200

[ CC the list. People here are more knowledgeable than me. ]

On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 20:32 +0200, Álvaro Reig wrote:
> Hi there
> 
> I am writing you because I can't solve a problem with my ipw2200
> running on gnu/debian.
> 
> First of all, I will resume you the state of my system. I have the
> drivers compiled via module-assistant, with the 2.4 firmware. I have
> been using this card with an unsecure wireless network for some
> months, and it worked fine. 
> 
> But now I have to conect to a secure network (wich key I have). If i
> try
> 
> - iwconfig eth2 essid nameofmynetwork key keyofmynetwork, I got 
> failed to send WEP_KEY: timed out

Which version of the driver are you using? Please attach the dmesg.

> If I try iwconfig essid nameofmyred enc keyofmynetwork, nothing
> happens. But if I put this on my /etc/network/interfaces:
> 
> auto eth2
> iface eth2 inet dhcp
> iwconfig eth2 essid red enc clave
> wireless-essid red
> 
> then I got 
> eth2: NET DEV_TX_BUSY returned; drive should report queu full via
> ieee->device ->is_queue_full

This is fixed in the new driver and ieee80211 subsystem.

> and periodicment
> 
> ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting
> ipw2200: sysfs 'error' log alredy exists
> 
> Then  I looked at the mode (wich is master) and tried
> 
> 
> iwconfig eth2 essid nameofmynetwork mode Maste key keyofmynetwork
> 
> and finally got
> 
> Error for wireless request 'set mode' (8B06):
> 
> set failed on device eth2: invalid argument

master (AP) mode is not supported by the current driver. If you want to
use it as an AP, take a look at http://ipw2200-ap.sf.net

Thanks,
-yi

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