Re: [Madwifi-users] Unable to configure MadWifi as a simple AP on Ubuntu
Aditya Bhave <[email protected]> Tue, 25 May 2010 13:07:42 -0400
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Hi,
The same problem is coming. Each of my laptops has an inbuilt
non-Atheros WiFI card called wlan0 and an external PCMCIA-based Atheros
card. To keep things simple, I disabled wlan0 using ifconfig wlan0 down.
Here are the relevant command outputs
/*****************************************************************/
At the AP
ayb@AdLenovoLinux:~$ ifconfig
ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 06:0b:6b:20:72:f6
inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::40b:6bff:fe20:72f6/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:1721 (1.7 KB)
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:7e:11:b6:09
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Memory:fc000000-fc020000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:74065 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:74065 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3008539 (3.0 MB) TX bytes:3008539 (3.0 MB)
wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr
00-0B-6B-20-72-F6-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:6270 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:57740
TX packets:2042 errors:342 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:199
RX bytes:897647 (897.6 KB) TX bytes:181270 (181.2 KB)
Interrupt:16
ayb@AdLenovoLinux:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn
ESSID:"f2\x0D\xB71X\xA3Z%]\x05\x17X\xE9^\xD4\xAB\xB2\xCD\xC6\x9B\xB4T\x11\x0E\x82tA!=\xDC\x87"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.427 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
pan0 no wireless extensions.
wifi0 no wireless extensions.
ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Aditya"
Mode:Master Frequency:2.447 GHz Access Point:
06:0B:6B:20:72:F6
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm Sensitivity=1/1
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=0/70 Signal level=-95 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:902 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
ayb@AdLenovoLinux:~$ route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 ath0
/****************************************************************************************************/
On the STA
ayb@ADSonyVAIO:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth1 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
pan0 no wireless extensions.
wifi0 no wireless extensions.
ath2 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Aditya"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.447 GHz Access Point:
06:0B:6B:20:72:F6
Bit Rate:48 Mb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm Sensitivity=1/1
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=36/70 Signal level=-58 dBm Noise level=-94 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:658 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
ayb@ADSonyVAIO:~$ ifconfig
ath2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0b:6b:20:40:dd
inet addr:192.168.1.15 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20b:6bff:fe20:40dd/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:59 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:4966 (4.9 KB)
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:a9:48:e9:19
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:377 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:377 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:34584 (34.5 KB) TX bytes:34584 (34.5 KB)
wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr
00-0B-6B-20-40-DD-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2392 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:147
TX packets:406 errors:8 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:199
RX bytes:362890 (362.8 KB) TX bytes:24726 (24.7 KB)
Interrupt:16
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:de:62:bd:c5
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:15242 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12162 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2790387 (2.7 MB) TX bytes:1296883 (1.2 MB)
ayb@ADSonyVAIO:~$ route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 2 0 0 ath2
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 ath2
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ath2
Any help will be appreciated
Thanks
regards,
Aditya Bhave
On 05/22/2010 02:06 AM, Venkat Ch wrote:
> Hi Aditya,
>
> It is an issue with routing that is causing the ping problem. Your
> wireless settings are fine.
>
> Please do the following. This is a simple setup that will work. Once
> you make this work, you can proceed further adding other interfaces.
>
> At AP:
> ---------
>
> route del -net 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0
> ifconfig ath1 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
>
> AT STA:
> -----------
> ifconfig ath1 192.168.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0
>
>
> If you see any issues, send the output of the commands of iwconfig and
> route -n on both sides again.
>
> Thanks & Regards
> Venkat
>
>
> On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Aditya Bhave <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> Thanks for your reply Venkat
>
> On the AP
> iwconfig gives
> ath1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Aditya"
> Mode:Master Frequency:2.447 GHz Access Point:
> 00:0B:6B:20:40:DD
> Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm Sensitivity=1/1
> Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> Power Management:off
> Link Quality=48/70 Signal level=-47 dBm Noise
> level=-95 dBm
> Rx invalid nwid:78 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
> route -n gives
> ayb@AdLenovoLinux:~$ route -n
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric
> Ref Use Iface
> 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0
> 0 0 ath1
> 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 2
> 0 0 wlan0
> 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0
> 0 0 wlan0
>
> wlan0 is the name of my inbuilt Intel wireless card. Im using a
> PCMCIA Atheros card named ath1
>
> On the STA
> iwconfig gives
> ath1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Aditya"
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.447 GHz Access Point:
> 00:0B:6B:20:40:DD
> Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:20 dBm Sensitivity=1/1
> Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> Power Management:off
> Link Quality=39/70 Signal level=-54 dBm Noise
> level=-93 dBm
> Rx invalid nwid:1464 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
> and route -n gives
>
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric
> Ref Use Iface
> 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 2
> 0 0 wlan0
> 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0
> 0 0 ath1
> 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 1000
> 0 0 wlan0
> 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0
> 0 0 wlan0
>
> Thanks
> regards,
> Aditya Bhave
>
>
>
>
>
> On 05/21/2010 07:24 AM, Venkat Ch wrote:
>> Can you please send the output of "iwconfig" and "route -n" at
>> both STA and AP.
>>
>>
>> Thanks & Regards
>> Venkata Rao chimata
>>
>> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 2:39 AM, Aditya Bhave <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Im trying to configure MadWifi as an AP on laptop A and
>> connecting a
>> client from laptop B. Although the station B associates
>> correctly, Im
>> unable to even do a simple ping to the AP
>>
>> Here is my configuration
>>
>> Laptop A: Lenovo Thinkpad
>> Card: lshw -C network
>> description: interface
>> product: Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter
>> vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
>> physical id: 0
>> bus info: pci@0000:16:00.0 <mailto:pci@0000:16:00.0>
>> logical name: wifi0
>> version: 01
>> serial: 00:0b:6b:20:40:dd
>> width: 32 bits
>> clock: 33MHz
>> capabilities: bus_master cap_list logical
>> configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath_pci latency=96
>> maxlatency=28 mingnt=10 multicast=yes
>> resources: irq:16 memory:c4000000-c400ffff
>>
>> Here is the script I used to create an AP
>> /*********
>> #!/bin/sh
>>
>> sudo modprobe -r ath5k || true
>> sudo modprobe -r ath9k || true
>> sudo modprobe -r ath_pci || true
>> sudo modprobe ath_pci autocreate=none
>>
>> sudo wlanconfig ath1 destroy || true
>> sudo wlanconfig ath1 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap #
>> set up the AP
>> sudo iwpriv ath1 mode 3 # 11g mode
>> sudo iwconfig ath1 essid "Aditya" # essid
>> sudo iwconfig ath1 key off # no wep
>> sudo iwconfig ath1 enc off # no wep
>> sudo iwpriv ath1 wpa 0 # no wpa
>>
>> sudo ifconfig ath1 up
>> sleep 1
>> sudo ifconfig ath1 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
>>
>> sudo sysctl -w dev.wifi0.diversity=0
>> sudo sysctl -w dev.wifi0.txantenna=1
>> sudo sysctl -w dev.wifi0.rxantenna=
>> ************************/
>>
>> Laptop B: Dell Inspiron
>> Card: description: Wireless interface
>> product: AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
>> vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
>> physical id: 0
>> bus info: pci@0000:0c:00.0 <mailto:pci@0000:0c:00.0>
>> logical name: wifi0
>> version: 01
>> serial: 00:15:6d:84:35:8e
>> width: 64 bits
>> clock: 33MHz
>> capabilities: bus_master cap_list logical ethernet
>> physical wireless
>> configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath_pci latency=0
>> multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
>> resources: irq:19 memory:dfcf0000-dfcfffff
>>
>> Here is the script I used to create a STA
>> /*************
>> #!/bin/sh
>>
>> sudo modprobe -r ath5k || true
>> sudo modprobe -r ath9k || true
>> sudo modprobe -r ath_pci || true
>>
>> sudo modprobe ath_pci autocreate=none
>> sudo wlanconfig ath1 destroy || true
>> sudo wlanconfig ath1 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta
>> sudo iwpriv ath1 mode 3 # 11g
>> sudo iwconfig ath1 essid "Aditya"
>> sleep 1
>>
>> sudo sysctl -w dev.wifi0.diversity=0
>> sudo sysctl -w dev.wifi0.txantenna=1
>> sudo sysctl -w dev.wifi0.rxantenna=1
>>
>> ***********************/
>>
>> In NetworkManager, I configured so that address is obtained
>> through DHCP
>> whenever the STA connects to AP "Aditya"
>> Here is my dhcpd.conf file
>> /***************
>> option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.1;
>>
>> default-lease-time 86400;
>> max-lease-time 604800;
>>
>> authoritative;
>>
>> # basic setup by ADITYA BHAVE
>> subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
>> range 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.20;
>> option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
>> option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;
>> option routers 192.168.1.1;
>> }
>> /*****************************/
>>
>> Firstly, the STA is unable to obtain an address through DHCP.
>> I then manually gave the STA an address of 192.168.1.10, with
>> a netmask
>> of 255.255.255.0 and a gateway of 192.168.1.1. I even ran the
>> following
>> command
>> route add default gw 192.168.1.1
>>
>> Inspite of both the above changes, a ping command fails
>> ayb@AD-DELL:~$ ping -I ath1 192.168.1.1
>> PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) from 192.168.1.2 ath1: 56(84)
>> bytes of data.
>> From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
>> From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
>> From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable
>> From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=5 Destination Host Unreachable
>> From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=6 Destination Host Unreachable
>>
>> Can someone please help to diagnose this problem?
>>
>> Thanks
>> regards,
>> Aditya Bhave
>>
>>
>>
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