Re: Still unable to configure MadWifi as an AP
Aditya Bhave <[email protected]> Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:55:53 -0400
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As someone else suggested on this list, I disabled network manager and configured the interfaces as below. The ping now works properly between the AP and STA. Is this a known problem? --Aditya Bhave On 06/02/2010 09:25 PM, Aditya Bhave wrote: > If you see the lines next to ath0 in my output, it says mode: Master. Im > using a Lenovo Thinkpad as an AP. It has an in-built Intel-based WiFi > card which is showing up as wlan0 in the output of iwconfig. It doesnt > show in the output of ifconfig since I disabled it using "ifconfig wlan0 > down." > So I dont think theres a problem in my setting up the interface. Im > reposting the output of ifconfig, iwconfig and route -n for STA and AP > again below. > > Many thanks for your help > > /*****************************************************************/ > > 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 > > > > > > > On 06/02/2010 05:53 PM, Pavel Roskin wrote: > >> On Mon, 2010-05-31 at 19:07 -0400, Aditya Bhave wrote: >> >> >> >>> Im still unable to configure MadWifi as an AP. As suggested. I have >>> included the outputs of iwconfig. >>> >>> >> ... >> >> >>> At the AP >>> >>> >> ... >> >> >>> 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 >>> >>> >> The only way to use master (AP) mode is to create an interface in master >> mode. This could be done with wlanconfig, but the easiest way would be >> to use the autocreate parameter for the ath_pci module: >> >> rmmod ath_pci >> modprobe ath_pci autocreate=master >> >> This is described in the README file in the MadWifi sources. >> >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. 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