[Debian-eeepc-devel] eee 900 wifi problems

[Sergio Blanco]

I'm using wicd so using the interfaces file is useless for me. Even if I
tried, the first problem to solve would be it's inability to scan for APs.
If I have the interface up and running it doesn't matter if it knows where
to connect, I should be able to search for networks, no?

The weird thing is the same happens with ath5k, madwifi-modules in
repositories and madwifi compiled from new sources. Instead, I tried a live
cd of eeexubuntu and it worked flawlessly. I think the problem is somewhere
else, and it seems to be something wrong with the new 2.6.26 kernel. Is
there someway I can go back to 2.6.25 and try without breaking my system?

Thanks in advance!


On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Jean-Christophe <jc.sid at free.fr> wrote:

> Sergio Blanco a écrit :
> > After installation from the older install image ath0 dissappeared. I
> > tried madwifi-modules and got to the same original problem. Then I
> > tried compiling wireless-compat against the 2.6.26 kernel, installed
> > the drivers and got the wlan0 interface. Still does not scan neither
> > connect. Just to be sure I am doing everything ok, I'm writing the
> > steps I did here:
> >
> > a) Install with synaptic build-essential and kernel-headers. madwifi
> > is already uninstalled.
> > b) Download wireless-compat for old kernels (inferior to 2.6.27) and
> untar
> > c) As root, in the folder with the contents of the tar file, first
> > make and then make install (and then make unload as requested by make
> > install)
> > d) modprobe ath5k (pciehp is already loaded with the force option at
> > system init)
> > e) ifconfig wlan0 up (Bring up the interface)
> > f) iwlist wlan0 scanning (no scan results)
> >
> > wlan0 shows up perfectly with iwconfig. I also tried to connect to my
> > AP using static config but it never associates to the access point.
> > dhclient also fails to get a lease.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> I'm using ath5k, and it works well...
> Here is my interfaces (using wpa_supplicant), maybe it can help you?
>
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> # The primary network interface
> iface wlan0 inet manual
>    wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
>    post-up /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 rate 11M
> iface default inet dhcp
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
> I put the 11M rate in order to have constant output: the auto rate cuts
> when I stream some music
>
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