Ticket #149 (closed defect: invalid)

Opened 7 years ago

Last modified 5 years ago

Doesn't create the lan device ath0 after the create command.

Reported by: vinta_giri@yahoo.com Assigned to:
Priority: minor Milestone:
Component: madwifi: other Version: trunk
Keywords: wlanconfig Cc: vinta_giri@yahoo.com
Patch is attached: Pending:

Description

Doesn't create the required network device ath0 after the execution of the command. wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta

When the lan device is created as instructed in the readme. It is visible only to the iwconfig, iwpriv commands. When your go thru system-config-network the device still shows as wifi0 and not ath0. Don't know if there is some step missing in the documentation.

Thankyou, Giridhar.

Change History

11/11/05 17:28:50 changed by mrenzmann

  • priority changed from major to minor.

What distribution do you use? It might well be that you have to configure ath0 and bring it up before it is visible in "system-config-network" (similar to the situation with "ifconfig" vs. "ifconfig -a".

11/11/05 18:12:33 changed by vinta_giri@yahoo.com

Sorry about the unfinished message. I tried to update, by going back, it went on to create a new ticket. I'm using FC4 Madwifi: the latest version of trunk that is provided in the site. I am pasting the line from release.h /* $Id: //depot/sw/linuxsrc/src/802_11/madwifi/madwifi/release.h#1 $ */ #define RELEASE_TYPE "BETA" Dowload is from Nov 10, 2005 from the trunk. Kernel: 2.6.13-1.1532_FC4 #1 Thu Oct 20 01:30:08 EDT 2005 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux. Rpm's in use. wireless-tools-28-0.pre10.4 NetworkManager-gnome-0.5.1-1.FC4.4 NetworkManager-0.5.1-1.FC4.4 gnome-nettool-1.2.0-1 wpa_supplicant-0.4.6 (Downloaded Nov 10, 2005) from SourceForge? .

Do I have to give anything more specific please provide a command and I can give the information.

11/20/05 11:23:44 changed by mrenzmann

Try the following on a shell:

  1. wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta
  2. ifconfig -a

Does ath0 show up in the output of ifconfig?

11/29/05 18:43:05 changed by mrenzmann

  • status changed from new to closed.
  • resolution set to invalid.

Closing this ticket as invalid due to lack of response. @Reporter: Feel free to reopen this ticket once you can give the requested information. Thanks.

01/22/06 02:05:11 changed by mcouture@maine.rr.com

  • status changed from closed to reopened.
  • resolution deleted.

I just installed Fedora Core 4 on my IBM T42 laptop and I am seeing this exact issue.

If I do:

  1. wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta
  2. ifconfig -a

I do see it in the output.

01/22/06 09:49:20 changed by mrenzmann

  • status changed from reopened to closed.
  • resolution set to invalid.

Well, if you see ath0 in the output of ifconfig -a then the device was created and just needs to be set up properly. ifconfig by default shows only devices which have a network address assigned. This is no issue (not of MadWifi and not of any other part of Linux) but a design concept.

If that is not the issue you're refering to, please reopen the ticket and be more descriptive. Thanks.