System information:
# uname -a
Linux 2.6.25-gentoo-r6 #7 Sun Jul 6 14:00:45 EEST 2008 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.80GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
# lspci -v
02:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5005G 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
Subsystem: D-Link System Inc D-Link AirPlus G DWL-G510 Wireless PCI Adapter(rev.B)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 5
Memory at fb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: ath_pci
Kernel modules: ath_pci
# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"home" Nickname:""
Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.412 GHz Cell: 02:11:95:BF:3F:72
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power=18 dBm Sensitivity=1/1
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=27/70 Signal level=-59 dBm Noise level=-86 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
# dmesg
ath_pci: 0.9.4
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:0b.0[A] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP
wifi0: mac 7.8 phy 4.5 radio 5.6
wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xfb000000, irq=5
udevd version 124 started
wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:95:bf:3f:72
inet addr:192.168.100.1 Bcast:192.168.100.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::211:95ff:febf:3f72/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:608 (608.0 B)
Install by emerge portage:
emerge =net-wireless/madwifi-ng-tools-0.9.4
emerge =net-wireless/madwifi-ng-0.9.4
Don't work:
# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 No scan results
# iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
(Only # wlanconfig wlan0 destroy ....)
Laptop see this card, but don't connect
Laptop:
# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 02 - Address: 02:11:95:BF:3F:72
ESSID:"home"
Mode:Ad-Hoc
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=90/100 Signal level=-41 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=0000000105ce0081
Info laptop
# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"home"
Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.462 GHz Cell: 00:1F:C9:64:9A:F0
Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key:off
Link Quality=33/100 Signal level=-89 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1c:bf:7f:6c:35
inet addr:192.168.100.2 Bcast:192.168.100.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21c:bfff:fe7f:6c35/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:300 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:19296 (18.8 KiB)
# ping 192.168.100.1
PING 192.168.100.1 (192.168.100.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 192.168.100.2 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.100.2 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.100.2 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable
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