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wuischke

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From: Suisse Romande

Registered: 2007-01-06

Posts: 630

For whom work iwlwifi and IEEE 802.11a ?

Hi,

I've a big problem with iwl3945 and my 11A-network (I have a router which supports A as well as B/G): It used to work (although not very well), but for about two months now I can't connect anymore, even without encryption. It works with ipw3945, but it fails on OpenBSD (using the same firmware image) as well. I've tried the driver in [testing] as well as the driver in [core].

The old output was:

Oct 22 22:01:05 arch64 wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0
Oct 22 22:01:05 arch64 wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:0e:8e:04:xx:xx
Oct 22 22:01:06 arch64 wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:0e:8e:04:xx:xx
Oct 22 22:01:06 arch64 wlan0: RX authentication from 00:0e:8e:04:xx:xx (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0)
Oct 22 22:01:06 arch64 wlan0: authenticated
Oct 22 22:01:06 arch64 wlan0: associate with AP 00:0e:8e:04:xx:xx
Oct 22 22:01:06 arch64 wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:0e:8e:04:xx:xx (capab=0x11 status=0 aid=1)
Oct 22 22:01:06 arch64 wlan0: associated

Now it will fail with a time out, whilst it works fine with any 11G network and all kinds of encryption.

Nov 18 16:25:44 arch64 wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0
Nov 18 16:25:44 arch64 wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:0e:8e:04:xx:xx
Nov 18 16:25:45 arch64 wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:0e:8e:04:xx:xx
Nov 18 16:25:45 arch64 wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:0e:8e:04:xx:xx
Nov 18 16:25:45 arch64 wlan0: authentication with AP 00:0e:8e:04:xx:xx timed out

Now that the kernel .24 is close to the release, I'll be forced to use iwl3945 again. I use it currently with a G-network and it works, but there are more than 14 b/g-networks here, but not a single a-network, so I really would like to use the a-network which offers me a better reception as well.

Is there anyone who uses the iwlwifi driver successfully with an 11A-network? What's your router model? (I have a Trendnet TEW-511BRP, which is almost the same as the Linksys WRT55AG)

thanks for reading so far and any help

wuischke

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From: Suisse Romande

Registered: 2007-01-06

Posts: 630

Re: For whom work iwlwifi and IEEE 802.11a ?

I'll repeat the question. I'm unhappy about using 11g, but in contrast to 11a, it works at least. Is there anyone who uses the iwlwifi driver successfully in 11a mode? I don't know if I should blame the microcode (because ipw3945 worked) or my router (because 11a doesn't work with drivers using the microcode).

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: For whom work iwlwifi and IEEE 802.11a ?

just try it out?

wuischke

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From: Suisse Romande

Registered: 2007-01-06

Posts: 630

Re: For whom work iwlwifi and IEEE 802.11a ?

Unfortunately I have no other 11a router, so I can't test, that's why I ask. It still doesn't work with my current router and iwlwifi.