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Old 09-30-2005, 01:47 AM   #1
billspork
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Kernel 2.6.13 WLAN Problems on Fedora Core 3


Hi,

I updated to the 2.6.13 kernel and I'm having alot of trouble gettng my WLAN setup properly.

I have a D-Link 520 (or something close to that, It shouldn't be too important for this problem) and I'm using the linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre26 from http://www.linux-wlan.com/linux-wlan/ .

I'm running Fedora Core 3.


Originally, I was using the generic kernel that came with Fedora (2.6.9-667).

I installed the drivers mentioned above.

modprobe prism2_pci, dhclient wlan0 and all was well and good. My connection was setup and ready to roll.

When I booted into 2.6.13 for the first time I :

Recompiled the drivers for the new kernel.

modprobe prism2_pci, dhclient wlan0

I get an IP address and it sees my AP. I am able to ping my AP, the other machines on my network and www.google.com.

Unfortunately, I am unable to view web pages in Firefox or Lynx, use gaim or any other internet related program.

Here is my ifconfig from my 2.6.13 kernel :

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:74 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:74 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:5972 (5.8 KiB) TX bytes:5972 (5.8 KiB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:3D:EA:35:29
inet addr:192.168.1.101 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:257 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:282 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:32161 (31.4 KiB) TX bytes:11525 (11.2 KiB)
Interrupt:11 Memory:f8d16000-f8d17000

Here is the iwconfig:

lo no wireless extensions.

Warning: Driver for device wlan0 has been compiled with version 18
of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 17.
Some things may be broken... Note : I tried using version pre17 and it did not fix the problem

wlan0 IEEE 802.11-b ESSID:"*******" Nickname:"*******"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437GHz Access Point: 00:0F:66:3D:1C:26
Bit Rate:11Mb/s Tx-Power:-221617152 dBm
Retry min limit:8 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption keyff
Link Quality=62/92 Signal level=-46 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:74 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:74 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:5972 (5.8 KiB) TX bytes:5972 (5.8 KiB)


Here is the ifconfig for my working 2.6.9-667 kernel :

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:1978 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1978 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2008291 (1.9 MiB) TX bytes:2008291 (1.9 MiB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:3D:EA:35:29
inet addr:192.168.1.101 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20f:3dff:feea:3529/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:14258 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:27638 errors:0 dropped:2 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:13105820 (12.4 MiB) TX bytes:1148689 (1.0 MiB)
Interrupt:11 Memory:42b2a000-42b2b000

Here is the iwconfig for 2.6.9-667

lo no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11-b ESSID:"*******" Nickname:"********"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437GHz Access Point: 00:0F:66:3D:1C:26
Bit Rate:11Mb/s Tx-Power:1856 dBm
Retry min limit:8 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption keyff
Link Quality=56/92 Signal level=-48 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0


Also, I tried a 2.6.12 kernel and it didn't work either.

If anyone has any information that might help me, I'd really appreciate it. I'd like to be able to use my iPod, my video card drives and the internet all in one kernel.

Thanks,

billspork

Also, if any more information is needed let me know.
 
Old 09-30-2005, 06:16 AM   #2
sti2envy
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did u try a ping test to your router ip, then an external ip address, and check your routing tables as well as /etc/resolv.conf, and do a traceroute..sounds like a routing issue to me

from your wifi router, you should be able to try ping your client 192.168.1.101, check to make sure mac filtering is off too

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