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fieldyweb 07-10-2005 08:25 PM
ACX100/ACX111 PCMCIA Wifi Card not find Access Point
 
I'm 99% there, i can feel it in my water...
HAving spent ages trying to install the wrong drivers for my planex PCMCIA WiFi card (MadWifI) i found the Homepage of the ACX100/ACX111 wireless network driver project.
acx100.sourceforge.net/ which pointed me in the direction of www.houseofcraig.net/acx100_howto.php which is oneof the best howto's i have ever read (i'm new to linux and over the last 3 weeks i have read a lot.)

I digress..

I followed the instructions, and am at a point where if i run iwlist wlan0 scan i get the results

wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:0F:34:CD:27:D0
ESSID:"SBS-Guest"
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.417 GHz (Channel 2)
Quality=38/100 Signal level=13/100 Noise level=0/100
Encryption key:off
Cell 02 - Address: 00:0F:34:A0:45:60
ESSID:"SBS-Guest"
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=33/100 Signal level=6/100 Noise level=0/100
Encryption key:off


So i can see our schools WiFi network...
We have NO WEP, no security at all, its an "OpenCampus"

However i can't pickup a DHCP Address using this network (and yes, i can on XP)

So i run an iwconfig and i get

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11b+/g+ ESSID:"" Nickname:"acx100 v0.2.0pre8"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.417 GHz Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm Sensitivity=1/3
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:36/100 Signal level:11/100 Noise level:0/100
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

and i can see what the problem is

Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00

Its not associating with the Accesspoint

So i have a look at the logs

tail -100 /var/log/messages

and i can see
Jul 11 08:19:12 localhost kernel: association: requesting capabilities 0x0021
Jul 11 08:19:14 localhost kernel: acx_timer: status = 3
Jul 11 08:19:14 localhost kernel: resend association request (attempt 5).
Jul 11 08:19:14 localhost kernel: Sending association request, awaiting response! NOT ASSOCIATED YET.
Jul 11 08:19:14 localhost kernel: association: requesting capabilities 0x0021
Jul 11 08:19:17 localhost kernel: acx_timer: status = 3
Jul 11 08:19:17 localhost kernel: resend association request (attempt 6).
Jul 11 08:19:17 localhost kernel: Sending association request, awaiting response! NOT ASSOCIATED YET.
Jul 11 08:19:17 localhost kernel: association: requesting capabilities 0x0021
Jul 11 08:19:19 localhost kernel: acx_timer: status = 3
Jul 11 08:19:19 localhost kernel: resend association request (attempt 7).
Jul 11 08:19:19 localhost kernel: Sending association request, awaiting response! NOT ASSOCIATED YET.
Jul 11 08:19:19 localhost kernel: association: requesting capabilities 0x0021
Jul 11 08:19:22 localhost kernel: acx_timer: status = 3
Jul 11 08:19:22 localhost kernel: resend association request (attempt 8).
Jul 11 08:19:22 localhost kernel: Sending association request, awaiting response! NOT ASSOCIATED YET.
Jul 11 08:19:22 localhost kernel: association: requesting capabilities 0x0021
Jul 11 08:19:24 localhost kernel: DROPPED IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:00:0c:76:fc:c7:cd:08:00 SRC=10.0.27.68 DST=10.0.27.255 LEN=213 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=128 ID=40416 PROTO=UDP SPT=138 DPT=138 LEN=193
Jul 11 08:19:24 localhost kernel: acx_timer: status = 3
Jul 11 08:19:24 localhost kernel: resend association request (attempt 9).
Jul 11 08:19:24 localhost kernel: Sending association request, awaiting response! NOT ASSOCIATED YET.
Jul 11 08:19:24 localhost kernel: association: requesting capabilities 0x0021
Jul 11 08:19:27 localhost kernel: acx_timer: status = 3
Jul 11 08:19:27 localhost kernel: resend association request (attempt 10).
Jul 11 08:19:27 localhost kernel: Sending association request, awaiting response! NOT ASSOCIATED YET.
Jul 11 08:19:27 localhost kernel: association: requesting capabilities 0x0021
Jul 11 08:19:29 localhost kernel: acx_timer: status = 3
Jul 11 08:19:29 localhost kernel: association request reply timeout, giving up.
Jul 11 08:19:29 localhost kernel: acx_set_status: Setting status = 1 (SCANNING)
Jul 11 08:19:29 localhost kernel: previous bss_table_count: 2
Jul 11 08:19:32 localhost last message repeated 24 times
Jul 11 08:19:32 localhost kernel: acx_timer: status = 1
Jul 11 08:19:32 localhost kernel: Stopping scan (stations found).
Jul 11 08:19:32 localhost kernel: Radio scan found 2 stations in this area
Jul 11 08:19:32 localhost kernel: <Scan Table> 0: SSID="SBS-Guest",CH=2,SIR=13,SNR=0
Jul 11 08:19:32 localhost kernel: peer_cap 0x0421, needed_cap 0x0001
Jul 11 08:19:32 localhost kernel: found station with matching ESSID! ("SBS-Guest" station, "" config)
Jul 11 08:19:32 localhost kernel: acx_complete_dot11_scan: matching station FOUND (idx 0), JOINING (00:0f:34:cd:27:d0)
Jul 11 08:19:32 localhost kernel: acx_cmd_join_bssid rates_basic 0x0027, rates_supported 0x01ff
Jul 11 08:19:32 localhost kernel: <acx_cmd_join_bssid> BSS_Type = 2
Jul 11 08:19:32 localhost kernel: <acx_cmd_join_bssid> JoinBSSID MAC:00:0f:34:cd:27:d0
Jul 11 08:19:32 localhost kernel: Incompatible basic rates
Jul 11 08:19:32 localhost kernel: Incompatible operational rates
Jul 11 08:19:32 localhost kernel: Sending authentication1 request, awaiting response!
Jul 11 08:19:32 localhost kernel: acx_set_status: Setting status = 2 (WAIT_AUTH)Jul 11 08:19:32 localhost kernel: 00:90:cc:9e:54:dd <4>00:90:cc:9e:54:dd <4>00:0f:34:cd:27:d0 <4>00:0f:34:cd:27:d0 <4>00:0f:34:cd:27:d0
Jul 11 08:19:32 localhost kernel: Algorithm is ok
Jul 11 08:19:32 localhost kernel: acx_process_authen auth seq step 2
Jul 11 08:19:32 localhost kernel: acx_set_status: Setting status = 3 (AUTHENTICATED)
Jul 11 08:19:32 localhost kernel: Sending association request, awaiting response! NOT ASSOCIATED YET.
Jul 11 08:19:32 localhost kernel: association: requesting capabilities 0x0021
Jul 11 08:19:32 localhost kernel: Association FAILED: peer station sent response status code 18: "Association denied due to requesting station not supporting all of the data rates in the BSSBasicRateSet parameter. TRANSLATION: peer station has an incompatible set of data rates configured, FIX IT!"!
Jul 11 08:19:33 localhost kernel: acx_timer: status = 3
Jul 11 08:19:33 localhost kernel: resend association request (attempt 2).
Jul 11 08:19:33 localhost kernel: Sending association request, awaiting response! NOT ASSOCIATED YET.
Jul 11 08:19:33 localhost kernel: association: requesting capabilities 0x0021
Jul 11 08:19:33 localhost kernel: DROPPED IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:00:0c:76:fc:c8:01:08:00 SRC=10.0.27.34 DST=10.0.27.255 LEN=235 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=128 ID=8936 PROTO=UDP SPT=138 DPT=138 LEN=215
Jul 11 08:19:36 localhost kernel: Starting radio scan
Jul 11 08:19:36 localhost kernel: acx_timer: status = 3
Jul 11 08:19:36 localhost kernel: resend association request (attempt 3).
Jul 11 08:19:36 localhost kernel: Sending association request, awaiting response! NOT ASSOCIATED YET.
Jul 11 08:19:36 localhost kernel: association: requesting capabilities 0x0021
Jul 11 08:19:38 localhost kernel: Got Info IRQ: status 0x0001, type 0xea00: (unknown)
Jul 11 08:19:38 localhost kernel: acx_timer: status = 3
Jul 11 08:19:38 localhost kernel: resend association request (attempt 4).
Jul 11 08:19:38 localhost kernel: Sending association request, awaiting response! NOT ASSOCIATED YET.
Jul 11 08:19:38 localhost kernel: association: requesting capabilities 0x0021
Jul 11 08:19:41 localhost kernel: acx_timer: status = 3
Jul 11 08:19:41 localhost kernel: resend association request (attempt 5).
Jul 11 08:19:41 localhost kernel: Sending association request, awaiting response! NOT ASSOCIATED YET.
Jul 11 08:19:41 localhost kernel: association: requesting capabilities 0x0021
Jul 11 08:19:43 localhost kernel: acx_timer: status = 3
Jul 11 08:19:43 localhost kernel: resend association request (attempt 6).
Jul 11 08:19:43 localhost kernel: Sending association request, awaiting response! NOT ASSOCIATED YET.
Jul 11 08:19:43 localhost kernel: association: requesting capabilities 0x0021
Jul 11 08:19:46 localhost kernel: acx_timer: status = 3
Jul 11 08:19:46 localhost kernel: resend association request (attempt 7).
Jul 11 08:19:46 localhost kernel: Sending association request, awaiting response! NOT ASSOCIATED YET.
Jul 11 08:19:46 localhost kernel: association: requesting capabilities 0x0021
Jul 11 08:19:48 localhost kernel: acx_timer: status = 3
Jul 11 08:19:48 localhost kernel: resend association request (attempt 8).
Jul 11 08:19:48 localhost kernel: Sending association request, awaiting response! NOT ASSOCIATED YET.
Jul 11 08:19:48 localhost kernel: association: requesting capabilities 0x0021

The line which is of interest to me is

Jul 11 08:19:32 localhost kernel: Association FAILED: peer station sent response status code 18: "Association denied due to requesting station not supporting all of the data rates in the BSSBasicRateSet parameter. TRANSLATION: peer station has an incompatible set of data rates configured, FIX IT!"!


Incompatible set of data rates...

So i look at the net_start config and the configurable portion looks like this

#!/bin/bash

#########################################
# start_net script #
# acx100 project #
# acx100.sourceforge.net #
# edited by arnie <urnotwelcome@gmx.de> #
#########################################
# with modifications by craig #
# summary at end of file #
#########################################

# Please edit below

# syntax is: VARIABLENAME=VALUE, with _no_ spaces in between
# make sure to _preserve_ any double-quotes (")
# text beginning with the comment delimiter (#) is ignored
# make sure to _preserve_ at least one space before any
# comment delimiters (#) that do not begin a line
# "uncommenting" a line means to remove it's leading "#" character

ESSID="" # THIS IS CASE SeNsItIvE!! any == associate to any ESSID
# Default rate configured as 11Mbps to not cause speed problems (while
# using auto rate) or connection problems (while not using auto rate)
# with non-22Mbps hardware...
RATE=22M
AUTORATE=1 # only disable auto rate if you know what you're doing...
CHAN=2 # it's useful to try to stick to channels 1, 6 or 11 only, since these don't overlap with other channels
SHORTPREAMBLE=1 # set a value of 1 in order to force "Short Preamble" (incompatible with very old WLAN hardware!) instead of peer autodetect
#TXPOWER=20 # 0..20 (dBm) (18dBm is firmware default) overly large setting might perhaps destroy your radio eventually!
MODE=Managed # Managed for infrastructure, Ad-hoc for peer-to-peer. NOTE: Auto mode is not supported any more, you HAVE to select a specific mode!
DEBUG=0xb # 0xffff for maximum debug info, 0 for none

# WEP Key(s)
# ascii keys (passphrase) should look like this: KEY="s:asciikey"
# hex keys should look like this: KEY="4378c2f43a"

# most wep users will want to use this line
KEY=""

# alternatively, you can uncomment and use these lines to
# set all 4 possible WEP keys
#KEY1="1234567890" #WEP64
#KEY2="1234567890"
#KEY3="1234567890"
#KEY4="1234567890"
# you must select which of the 4 keys above to use here:
#KEY="[1]" # for KEY1, "[2]" for KEY2, etc

ALG=open # open == Open System, restricted == Shared Key

#IP address

USE_DHCP=1 # set to 1 for auto configuration instead of fixed IP setting

IP=192.168.1.98 # set this if you did not set USE_DHCP=1
NETMASK=255.255.255.0 # set this if you did not set USE_DHCP=1
GATEWAY=192.168.1.254 # set this if you did not set USE_DHCP=1

LED_OFF=0 # set to 1 to turn off the power LED to save power

MTU_576=0 # set to 1 if you have buffer management problems




Question, anyone have any idea how to associate this nic with the AP?

H/W Config

WIFI Nic = Planex GWNS54GM
Access Point = Cisco
No WEP or Security on network
Works With XP SP2

I'll post ANY info required...

Tuxman8898 07-10-2005 08:38 PM
It looks like your wlan card doesnt have an ESSID set. Do iwconfig wlan0 essid "put essid here without quotes"

I think to use DHCP you need to execute a command at the terminal. For me, I do dhcpcd wlan0. That sends a DHCP broadcast out from my wlan card. It depends on your distro though. Some you have to do netcardconfig, select your wlan0 device, and say yes to use DHCP broadcast.

Yeah these wireless networks are funny(on any OS really). Theres every hint to it working but you still dont get internet.

fieldyweb 07-10-2005 09:09 PM
I added the ESSID no joy...
and dhcpcd doesn't work...

siphi 07-21-2005 01:12 PM
try..
 
Hi, i have that driver for my Texas Instuments card. I had the error before. It's todo with not having the essid set correctly and dhclient (dhcp request program) not being given a lease (ie. your wireless network isn't sending you an ip address.). Ensure that autorate is on, channel is correct (norm 11), your essid is set, and if dhcp isn't working still, try running dhclient wlan0. I think that should work.

incident41 11-22-2005 05:08 PM
Re: try..
 
Quote:
Originally posted by siphi
Hi, i have that driver for my Texas Instuments card. I had the error before. It's todo with not having the essid set correctly and dhclient (dhcp request program) not being given a lease (ie. your wireless network isn't sending you an ip address.). Ensure that autorate is on, channel is correct (norm 11), your essid is set, and if dhcp isn't working still, try running dhclient wlan0. I think that should work.
Just for the record, I had this exact issue with my USR2210 card trying to connect to my new D-Link G604T wireless router; problem was that while talking to the USR 2249 AP I had before, I _had_ to explicitly set rate=11M as using anything else (22M, auto, you name it) would severely cripple performance.
Turns out that the new D-Link spits on my explicit rate, and wants rate=auto.
The USR 2210 then negotiates a 1Mbit rate with the G604T (eek), but it actually manages a respectable 550KB/s as it renegotiates up to 22Mbit (though I could get 660KB/s talking to the USR 2249 AP - but that's fine, my main laptop is now another which has an Intel 2200BG Wireless card and that one gets 1.2MB/s).

Thanks for tipping in the obvious but subtly not so rate=auto thingy :cool:


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