Intersil (AMBIT) Prism 2.5, 3872 chipset

[Jouni Malinen]

On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 05:36:41PM +0200, Roberto Guida wrote:

>  > Jar ha scritto:
> > following to /etc/modules.conf.
> > 
> > alias wlan0 hostap_pci
> > options hostap_pci iw_mode=2
> 
> if I add this, at the startup the driver can not load, I get an error: 
> driver failed to load..

Could you try to load it manually with "ifconfig wlan0 up" or "modprobe
hostap_pci" and see whether you get any more detailed error? And check
what 'dmesg' shows after this.

> ..anyway, now it is ok... the driver load at the startup and the wlan0 
> exists, togheter with wifi0.. I set the ESSID, the wep 128-bit key, (i 
> tried also without any encryption), and I turn up the interface, in fact:

> iwconfig:
> 
> wlan0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"S.Severa_net"
>            Mode:Master  Frequency:2.422 GHz  Access Point: 00:02:8A:A0:83:D6

> But I still cannot connect, infact
> 
> dhclient wlan0:

> I see now I'm in Master mode, but on my router i see I have Mixed 
> (11b+11g) mode.. do u think is this the problem?

Master mode is different from "Mixed" mode, but yes, based on your
explanation, being in Master mode is indeed a problem for this
configuration. Host AP driver uses Master (AP) mode by default. If you
want to use it to associate with another AP, you will need to first
change the mode to Managed ("iwconfig wlan0 mode managed") (which is
exactly what that iw_mode=2 parameter was trying to do).

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