Bootup error : Unexpected LVT TMR intterupt

Sun Nov 25 21:52:37 PST 2007

Hi Archana,
Welcome.

* Nice to hear that your setup works fine.

* wpa_supplicant means,it is software for Wireless STA's.Since you wanted to bring your X86 machine as AP,you no need to worry about wpa_supplicant.

* [ARCHANA SAYS]Ping test fails.
  [AMBEDKAR SAYS] The reason for ping failure,there may be only wireless interface up and running(RADIO),to reach ethernet we need brige interface,which you may not be configured in your X86 machine.Bridge interface acts as converting 802.11[Wireless LAN] packets into 802.3[LAN or whichever network it goes] packets or vice versa[You might be aware of PORTAL.A PORTAL peforms the INTEGRATION service is nothing but act as bridge between two different techniques]

Use the following command to bring up the setup.

#wlanconfig atho(or eth1) destroy
#wlanconfig atho create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap
# modprobe or insmod
--------------------If AP already running,dont use the above command,

Use the following command to bring up the BRIDGE Interface
#iwconfig ath0 down
#iwconfig eth0 down
#brctl show ------------------to check bridge intefce created or not.
#brctl addbr br0
#brctl addif br0 eth0
#brctl addif br0 eth0
#ifconfig ath0 up
#ifconfig eth0 up
#ifconfig br0 192.168.1.1

Use the above command carefully.

#hostapd -dd hostapd.conf
Hostapd takes the configuration from hostapd.conf and runs.

Try it out and update me ,will bring the setup today itself.

Thanks
Ambedkar.R

On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 Archana Rajagopal wrote :
>Thank you Ambedkar!!
>After I posted the message, I tried once again to make AP mode work.Itfinally
>worked.But I did not use hostapd.The card is activated by the inbuilt hostap
>driver and I could set master mode on the card.The Access Point was visible
> from all systems and I could connect other systems to it.
>In the Access Point, it gave the message(dmesg) that the system associated
>and gave the hardware address of the associated machine also.But the ping
>does not work.I can't ping from the access point nor from the other laptops.
>Do I need hostapd?If so what does this command do:
>    hostapd -B hostapd.conf
>
>You have mentioned a .config file.Is it the hostapd.conf file?
>Whenever I run the above command it says
>"Hostap Driver initialization failed"
>ioctl (SIOC..FLAG) No such device
>
>Please do clarify.Moreover what is wpa_supplicant?Do I need it?
>
>Thank you once again
>
>Regards
>Archana.
>
>On 23 Nov 2007 16:45:20 -0000, Ambedkar R <ambedkar_r at rediffmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi Archana,
> >
> > Bringing up the X86(Linux machine) as AP is very easy.All you should have
> > that get it download the packages,
> >
> > 1.hostapd
> > Link: http://hostap.epitest.fi/hostapd/
> > Download the latest Stable release
> >
> > 2.I think,prism2/2.5/3 works fine with hostap driver.
> >
> > 3.You can find the .config file,get it modify it according to your
> > card.
> >
> > Once you done,update me.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Ambedkar.R
> >
> > On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 Archana Rajagopal wrote :
> >
> > >Thank You Ambedkar!
> > >Actually the Linksys card worked on the old kernel(without any
> > >compilation).It automatically loaded orinoco_cs and hostap_cs, when I
> > >inserted the card and I could access the internet.But when I compiled the
> > >new kernel, I think I set something different in the configuration(though
> > I
> > >dont remember doing anything different other than setting host ap options
> > to
> > >'Yes' instead of modularize).So, do you mean that the absence of
> > appropriate
> > >driver caused the bootup error?
> > >My goal is to make the card act as an access point.So I want hostap_cs
> > >driver to work on the card.Do I need hostapd(daemon) to actually set AP
> > >mode?I am new to this, I dont really understand how to make the Linksys
> > >WPC11 work as an access point.It will be very helpful if you could
> > clarify.
> > >
> > >-Thank you
> > >Archana Rajagopal.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >On 22 Nov 2007 10:40:16 -0000, Ambedkar R <ambedkar_r at rediffmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi Archana,
> > > >
> > > > ORiNOCO card which you mentioned uses "madwifi" driver.But WPC11(Note
> > book
> > > > Adapter-B) uses its own driver(Linksys).So that may be the problem.Andi
> > > > dont think that you can use the WPC11 card on madwifi driver.
> > > >
> > > > Please let me know more details.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Ambedkar.R
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 Archana Rajagopal wrote :
> > > >
> > > > >Hi,
> > > > >    I am using kernel version 2.6.18-2 .I tried compiling the kernel
> > with
> > > > >HostAP and PCMCIA options as 'Yes'.The system boots up if I use
> > orinoco
> > > > card
> > > > >but when I use Linksys WPC11(Prism card), it gives the following
> > message:
> > > > >                      "CPU:0 Unexpected LVT TMR interrupt!!"
> > > > >and then the system gets stuck there...it does not boot.
> > > > >
> > > > >Even if insert the card after boot...the system hangs...and I have to
> > > > reboot
> > > > >it.
> > > > >
> > > > >One observation is :
> > > > >When I booted the system without any card and rebooted it.When it was
> > > > about
> > > > >to shutdown, i inserted the Linksys card it showed the following
> > > > messages:
> > > > >"PCMCIA card inserted"
> > > > >Registering device ...
> > > > >hostap_cs : Registered device xxx
> > > > >....
> > > > >
> > > > >Does it mean that it is trying to load hostap for that card?I did not
> > > > >understand.Please clarify.
> > > > >Thank you.
> > > > >
> > > > >--
> > > > >Regards
> > > > >Archana Rajagopal
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> > >--
> > >Regards
> > >Archana Rajagopal
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>--
>Regards
>Archana Rajagopal
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