Significant difference between 2.6.34 and 2.6.39?
David Abdurachmanov
david.abd at gmail.com
Thu Aug 4 02:43:25 EDT 2011
Hi,
I am using Gumstix Overo Fire COM, which has Wi2Wi chip (based on Marvell's 88W8686). The Angstrom Linux distribution build uses *libertas* driver for WiFi. I am trying to create WEP encrypted and restricted Ad-hoc (IBSS) network.
This sequence of commands are used for testing:
ip link set wlan0 down
iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc
iwconfig wlan0 channel 4
iwconfig wlan0 essid 'TestMeNow'
iwconfig wlan0 key restricted 0123456789
ip link set wlan0 up
*NOTE:* With iw utility I don't see how to make restricted network. Any hints?
2.6.34 output:
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wlan0 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"TestMeNow"
Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.427 GHz Cell: 02:26:F6:97:61:87
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power=13 dBm
Retry short limit:8 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption key:0123-4567-89 Security mode:restricted
Power Management:off
Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=-94 dBm Noise level=-94 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
MacBook WiFi scanning tool:
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Enc/Cipher: WEP
Encrypted: Yes
2.6.39 (same results with 3.0)
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wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"TestMeNow"
Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.427 GHz Cell: 02:2D:5D:76:F8:0A
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:0123-4567-89
Power Management:on
Scanning tool:
---
Enc/Cipher: None
Encrypted: No
What you get on .39 kernel is open network without WEP encryption. Were there any significant changes in the kernel between .34 and .39 that affects wireless networks or at least libertas driver?
Thanks in advance,
David Abdurachmanov
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