[ltp] madwifi atheros range problem

David linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 19 Apr 2004 11:18:34 +0200


Hi, I've a X31 with the mini PCI wlan card a/b/g.

Runs fine with the madwifi driver, but there's a little problem:

when I try
iwlist ath0 scan 
I get
ath0      No scan results

After restarting to Windows I get a neighbourhood ap.

After returning to linux iwlist also show me this ap.

How can I set the card under linux to scan better??



# iwconfig ath0
ath0      IEEE 802.11a  ESSID:"access"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:5.17GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
          Bit Rate=6Mb/s   Tx-Power:off   Sensitivity=0/3
          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0/94  Signal level:-95 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



# dmesg
[...]
ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
ath_hal: 0.9.8.6
wlan: 0.7.3.1 BETA
ath_pci: 0.8.5.4 BETA
ath0: mac 5.6 phy 4.1 5ghz radio 1.7 2ghz radio 2.3
ath0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: 802.11 address: 00:05:4e:43:cf:24
ath0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xc0210000, irq=11
Vendor = 0x168c   id=0x1014 subsys: -1
[...]



many thanks!

david