Re: ipw2100: nm_device_set_frequency(): error setting frequency

[Christoph Rüßler <christoph ruessler gmx de>]

Dan Williams schrieb:

> On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 16:40 +0100, "Christoph R� wrote:
>  
>
> > Some days ago I downloaded the CVS version of NetworkManager, but it does
> > not work as expected. The daemon starts, detects my wireless adapter and
> > begins to scan for an access point. But because the ipw2100 driver supports
> > the "Set Channel" and "Set Frequency" operations only in monitor mode (see
> > http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/faq.php#qa_2_1) the daemon fails. Is this a
> > general problem or do i have to upgrade anything?
> >    
>
> Is this a limitation of the driver, of does the _card_ not support
> setting this stuff except in monitor mode?  The only reason we set
> bitrate is because some cards (atheros G for example) don't set any
> bitrate themselves when in ad-hoc mode, resulting in exceedingly poor
> communication between the nodes.  Manually setting the card to a bitrate
> kicks the card into a marginally working state.  If the ipw2x00 driver
> doesn't support this, its not really a problem, and NM will now silently
> fail (patched in CVS on 2004-12-22).
>
> If latest CVS still doesn't connect for you, can you post a bit more log
> output so we can diagnose?
>
> Dan
>
>
>  

Now I see that this is normal behavior. But unfortunately that does not mean
that everything works fine.

backends/NetworkManagerGentoo.c: In function `nm_system_device_setup_static_ip4_config':
backends/NetworkManagerGentoo.c:173: warning: ISO C90 forbids mixed declarations and code

169	gboolean nm_system_device_setup_static_ip4_config (NMDevice *dev)
170	{
171		syslog (LOG_WARNING, "nm_system_device_setup_static_ip4_config() is not implemented yet for this distribution.\n");
172	#define IPBITS  (sizeof (guint32) * 8)
173		struct in_addr	ip_addr, net_addr, broad_addr, gate_addr;

Commenting line 171 out solves the problem.

After compiling and installing I get the daemon and the applet running. When connecting
to my wireless network with hidden essid and without dhcp the daemon gives the following
output and no connection is established.

[...]
NetworkManager: AP_NEED_KEY: is_enc=1 && (!(key_source=1) || !(strlen=13))
NetworkManager: nm_hal_device_property_modified() called with udi = /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_1043, key = net.interface_up, is_removed = 0, is_added = 0
NetworkManager: nm_hal_device_property_modified() called with udi = /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_1043, key = net.interface_up, is_removed = 0, is_added = 0
NetworkManager: nm_device_set_wireless_config (eth1) using essid '4188-4226', with Shared Key authentication.
NetworkManager: nm_device_set_frequency(): error setting frequency 0.000000 for device eth1.  errno = 95
NetworkManager: HAVELINK: act=0
NetworkManager: nm_device_activate_wireless(eth1): no hardware link to '4188-4226' in Shared Key mode, trying Open System.
NetworkManager: nm_hal_device_property_modified() called with udi = /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_1043, key = net.interface_up, is_removed = 0, is_added = 0
NetworkManager: nm_hal_device_property_modified() called with udi = /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_1043, key = net.interface_up, is_removed = 0, is_added = 0
NetworkManager: nm_device_set_wireless_config (eth1) using essid '4188-4226', with Open System authentication.
NetworkManager: nm_device_set_frequency(): error setting frequency 11.000000 for device eth1.  errno = 95
NetworkManager: HAVELINK: act=1
NetworkManager: HAVELINK: act=1
NetworkManager: Running: /sbin/ip addr add local 192.168.1.22 dev eth1 broadcast 0.0.0.0 eth1
NetworkManager: Running: /sbin/ip route replace default dev eth1 via 192.168.1.1NetworkManager: Running: /sbin/arping -q -A -c 1 -I eth1 192.168.1.22
NetworkManager: Running: /sbin/arping -q -U -c 1 -I eth1 192.168.1.22
NetworkManager: nm_device_activate_wireless(eth1): Success!  Connected to access point '4188-4226' and got an IP address.
NetworkManager: Activation (eth1) IP configuration/DHCP returned = 1
NetworkManager: Activation (eth1) IP configuration/DHCP successful!
NetworkManager: nm_device_activation_worker(eth1): device activated
NetworkManager: Activation (eth1) ending thread.
NetworkManager: AUTO: Best wired device = (null), best wireless device = eth1 (4188-4226)
NetworkManager:     SWITCH: need to get an IP address.
NetworkManager: nm_state_modification_monitor(): beginning activation for device 'eth1'
NetworkManager: nm_device_activation_worker (eth1) started...
NetworkManager: AP_NEED_KEY: is_enc=1 && (!(key_source=1) || !(strlen=13))
[...]

The network itself is working and the connection can be made manually.

Christoph