[gobolinux-users] Request for wifi testers

[Carlo Calica]

On 3/15/07, MJ Ray <mjr at phonecoop.coop> wrote:
> "Carlo Calica" <carlo at calica.com> wrote:
> > I'm looking for a few testers with wifi setups.  I've been enhancing
> > the WEP/WPA support of our bootscripts.  I hope to get these properly
> > tested for 014 but I NEED you.  If you're willing to help, please
> > reply with a quick overview of you wifi setup.  Thanks.
>
> A horrible ndiswrapper kludge as wlan0 loaded from /etc/modprobe.conf,
> using wpa_supplicant loaded from Multi to talk WPA-PSK with TKIP to a
> broken broadcom-based wifi router.  I should at least upgrade to
> bcm43xx but I've not persuaded it to cut the firmware yet.  There are
> lots of other wifi APs in the local area and other machines using the
> same AP.  Sometimes I have to use wpa_cli and modprobe to reset it.
>
> Need more info?  Just ask.
>

I'm interested in what you mean by a "broken broadcom-based wifi
router"?  It might explain  some weirdness I'm experiencing.  My setup
is: An Atheros AR5418 using ndiswrapper connecting to a linksys wrt54
running openwrt.  wpa_supplicant get stuck in the "scanning" state.
This causes dhcpcd to timeout and therefore the network never gets
setup.  As a work around, I'm using ifplugd to wait for the link beat
to run dhcpcd.  This helps a little but sometimes it remains stuck in
scanning.  I also dislike adding ifplugd as dep for wpa.

PS. my macbook is alive again.  Needed to pull battery and power for a
few mins to reset.


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Carlo J. Calica