Ivo, I am testing an
blackbox:~# lsusb |grep Link Bus 008 Device 002: ID 2001:3c00 D-Link Corp. [hex] DWL-G122 802.11g rev. B1 [ralink] blackbox:~# on a Debian Lenny system (to be released as Debian 5.0 very soon). Lenny comes with an 2.6.26.8 kernel. I get lots of timeouts in when I try to connect to the AP. I found your commit http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d06193f311102b2c990ec5f66b470ea49ecc73a4 though I can not (I have not yet enough git expertise) tell, if that commit went into 2.6.26.8. If not that would probably explain the problem I see. The details of what I see dmesg output after plugin the WLAN adapter: [22915.196009] usb 8-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3 [22915.487989] usb 8-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [22915.597913] phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid' [22915.597913] Registered led device: rt2500usb-phy1:radio [22915.597913] usb 8-2: New USB device found, idVendor=2001, idProduct=3c00 [22915.597913] usb 8-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 [22915.597913] usb 8-2: Product: 802.11g WLAN Adapter [22915.597913] usb 8-2: Manufacturer: ANI iwconfig works: blackbox:~# iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wmaster0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B Encryption key:off Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 blackbox:~# iwlist works: blackbox:~# iwlist wlan0 scan wlan0 Scan completed : Cell 01 - Address: 00:XX:XX:89:3F:38 ESSID:"XXXXX" Mode:Master Channel:11 Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11) Quality=48/100 Signal level=-68 dBm Encryption key:on IE: WPA Version 1 Group Cipher : TKIP Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP Authentication Suites (1) : PSK Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s 12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Extra:tsf=0000002baece7181 blackbox:~# seems the right modules are loaded: blackbox:~# lsmod|grep rt2 rt2500usb 19936 0 rt2x00usb 9792 1 rt2500usb rt2x00lib 22432 2 rt2500usb,rt2x00usb firmware_class 6816 1 rt2x00lib rfkill 5652 1 rt2x00lib led_class 3908 1 rt2x00lib input_polldev 3752 1 rt2x00lib mac80211 139680 2 rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib cfg80211 21576 2 rt2x00lib,mac80211 usbcore 118160 6 rt2500usb,rt2x00usb,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd blackbox:~# When I do an blackbox:~# ifup wlan0 Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1 Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:13:46:98:2b:fd Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:13:46:98:2b:fd Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15 DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10 DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14 DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 No DHCPOFFERS received. No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. blackbox:~# I get timeouts in /var/log/kern.log Dec 31 19:26:25 blackbox kernel: [27159.406965] wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0 Dec 31 19:26:25 blackbox kernel: [27159.406965] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:18:4d:89:3f:38 Dec 31 19:26:25 blackbox kernel: [27159.410980] wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0 Dec 31 19:26:25 blackbox kernel: [27159.410980] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:18:4d:89:3f:38 Dec 31 19:26:26 blackbox kernel: [27159.608874] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:18:4d:89:3f:38 Dec 31 19:26:26 blackbox kernel: [27159.816264] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:18:4d:89:3f:38 Dec 31 19:26:26 blackbox kernel: [27160.016264] wlan0: authentication with AP 00:18:4d:89:3f:38 timed out Dec 31 19:26:36 blackbox kernel: [27170.636653] wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0 Dec 31 19:26:36 blackbox kernel: [27170.636653] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:18:4d:89:3f:38 Dec 31 19:26:36 blackbox kernel: [27170.644639] wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0 Dec 31 19:26:36 blackbox kernel: [27170.644639] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:18:4d:89:3f:38 Dec 31 19:26:36 blackbox kernel: [27170.841370] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:18:4d:89:3f:38 Dec 31 19:26:37 blackbox kernel: [27171.040596] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:18:4d:89:3f:38 Dec 31 19:26:37 blackbox kernel: [27171.240575] wlan0: authentication with AP 00:18:4d:89:3f:38 timed out Dec 31 19:26:47 blackbox kernel: [27181.899273] wlan0: authentication frame received from 00:18:4d:89:3f:38, but not in authenticate state - ignored Dec 31 19:26:47 blackbox kernel: [27181.901021] wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0 Dec 31 19:26:47 blackbox kernel: [27181.901025] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:18:4d:89:3f:38 Dec 31 19:26:47 blackbox kernel: [27181.911246] wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0 Dec 31 19:26:47 blackbox kernel: [27181.911250] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:18:4d:89:3f:38 Dec 31 19:26:47 blackbox kernel: [27182.111323] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:18:4d:89:3f:38 Dec 31 19:26:48 blackbox kernel: [27182.315865] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:18:4d:89:3f:38 Dec 31 19:26:48 blackbox kernel: [27182.520735] wlan0: authentication with AP 00:18:4d:89:3f:38 timed out Dec 31 19:26:54 blackbox kernel: [27189.243775] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready Any hint here is very welcome. 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