Hello.
I bought a Netgear WG311T not long ago and I am trying to set it up to become
an access point for my other machines.
So far I have failed though, using a Windows XP machine I can detect the
network but fails to connect.
Despite furious googling I have found no solution but I hope someone here can
spot something in my steps and setup I may have missed;
1) Install the madwifi module
apt-get update
apt-get install madwifi-source
apt-get install madwifi-tools
m-a prepare
m-a a-i madwifi
2) Create '/etc/modprobe.d/madwifi'
options ath_pci autocreate=ap countrycode=752 outdoor=0
3) Loaded module 'ath_pci'
modprobe ath_pci
Output of 'dmesg'
ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
ath_hal: 0.9.18.0 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
wlan: 0.9.4
ath_pci: 0.9.4
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0e.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (0.9.4)
wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps
36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
wifi0: turboG rates: 6Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP
wifi0: mac 7.9 phy 4.5 radio 5.6
wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xf3000000, irq=20
4) Edit '/etc/network/interfaces'
#auto ath0
iface ath0 inet static
pre-up /etc/network/ath0_preup
post-down wlanconfig ath0 destroy
#
address 192.168.1.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
5) Create '/etc/network/ath0_preup'
wlanconfig ath0 destroy > /dev/null 2>&1
wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap bssid
ifconfig ath0 up
iwconfig ath0 essid SesameStreet
iwconfig ath0 mode Master
iwconfig ath0 rate auto
iwconfig ath0 key 9876-5432-10
iwconfig ath0 txpower 8
6) Create '/etc/network/ath0_postdown'
wlanconfig ath0 destroy > /dev/null 2>&1
7) Start the interface 'ath0'
ifup ath0
8) Edit '/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf'
interface=ath0
driver=madwifi
logger_syslog=-1
logger_syslog_level=2
logger_stdout=-1
logger_stdout_level=2
debug=0
dump_file=/tmp/hostapd.dump
ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
ctrl_interface_group=0
hw_mode=g
ssid=SesameStreet
auth_algs=3
ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
eapol_key_index_workaround=0
eap_server=0
wpa=3
wpa_passphrase=0123456789012
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
wpa_pairwise=TKIP CCMP
9) Start 'hostapd'
Enable hostapd in '/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf' and start it;
/etc/init.d/hostapd restart
It feels a bit like buying a WG311T was a bad idea, and I am considering maybe
trying another brand.
Thank you in advance for any pointers or hints.
// Andreas
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