On Wednesday 22 September 2010 02:26:40 Grant wrote: > >> >> I just got a new TP-Link TL-WR1043ND wireless router but I can't seem > >> >> connect to it. I've tried the Gentoo initscript as well as wicd. > >> >> With the initscript, I get: > >> >> > >> >> wlan3: carrier lost > >> >> wlan3: timed out > >> >> > >> >> I see a lot of this in dmesg: > >> >> > >> >> b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed > >> >> > >> >> I can connect to other wireless routers just fine, and I can connect > >> >> to this one via ethernet. I've tried configuring it in various ways, > >> >> security is disabled, and I've tried specifying static IPs with no > >> >> luck. Does anyone know what I could be doing wrong? > >> > > >> > Check that you're using the latest kernel and the latest firmware. I > >> > used to get this error with a particular cisco access point and it > >> > went away when I updated to 2.6.34 kernel series and also updated the > >> > firmware. Have a good look in here to find the latest suitable > >> > firmware for your NIC: > >> > > >> > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware > >> > >> I upgraded to the latest firmware in portage and the "MAC suspend > >> failed" errors have disappeared, but I still can't connect to the > >> router. Here is the only clue I see in dmesg: > >> > >> No probe response from AP a1:b2:c3:d4:e5:f6 after 500ms, disconnecting. > >> > >> Any ideas? > > > > Try a later kernel which would have a more up to date driver. Last time > > I had this problem it was corrected by unmasking and using a newer > > kernel. It's something to do with the TTL that the driver uses and I'm > > not sure that this is a parameter that you can see listed under modinfo. > > I believe it is hard coded. > > I'm on the latest hardened-sources kernel so I'll wait it out. In the > meantime I've plugged in a USB wireless NIC and it's working fine. > Thank you for your help.
I'm on 2.6.34-gentoo-r6 and the b43 driver works fine here, but only a few kernels back it was exhibiting the same symptoms like yours. Some users have mentioned that if you use WPA/WPA2 encryption the symptoms are surprisingly less frequent! So until a more up to date kernel shows up you may want to look into experimenting with wpa_supplicant. -- Regards, Mick
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