[Madwifi-devel] Madwifi setup with TPLINK TL-WN951N (AR992X Chipset) in ubuntu 12.04 desktop?

[PutaO]

Hi developers:



*[Problem]*

When I study openCapwap, it requires a PC have a wireless card with Atheros
chipset and MadWifi driver installed.



And I followed MadWifi 'First Time User' HOWTO until last step Loading the
MadWifi Module:



modprobe ath_pci



After running this command ifconfig doesn't show the additional wireless
interface even after I reboot Ubuntu.



*[Guess]*

After I googled and went through MadWifi userdocs, I think maybe MadWifi
do not support AR992X chipsets?



And If so, is any workaround?



*-Environment-*

* *

*[madwifi-0.9.4-current.tar.gz]*

* *

*[Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Desktop]*

Linux test-HP-Z220-SFF-Workstation 3.2.0-34-generic-pae #53-Ubuntu SMP Thu
Nov 15 11:11:12 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux



*[lspci | grep Network]*

00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network
Connection (rev 04)

02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR922X Wireless
Network Adapter (rev 01)



*[lsmod | grep ath]*

ath_pci 93548 0

wlan 197352 1 ath_pci

ath_hal 195796 1 ath_pci



*[dmesg]*

[17310.501082] ath9k 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A disabled

[17310.501109] ath9k: Driver unloaded

[17340.211357] usbcore: deregistering interface driver ath9k_htc

[17340.211384] ath9k_htc: Driver unloaded

[17795.786750] ath_hal: 0.9.18.0 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112,
RF2413, RF5413)

[17795.789056] wlan: svn r4180 (branch madwifi-0.9.4)

[17795.790003] ath_pci: svn r4180 (branch madwifi-0.9.4)

[18227.499706] ath_pci: driver unloaded



--

daqla

[N.Leiten]

Yes, Madwifi doesn't support this chipset. Ti solve this problem you can
manually port support from compat-wireless or BSD ieee80211 stack (i mean hal-
modules). Or hire someone to do it for you :)

For now it is better to use compat-wireless ath9k modules in such device it
has the same possibilities and even more (look at openwrt).

On ПятМОца 14 12 2012 16:24:58 PutaO wrote:

Hi developers:

[Problem]
When I study openCapwap, it requires a PC have a wireless card with Atheros
chipset and MadWifi driver installed.

And I followed MadWifi 'First Time User' HOWTO until last step Loading the
MadWifi Module:

modprobe ath_pci

After running this command ifconfig doesn't show the additional wireless
interface even after I reboot Ubuntu.

[Guess]
After I googled and went through MadWifi userdocs, I think maybe MadWifi do
not support AR992X chipsets?

And If so, is any workaround?

-Environment-

[madwifi-0.9.4-current.tar.gz]

[Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Desktop]
Linux test-HP-Z220-SFF-Workstation 3.2.0-34-generic-pae #53-Ubuntu SMP Thu Nov
15 11:11:12 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

[lspci | grep Network]
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network
Connection (rev 04)
02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR922X Wireless
Network Adapter (rev 01)

[lsmod | grep ath]
ath_pci 93548 0
wlan 197352 1 ath_pci
ath_hal 195796 1 ath_pci

[dmesg]
[17310.501082] ath9k 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[17310.501109] ath9k: Driver unloaded
[17340.211357] usbcore: deregistering interface driver ath9k_htc
[17340.211384] ath9k_htc: Driver unloaded
[17795.786750] ath_hal: 0.9.18.0 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112,
RF2413, RF5413)
[17795.789056] wlan: svn r4180 (branch madwifi-0.9.4)
[17795.790003] ath_pci: svn r4180 (branch madwifi-0.9.4)
[18227.499706] ath_pci: driver unloaded

--
daqla