When I load the madwifi driver, I start a ping to the AP :
[root <at> localhost network-scripts]# ping 192.168.1.10
PING 192.168.1.10 (192.168.1.10) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=5 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=6 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=7 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=9 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=10 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=11 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=13 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=14 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=15 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=17 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=18 Destination Host Unreachable
....alot of same message
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=273 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=275 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=276 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=277 Destination Host Unreachable
64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: icmp_seq=278 ttl=64 time=1024 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: icmp_seq=279 ttl=64 time=69.5 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: icmp_seq=280 ttl=64 time=108 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: icmp_seq=281 ttl=64 time=46.7 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: icmp_seq=282 ttl=64 time=26.9 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: icmp_seq=283 ttl=64 time=786 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: icmp_seq=284 ttl=64 time=7092 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: icmp_seq=285 ttl=64 time=6101 ms

--- 192.168.1.10 ping statistics ---
364 packets transmitted, 60 received, +210 errors, 83% packet loss, time 409882ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 2.907/4034.577/44098.390/7048.882 ms, pipe 11

I have tried with ndiswrapper. The ping works immediately, but I have a big latence.

my ifcfg-ath0 :
DEVICE=ath0
BOOTPROTO=none
IPADDR=192.168.1.50
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
 	
#Turbo mode
WIRELESS_CARD_MODE=3
WIRELESS_TURBO_MODE=1
WIRELESS_RATE=auto
 	
#Security settings
MODE=managed
ESSID="testap"
#ENCRPTION=one of {NONE,WEP,WPA,WPA2}
ENCRYPTION=WEP
#Portion for using WEP
KEY1=a7a7a7a7a7
KEY2=a7a7a7a7a7
KEY3= a7a7a7a7a7
KEY4= a7a7a7a7a7
SECURITYMODE=open
	
#Special commands sent directly to wifi tool
#IWCONFIG=
IWPRIV="bgscan 0"

Any idea ?

ps : when I try to compile the 2.6.27 kernel on redhat ws 4 (to use the ath9k driver), the boot stopped at
storage initialisation.
All the ata and sata modules are present. any idea ?

azer.

-----Message d'origine-----
De : Pavel Roskin [mailto:proski <at> gnu.org] 
Envoyé : jeudi 4 septembre 2008 03:17
À : reza
Cc : madwifi-users <at> lists.sourceforge.net
Objet : Re: [Madwifi-users] connection/deconnection with AR5418

On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 09:35 +0200, reza wrote:

> -         Houw could I fix the problem of connection / deconnection ?
> I have a lot of connection / deconnection with my access point dlink
> DAP 1353

I don't know.  You may want to describe it in more detail.

> -         Have I something to install to get WPA2 functionnal (Iʼve
> already have configured ifcfg-ath0)

If you want WPA in the client side, you need wpa_supplicant.  If Red Hat
does not package it, you'll need to install it from source.  There is an
example configuration file in the sources.

Be warned that Red Hat and even the latest Fedora don't integrate WPA
support with the "ifcfg" mechanism from initscripts.  You may need to
write a local script to start wpa_supplicant on boot.  An alternative is
to use NetworkManager, but I doubt that your version of Red Hat has it.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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