QtMoko - how do I get WiFi working?

[Torfinn Ingolfsen]

Hi,

On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 1:31 PM, William Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au>wrote:

> I think you should be looking into this first "WPA: No SSID info found
> (msg 1 of 4)"
>

This messgae is probably bogus, see the following messages.


> Is the AP transmitiing its SSID - if not turn it on for testing at least
> (cant confirm, but I suspect it must be on for wifi to work).
>

That is certainly wrong for any other Linux distribution I am using - SSID
doesn't have to be visible.


> What does "iwlist eth0 scan" show?


It shows all available WLANs as expected. Here is abridged output:
 root at neo:/home/root# iwlist eth0 scan
eth0      Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:0E:2E:F9:3F:7C
                    ESSID:"AirLink_89300"
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality=8/94  Signal level=-87 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Extra:bcn_int=100

Extra:wpa_ie=dd1c0050f20101000050f20202000050f2020050f20401000050f2020000

Extra:rsn_ie=30180100000fac020200000fac02000fac040100000fac020000

Extra:wmm_ie=dd180050f2020101000003a4000027a400004243600062323000
          Cell 04 - Address: 00:0F:66:51:AA:41
                    ESSID:"kg4"
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.417 GHz (Channel 2)
                    Quality=38/94  Signal level=-57 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Extra:bcn_int=100

Extra:wpa_ie=dd160050f20101000050f20201000050f20201000050f202
          Cell 05 - Address: 00:21:27:F7:C4:2E
                    ESSID:"LFG9"
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.447 GHz (Channel 8)
                    Quality=6/94  Signal level=-89 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Extra:bcn_int=100

As you can see, my network "kg4" is in there.

- remember the FR wifi setup is DEAF
>

Excuse me? Why do you say that?


> - you need to be twice as close to the AP as a typical laptop with a
> solid connection to even see the AP - and ideally a couple of meters
> away when testing like this to remove doubt.
>

I am withing that range - my living room isn't very large. :-)

> Install wmiconfig and run "wmiconfig -i eth0 --power maxperf" after

> powering on the wifi chip and before scanning.
>
> Is this different from the 'txpower' and / or 'power' options for iwconfig?


> WPA[1|2] works fine for me using wifi manually in a similar fashion to
> you - but I am currently on shr.
>

Good to know.

There are also wifi issues with some kernels, but I have not used qtmoko
> so cant say if thats one of them.
>

Well, the "v9" version of QtMoko is believed to fix the wifi issues.