QtMoko - how do I get WiFi working?

[William Kenworthy]

Sorry, could have been better worded about why I am saying you cant see
the SSID when its listing it - yes, it looks like it can see the SSID,
but to me it looks like the signal level is so weak it cant actually
connect.  If the AP isnt transmitting the SSID, you might get a similar
effect - maybe someone else can confirm that.

BillK


On Sun, 2009-09-13 at 19:31 +0800, William Kenworthy wrote:
> I think you should be looking into this first "WPA: No SSID info found
> (msg 1 of 4)"
> 
> If WPA cant see the SSID, then nothing that follows will work.
> 
> 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).
> 
> What does "iwlist eth0 scan" show? - remember the FR wifi setup is DEAF
> - 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.
> 
> Install wmiconfig and run "wmiconfig -i eth0 --power maxperf" after
> powering on the wifi chip and before scanning.
> 
> WPA[1|2] works fine for me using wifi manually in a similar fashion to
> you - but I am currently on shr.
> 
> There are also wifi issues with some kernels, but I have not used qtmoko
> so cant say if thats one of them.
> 
> BillK
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2009-09-13 at 13:13 +0200, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Ronald Tallent <ron at tallent.ws>
> > wrote:
> >         Short answer, yes.
> >         
> >         If you haven't already you should probably check out:
> >         http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=manually
> >         +using
> >         +wifi&go=Go
> >  
> > Ok, I jave now read that - thanks.
> > I'm doing
> > ifconfig eth0 up
> > wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -i eth0
> > 
> > wpa-supplicant spews this:
> > root at neo:~# wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
> > -i eth0
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
> > CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS 
> > WPA: No SSID info found (msg 1 of 4).
> > CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS 
> > Trying to associate with 00:0f:66:51:aa:41 (SSID='kg4' freq=2417 MHz)
> > Associated with 00:0f:66:51:aa:41
> > Authentication with 00:0f:66:51:aa:41 timed out.
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWMLME]: Operation not supported
> > Associated with 00:0f:66:51:aa:41
> > Associated with 00:0f:66:51:aa:41
> > CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS 
> > Trying to associate with 00:0f:66:51:aa:41 (SSID='kg4' freq=2417 MHz)
> > Associated with 00:0f:66:51:aa:41
> > 
> > and goes on and on
> > 
> > And in another shell:
> > 
> > udhcpc eth0
> > udhcpc says:
> > root at neo:/home/root# udhcpc eth0
> > udhcpc (v0.9.9-pre) started
> > Sending discover...
> > Sending discover...
> > Sending discover...
> > Lease failed:
> > Sending discover...
> > Sending discover...
> > Sending discover...
> > Lease failed:
> > 
> > Does anyone have wireless working with WPA encryption on their
> > FreeRunner?
> > -- 
> > Regards,
> > Torfinn Ingolfsen
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William Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au>
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