[wifi] intel 4965AGN: change mode impossible

Hi all,

I'm trying to connect with iwlwifi
(http://intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iwlwifi) under linux gentoo

but I can't change mode of connection:

# iwconfig wlan0 mode Master
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.

thanks for help

Lifius


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I'm using:
iwl4965-ucode-4.44.1.18
iwlwifi-1.1.17

I can modprobe correctly: (dmesg)

iwl4965: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN driver for Linux, 1.1.17ds
iwl4965: Copyright(c) 2003-2007 Intel Corporation
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:06:00.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:06:00.0 to 64
iwl4965: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
iwl4965: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 19 802.11a channels
wmaster0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-4965-rs'
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready


and up wlanO with ifconfig wlan0 up:



wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:E8:95:DD:09
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-13-E8-95-DD-09-38-70-00-00-00-00-00-00-0
0-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

and iwconfig wlan0:

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption key:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0



I can iwlist scanning and see my wifi net:

Address: 00:07:CB:53:AA:94
ESSID:"LifiussHome"
Mode:Master
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz
Quality=85/100 Signal level=-48 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=000002e71be89a27


but I can't change mode of connection:

# iwconfig wlan0 mode Master
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.


or for the test

# iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Device or resource busy.

thanks to say me if I'm not in the good thread.

On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:18:00 +0100, lifius wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to connect with iwlwifi
> (http://intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iwlwifi) under linux gentoo
>
....