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Topic: Asus WL500gP: Problem with wifi

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Post #1
hudyvolt
17 Mar 2008, 18:50

I've got a Asus WL500g Premium router. I installed Kamikaze 7.09 and I have a little trouble with wifi. I was trying to configure it via webif with WPA2 encryption and I saw: wl0: Invalid argument. I tried with WEP encryption. Everything was OK but I can't connect to router with my notebook via wifi. I found the network I connected but I don't have IP adress, I am trying to put IP myself but it doesn't help. Lan DHCP is turned on.

######## /etc/config/wireless ##########
config wifi-device wl0
        option type     broadcom
        option channel  5
        option disabled 0

        # REMOVE THIS LINE TO ENABLE WIFI:

config wifi-iface
        option device   wl0
        option network  lan
        option mode     ap
        option ssid     hudyvolt
        option encryption       wep
#       option hidden   0
#       option isolate  0
#       option bgscan   0
#       option wds      0
        option key      1
        option hidden   0
        option key1     1afca81a14
        option key2     2b058586f1
        option key3     9955b1dfc3
        option key4     3e07efa4a8
########## /etc/config/network ##########

#### VLAN configuration
config switch eth0
        option vlan0    "1 2 3 4 5*"
        option vlan1    "0 5"


#### Loopback configuration
config interface loopback
        option ifname   "lo"
        option proto    static
        option ipaddr   127.0.0.1
        option netmask  255.0.0.0


#### LAN configuration
config interface lan
        option type     bridge
        option ifname   "eth0.0"
        option proto    static
        option ipaddr   192.168.1.1
        option netmask  255.255.255.0


#### WAN configuration
config interface        wan
        option ifname   "eth0.1"
        option proto    dhcp

How to configure it?

Post #2
krbvroc1
25 Apr 2008, 20:49

You might already know this, but the 2.6 kernel does not support Wifi. I presume you are trying this with the 2.4 kernel?

Post #3
Exilant
25 Apr 2008, 23:05

That is just not true, wifi works with the b43 driver. Install that, install hostapd, look at http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=13286 for configuration details. for starters, the option type     broadcom should read option type mac80211
i have only used it as client, so i don't know how to set it up as an ap.

Post #4
frostschutz
26 Apr 2008, 11:36

Here is what works for me with wl500gp, kk 7.09, 2.4 kernel:

/etc/config/wireless

config wifi-device wl0
    option type broadcom
    option channel 5
    option disabled 0

config wifi-iface
    option device wl0
    option network lan
    option mode ap
    option ssid Foobar
    option encryption    'psk2'
    option key    'foobar'

everything else is the default configuration (except for PPPoE added to /etc/config/network).

I'm not sure if I had to install extra software though; I just followed the kamikaze installation instructions in the wiki.

(Last edited by frostschutz on 26 Apr 2008, 11:38)

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