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Topic: My wifi AP doesnt seem to work..

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Post #1
dav
11 Aug 2009, 23:54

Hi all

Im new in the openwrt thing.

anyway, I did set the basis (lan, wan, dhcp, etc.)
I want to add the wifi to the lan bridge. It does not look complicated, but I do not see the SSID with my laptop using kismet.
I started with wep just for test.. i ll set wpa once I solve this.

Here is the config :

config wifi-device  wl0
        option type     broadcom
        option channel  3
        option disabled 0

config wifi-iface
        option device   wl0
        option network  lan
        option mode     ap
        option ssid     WifiOpenwrt
       option encryption wep
       option key      DEADBEEF12345DEADBEEF12345

using the iwconfig command  i can see :

wl0       IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"WifiOpenwrt" 
          Mode:Master  Frequency:2.422 GHz  Access Point: 00:22:3F:13:D1:E4   
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   Tx-Power:32 dBm   
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Link Quality:5  Signal level:0  Noise level:164
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

And no specific error messages while doing a network restart, neither looking at dmesg.

what 's wrong?

I forgot to say my board is a Netgear WGR614L and one wan see that the chip is recognized
wl0: wlc_attach: chiprev 2 coreunit 0 corerev 13 cccap 0x104001ea maccap 0x30486
wl0: Broadcom BCM4318 802.11 Wireless Controller 4.150.10.5

Post #2
dokuro
17 Sep 2009, 03:45

i have the same problem and this is my config/wireless

config 'wifi-device' 'wlan0'
option 'type' 'mac80211'
option 'channel' '5'

config 'wifi-iface' 'cfg2'
option 'device' 'wlan0'
option 'mode' 'ap'
option 'network' 'lan'
option 'ssid' 'gargoyle'
option 'encryption' 'none'

it should work, i use a wrt54g...


OK , SEEMS I HAVE THIS...
https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=21322
the mac80211 is not suported....

(Last edited by dokuro on 17 Sep 2009, 03:48)

Post #3
dav
12 Oct 2009, 17:23

Anyone can help? Can't make my wifi working, although it should?
What can I check in additional to what I posted above?

I just retry with anotehr firmware (Netgear original) : wifi works
I download the latest version, and compile it, upgrade my board, enable wifi, reboot a couple times. Still no Wifi!!!!!!!

Post #4
Schugy
12 Aug 2010, 19:46

Would be glad if I could use my WGR614L as an openswan server with ikev2/3des but I'm interested in open broadcom drivers too.

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