I'm working on a different platform(brcm47xx->Netgear WGT634u) and have no problems with mounting ntfs-devices.
I'm using the following packages:
fuse-utils
kmod-fuse
kmod-fs-ntfs
kmod-scsi-core
kmod-usb-core
kmod-usb-storage
kmod-usb2
libfuse
libusb
ntfs-3g
The following modules are running, when the ntfs-device is mounted-those that I think are relevant for that issue:
fuse
usb_storage
ntfs
usbcore
scsi_mod

Maybe you could post the output of 'opkg list_installed'.
What's the output of logread?
Already did a reboot after installing new packages?

I also want to know if open wrt has snmp and traffic meter too?
what are all open wrt features and issues on wndr3700?

Does anybody else have the wireless go out after a few days?

(Last edited by napierzaza on 10 Apr 2010, 22:23)

What are the symptoms of "wireless go out" for you?

The only problem I've seen in a month of operation is ONE "kernel oops" related to hostapd (this was after about a week of uptime). The kernel oops took down the hostapd process but left the router running, which meant that although the SSID beacons were still visible to clients, and wired connections worked OK, it became impossible for clients to associate to a WLAN. I didn't have the symbols for that kernel, so unfortunately, I wasn't able to trace the oops back to the source.

The only other uptime-related issue I've seen is my memory usage seems to gradually grow over time, and I haven't been able to easily track it down to any one process. Running "free" just after a warm boot showed 42 megs used, but after six days, I was seeing it at 58 megs used. Your numbers will vary based on what you have installed, and mind you, I have a lot of stuff running on the box. This could easily be caused by one of the userspace packages I have installed, so it's not clearly a WNDR3700 problem.

I am asked for the password and it never works. I have to restart the router for it to work

Once this happens, do you see (when logging in on a wired port) if both hostapd processes are still running? Do you have syslog enabled, and if so, does that show anything?

To enable syslog, for example, in /etc/config/system:

config 'system'
[...]
    option 'log_type' 'file'
    option 'log_file' '/tmp/system.log'
    option 'log_size' '512'

Or if you don't have syslog turned on, how about dmesg output?

I will set this up and check the next time it happens.

OK, so there's bits and pieces of this info about people using Backfire, but its spread throughout the thread and I'd like to get an updated and clearer discussion.  Who out there is using Backfire (especiallly the final release,) and what have your results been?

What package are you using, (maybe a link the list elsewhere if it's long.)  What's working well, what are you having problems with?

Me personally, I installed Backfire final from the OpenWRT supplied binary and (pretty much as expected,) I am missing a lot of critical packages, so many things don't work (including wireless.)  But I think I'm starting to get it worked out.   I have only installed handful of packages on top of what comes with the image, but I'll update with another post when/if I seem to get everything to a stable and happily usable point.

I also use backfire 10.03

Wireless dont work without some packages ( wpad, kmod-ath9k ) & file modification /etc/config/wireless

I can not understand, why this is not improved in latest release...

In LUCI, I miss  log, wol, schedule, block services function & so on.

Is it posible, that somebody create this release with all latest patches ???

Regards.

I’ve compiled openwrt from svn today and installed it on my WNDR3700 because I’ve had enough of the stock firmware. I haven’t used openwrt before but everything worked quite fine.

My only compliant is the abysmal wireless performance compared to the stock firmware. OpenWRT gives me transfer speeds of 500-1000 KB/s where the stock firmware did up to 8500 KB/s and more.
I recompiled using the patch from bug #6533 and played with the antenna settings.

After testing 0x0 to 0xf with iperf, I’ve found that 0x9 seems to work best for me (4300-5000 KB/s) although it is still far from matching the performance of netgear’s firmware.

//edit: I should mention that I’m only using the 2.4 Ghz band and always had the second radio disabled.

(Last edited by clesch on 19 Apr 2010, 22:34)

Some time ago i did similar tests for 5Ghz band and results were same. 0x9 was a little bit better than the other values.
So maybe they both should be 0x9 ...

(Last edited by peckec on 20 Apr 2010, 12:54)

Here is the log. It looks like it keeps disconnecting me due to inactivity, but in milliseconds or something. It starts doing this about once a week and doesn't stop until I reboot. I'm able to authenticate, ssh in, and even read the logs before I got kicked again.

Apr 23 20:52:42 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA de:ad:00:de:ad:00 WPA: group key handshake completed (RSN)
Apr 23 20:52:56 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA de:ad:de:ad:00:00 IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Apr 23 20:52:56 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA de:ad:de:ad:00:00 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 2)
Apr 23 20:52:56 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA de:ad:de:ad:00:00 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Apr 23 21:02:42 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA de:ad:00:de:ad:00 WPA: group key handshake completed (RSN)
Apr 23 21:08:06 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA de:ad:de:ad:00:00 IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Apr 23 21:08:06 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA de:ad:de:ad:00:00 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 2)
Apr 23 21:08:06 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA de:ad:de:ad:00:00 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Apr 23 21:12:42 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA de:ad:00:de:ad:00 WPA: group key handshake completed (RSN)
Apr 23 21:22:42 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA de:ad:00:de:ad:00 WPA: group key handshake completed (RSN)
Apr 23 21:23:16 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA de:ad:de:ad:00:00 IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Apr 23 21:23:16 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA de:ad:de:ad:00:00 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 2)
Apr 23 21:23:16 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA de:ad:de:ad:00:00 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Apr 23 21:32:42 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA de:ad:00:de:ad:00 WPA: group key handshake completed (RSN)
Apr 23 21:38:26 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA de:ad:de:ad:00:00 IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Apr 23 21:38:26 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA de:ad:de:ad:00:00 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 2)
Apr 23 21:38:26 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA de:ad:de:ad:00:00 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Apr 23 21:42:42 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA de:ad:00:de:ad:00 WPA: group key handshake completed (RSN)
Apr 23 21:52:42 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA de:ad:00:de:ad:00 WPA: group key handshake completed (RSN)
Apr 23 21:53:36 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA de:ad:de:ad:00:00 IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Apr 23 21:53:36 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA de:ad:de:ad:00:00 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 2)
Apr 23 21:53:36 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA de:ad:de:ad:00:00 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Apr 23 21:56:45 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Apr 23 21:56:45 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 2)
Apr 23 21:56:45 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Apr 23 21:56:53 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Apr 23 21:56:54 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Apr 23 21:56:54 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 2)
Apr 23 21:56:54 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Apr 23 21:56:55 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA de:ad:00:de:ad:00 IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Apr 23 21:56:55 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA de:ad:00:de:ad:00 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 1)
Apr 23 21:56:55 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA de:ad:00:de:ad:00 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Apr 23 21:57:02 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Apr 23 21:57:03 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to inactivity
Apr 23 21:57:07 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Apr 23 21:57:07 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 2)
Apr 23 21:57:07 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Apr 23 21:57:15 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Apr 23 21:57:16 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to inactivity
Apr 23 21:57:44 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Apr 23 21:57:44 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 2)
Apr 23 21:57:44 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Apr 23 21:57:52 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Apr 23 21:58:00 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Apr 23 21:58:00 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 2)
Apr 23 21:58:00 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Apr 23 21:58:08 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Apr 23 21:58:09 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Apr 23 21:58:09 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 2)
Apr 23 21:58:09 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Apr 23 21:58:17 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Apr 23 21:58:18 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to inactivity
Apr 23 21:58:21 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Apr 23 21:58:21 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 2)
Apr 23 21:58:22 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Apr 23 21:58:30 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Apr 23 21:58:31 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to inactivity
Apr 23 21:58:43 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Apr 23 21:58:43 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 2)
Apr 23 21:58:43 Seabed0 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 00:de:ad:00:de:ad WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)

(Last edited by napierzaza on 24 Apr 2010, 03:13)

I've been trying to get Backfire 10.03 running on an WNDR3700. The installation is fine but I can't get WiFi working. The hardware seems OK since I've tested it with the Netgear firmware.

I've tried both the ath5k driver and the madwifi driver without success. MADWIFI seems to be a little better (see dmesg output below).

Here are my setup/configuration and some diagnostic output from wifi and dmesg.

I've tried every combination and I've read through the forum messages as well as http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/uci/wireless and http://kamikaze.openwrt.org/docs/openwr … 120001.2.2. My suspicion is that I'm missing a package that should be listed as a dependency for what I'm installing.

==================
installed packages
==================

crda_1.1.0-2_ar71xx.ipk
iw_0.9.19-1_ar71xx.ipk
kmod-cfg80211_2.6.32.10+2010-03-24-5_ar71xx.ipk
kmod-crypto-aes_2.6.32.10-1_ar71xx.ipk
kmod-crypto-arc4_2.6.32.10-1_ar71xx.ipk
kmod-crypto-core_2.6.32.10-1_ar71xx.ipk
kmod-mac80211_2.6.32.10+2010-03-24-5_ar71xx.ipk
wireless-tools_29-4_ar71xx.ipk
wpad_20100309-1_ar71xx.ipk

MADWIFI
kmod-madwifi_2.6.32.10+r3314-4_ar71xx.ipk

ATHEROS
kmod-ath_2.6.32.10+2010-03-24-5_ar71xx.ipk
kmod-ath5k_2.6.32.10+2010-03-24-5_ar71xx.ipk

====================
/etc/config/wireless
====================

config wifi-device wifi0
        option type atheros # mac80211
        option hwmode 11g
        option channel 1
        option txpower 18
        option disabled 0
        option country 840 #US
        option regdomain 0
        option outdoor 0

config wifi-iface
        option device wifi0
        option network lan
        option mode ap
        option hidden 0
        option ssid express
        option encryption none

===================
/etc/config/network
===================

unchanged

============
wifi down/up
============

root@OpenWrt:~# wifi down
PHY for wifi device wl0 not found
root@OpenWrt:~# wifi up
PHY for wifi device wl0 not found
PHY for wifi device wl0 not found

but in the past I've also gotten:

root@OpenWrt:~# wifi down
root@OpenWrt:~# wifi up
/sbin/wifi: eval: line 1: can't create /proc/sys/dev/wifi0/countrycode: nonexistent directory
/sbin/wifi: eval: line 1: can't create /proc/sys/dev/wifi0/outdoor: nonexistent directory
cat: can't open '/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/dev_name': No such file or directory
wlanconfig: ioctl: No such device
enable_atheros(wifi0): Failed to set up ap vif

===========
dmesg MADWIFI
===========

root@OpenWrt:/# dmesg
Linux version 2.6.32.10 (openwrt@wrt1.marcant.net) (gcc version 4.3.3 (GCC) ) #20 Tue Apr 6 15:01:26 CEST 2010
prom: fw_arg0=00000006, fw_arg1=a3f5ffb0, fw_arg2=a3f60450, fw_arg3=00000008
MyLoader: sysp=aaaa5554, boardp=aaaa5554, parts=aaaa5554
bootconsole [early0] enabled
CPU revision is: 00019374 (MIPS 24Kc)
Atheros AR7161 rev 2, CPU:680.000 MHz, AHB:170.000 MHz, DDR:340.000 MHz
Determined physical RAM map:
memory: 04000000 @ 00000000 (usable)
Initrd not found or empty - disabling initrd
Zone PFN ranges:
  Normal   0x00000000 -> 0x00004000
Movable zone start PFN for each node
early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges
    0: 0x00000000 -> 0x00004000
On node 0 totalpages: 16384
free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat 802d0210, node_mem_map 81000000
  Normal zone: 128 pages used for memmap
  Normal zone: 0 pages reserved
  Normal zone: 16256 pages, LIFO batch:3
Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 16256
Kernel command line: rootfstype=squashfs,yaffs,jffs2 noinitrd console=ttyS0,115200 board=WNDR3700 mtdparts=spi0.0:320k(u-boot)ro,128k(u-boot-env)ro,1024k(kernel),6656k(rootfs),64k(art)ro,7680k@0x70000(firmware)
PID hash table entries: 256 (order: -2, 1024 bytes)
Dentry cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Primary instruction cache 64kB, VIPT, 4-way, linesize 32 bytes.
Primary data cache 32kB, 4-way, VIPT, cache aliases, linesize 32 bytes
Writing ErrCtl register=00000000
Readback ErrCtl register=00000000
Memory: 61748k/65536k available (2101k kernel code, 3716k reserved, 397k data, 152k init, 0k highmem)
SLUB: Genslabs=7, HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
Hierarchical RCU implementation.
NR_IRQS:56
Calibrating delay loop... 452.19 BogoMIPS (lpj=2260992)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
NET: Registered protocol family 16
MIPS: machine is NETGEAR WNDR3700
registering PCI controller with io_map_base unset
bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0
pci 0000:00:00.0: reg 10 32bit mmio pref: [0x000000-0xfffffff]
pci 0000:00:00.0: reg 14 io port: [0x00-0xff]
pci 0000:00:00.0: supports D1 D2
pci 0000:00:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot
pci 0000:00:00.0: PME# disabled
PCI: fixup device 0000:00:11.0
pci 0000:00:11.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0x000000-0x00ffff]
pci 0000:00:11.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot
pci 0000:00:11.0: PME# disabled
PCI: fixup device 0000:00:12.0
pci 0000:00:12.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0x000000-0x00ffff]
pci 0000:00:12.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot
pci 0000:00:12.0: PME# disabled
PCI: mapping irq 48 to pin1@0000:00:11.0
PCI: mapping irq 49 to pin1@0000:00:12.0
Switching to clocksource MIPS
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 2048 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 2048 bind 2048)
TCP reno registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher
Registering mini_fo version $Id$
JFFS2 version 2.2. (NAND) (SUMMARY)  ¬© 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc.
yaffs Mar 28 2010 17:53:41 Installing.
msgmni has been set to 120
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler deadline registered (default)
Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 1 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x18020000 (irq = 11) is a 16550A
console [ttyS0] enabled, bootconsole disabled
Atheros AR71xx SPI Controller driver version 0.2.4
m25p80 spi0.0: mx25l6405d (8192 Kbytes)
6 cmdlinepart partitions found on MTD device spi0.0
Creating 6 MTD partitions on "spi0.0":
0x000000000000-0x000000050000 : "u-boot"
0x000000050000-0x000000070000 : "u-boot-env"
0x000000070000-0x000000170000 : "kernel"
0x000000170000-0x0000007f0000 : "rootfs"
mtd: partition "rootfs" set to be root filesystem
split_squashfs: no squashfs found in "spi0.0"
0x0000007f0000-0x000000800000 : "art"
0x000000070000-0x0000007f0000 : "firmware"
Realtek RTL8366S ethernet switch driver version 0.2.1
rtl8366s rtl8366s: using GPIO pins 5 (SDA) and 7 (SCK)
rtl8366s rtl8366s: RTL8366 ver. 1 chip found
rtl8366-rtl: probed
eth0: Atheros AG71xx at 0xb9000000, irq 4
eth0: using fixed link parameters
eth1: Atheros AG71xx at 0xba000000, irq 5
eth1: connected to PHY at rtl8366s:04 [uid=001cc960, driver=Realtek RTL8366S]
Atheros AR71xx hardware watchdog driver version 0.1.0
ar71xx-wdt: timeout=15 secs (max=25)
TCP westwood registered
NET: Registered protocol family 17
802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8 Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
All bugs added by David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com>
yaffs: dev is 32505859 name is "mtdblock3"
yaffs: passed flags ""
yaffs: Attempting MTD mount on 31.3, "mtdblock3"
yaffs: MTD device is not NAND it's type 3
VFS: Mounted root (jffs2 filesystem) readonly on device 31:3.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 152k freed
Please be patient, while OpenWrt loads ...
gpio-buttons driver version 0.1.2
input: gpio-buttons as /devices/platform/gpio-buttons/input/input0
Button Hotplug driver version 0.3.1
ar71xx: pll_reg 0xb8050010: 0x11110000
eth0: link up (1000Mbps/Full duplex)
Registered led device: wndr3700:green:power
Registered led device: wndr3700:orange:power
Registered led device: wndr3700:green:wps
Registered led device: wndr3700:orange:wps
Registered led device: wndr3700:green:wan
eth0: link down
ar71xx: pll_reg 0xb8050010: 0x11110000
eth0: link up (1000Mbps/Full duplex)
device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
br-lan: port 1(eth0) entering forwarding state
Generic kernel compatibility enabled based on linux-next next-20100113
cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
    (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
    (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
    (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
    (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
    (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
    (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
NET: Registered protocol family 24
nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (968 buckets, 3872 max)
CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT is deprecated and will be removed soon. Please use
nf_conntrack.acct=1 kernel parameter, acct=1 nf_conntrack module option or
sysctl net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_acct=1 to enable it.
ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
ath_hal: 2009-05-08 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5416, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413, RF2133, RF2425, REGOPS_FUNC, XR)
ath_pci: trunk
wlan: trunk
wlan: mac acl policy registered
ath_rate_minstrel: Minstrel automatic rate control algorithm 1.2 (trunk)
ath_rate_minstrel: look around rate set to 10%
ath_rate_minstrel: EWMA rolloff level set to 75%
ath_rate_minstrel: max segment size in the mrr set to 6000 us
ar71xx-wdt: enabling watchdog timer

===========
dmesg ATHEROS
===========

root@OpenWrt:/# dmesg
Linux version 2.6.32.10 (openwrt@wrt1.marcant.net) (gcc version 4.3.3 (GCC) ) #20 Tue Apr 6 15:01:26 CEST 2010
prom: fw_arg0=00000006, fw_arg1=a3f5ffb0, fw_arg2=a3f60450, fw_arg3=00000008
MyLoader: sysp=aaaa5554, boardp=aaaa5554, parts=aaaa5554
bootconsole [early0] enabled
CPU revision is: 00019374 (MIPS 24Kc)
Atheros AR7161 rev 2, CPU:680.000 MHz, AHB:170.000 MHz, DDR:340.000 MHz
Determined physical RAM map:
memory: 04000000 @ 00000000 (usable)
Initrd not found or empty - disabling initrd
Zone PFN ranges:
  Normal   0x00000000 -> 0x00004000
Movable zone start PFN for each node
early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges
    0: 0x00000000 -> 0x00004000
On node 0 totalpages: 16384
free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat 802d0210, node_mem_map 81000000
  Normal zone: 128 pages used for memmap
  Normal zone: 0 pages reserved
  Normal zone: 16256 pages, LIFO batch:3
Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 16256
Kernel command line: rootfstype=squashfs,yaffs,jffs2 noinitrd console=ttyS0,115200 board=WNDR3700 mtdparts=spi0.0:320k(u-boot)ro,128k(u-boot-env)ro,1024k(kernel),6656k(rootfs),64k(art)ro,7680k@0x70000(firmware)
PID hash table entries: 256 (order: -2, 1024 bytes)
Dentry cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Primary instruction cache 64kB, VIPT, 4-way, linesize 32 bytes.
Primary data cache 32kB, 4-way, VIPT, cache aliases, linesize 32 bytes
Writing ErrCtl register=00000000
Readback ErrCtl register=00000000
Memory: 61748k/65536k available (2101k kernel code, 3716k reserved, 397k data, 152k init, 0k highmem)
SLUB: Genslabs=7, HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
Hierarchical RCU implementation.
NR_IRQS:56
Calibrating delay loop... 452.19 BogoMIPS (lpj=2260992)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
NET: Registered protocol family 16
MIPS: machine is NETGEAR WNDR3700
registering PCI controller with io_map_base unset
bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0
pci 0000:00:00.0: reg 10 32bit mmio pref: [0x000000-0xfffffff]
pci 0000:00:00.0: reg 14 io port: [0x00-0xff]
pci 0000:00:00.0: supports D1 D2
pci 0000:00:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot
pci 0000:00:00.0: PME# disabled
PCI: fixup device 0000:00:11.0
pci 0000:00:11.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0x000000-0x00ffff]
pci 0000:00:11.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot
pci 0000:00:11.0: PME# disabled
PCI: fixup device 0000:00:12.0
pci 0000:00:12.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0x000000-0x00ffff]
pci 0000:00:12.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot
pci 0000:00:12.0: PME# disabled
PCI: mapping irq 48 to pin1@0000:00:11.0
PCI: mapping irq 49 to pin1@0000:00:12.0
Switching to clocksource MIPS
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 2048 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 2048 bind 2048)
TCP reno registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher
Registering mini_fo version $Id$
JFFS2 version 2.2. (NAND) (SUMMARY)  ¬© 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc.
yaffs Mar 28 2010 17:53:41 Installing.
msgmni has been set to 120
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler deadline registered (default)
Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 1 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x18020000 (irq = 11) is a 16550A
console [ttyS0] enabled, bootconsole disabled
Atheros AR71xx SPI Controller driver version 0.2.4
m25p80 spi0.0: mx25l6405d (8192 Kbytes)
6 cmdlinepart partitions found on MTD device spi0.0
Creating 6 MTD partitions on "spi0.0":
0x000000000000-0x000000050000 : "u-boot"
0x000000050000-0x000000070000 : "u-boot-env"
0x000000070000-0x000000170000 : "kernel"
0x000000170000-0x0000007f0000 : "rootfs"
mtd: partition "rootfs" set to be root filesystem
split_squashfs: no squashfs found in "spi0.0"
0x0000007f0000-0x000000800000 : "art"
0x000000070000-0x0000007f0000 : "firmware"
Realtek RTL8366S ethernet switch driver version 0.2.1
rtl8366s rtl8366s: using GPIO pins 5 (SDA) and 7 (SCK)
rtl8366s rtl8366s: RTL8366 ver. 1 chip found
rtl8366-rtl: probed
eth0: Atheros AG71xx at 0xb9000000, irq 4
eth0: using fixed link parameters
eth1: Atheros AG71xx at 0xba000000, irq 5
eth1: connected to PHY at rtl8366s:04 [uid=001cc960, driver=Realtek RTL8366S]
Atheros AR71xx hardware watchdog driver version 0.1.0
ar71xx-wdt: timeout=15 secs (max=25)
TCP westwood registered
NET: Registered protocol family 17
802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8 Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
All bugs added by David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com>
yaffs: dev is 32505859 name is "mtdblock3"
yaffs: passed flags ""
yaffs: Attempting MTD mount on 31.3, "mtdblock3"
yaffs: MTD device is not NAND it's type 3
VFS: Mounted root (jffs2 filesystem) readonly on device 31:3.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 152k freed
Please be patient, while OpenWrt loads ...
gpio-buttons driver version 0.1.2
input: gpio-buttons as /devices/platform/gpio-buttons/input/input0
Button Hotplug driver version 0.3.1
ar71xx: pll_reg 0xb8050010: 0x11110000
eth0: link up (1000Mbps/Full duplex)
Registered led device: wndr3700:green:power
Registered led device: wndr3700:orange:power
Registered led device: wndr3700:green:wps
Registered led device: wndr3700:orange:wps
Registered led device: wndr3700:green:wan
eth0: link down
ar71xx: pll_reg 0xb8050010: 0x11110000
eth0: link up (1000Mbps/Full duplex)
device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
br-lan: port 1(eth0) entering forwarding state
Generic kernel compatibility enabled based on linux-next next-20100113
cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
    (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
    (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
    (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
    (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
    (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
    (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
NET: Registered protocol family 24
nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (968 buckets, 3872 max)
CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT is deprecated and will be removed soon. Please use
nf_conntrack.acct=1 kernel parameter, acct=1 nf_conntrack module option or
sysctl net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_acct=1 to enable it.
ar71xx-wdt: enabling watchdog timer

remove madwifi and ath5k, install ath9k instead

Thanks. I did that and still no wireless. But at least iwconfig shows the devices and dmesg shows some driver loading progress:

root@OpenWrt:~# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      no wireless extensions.

br-lan    no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Tx-Power=0 dBm   
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
         
wlan1     IEEE 802.11an  Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Tx-Power=0 dBm   
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off

root@OpenWrt:~# wifi down
PHY for wifi device wifi0 not found
root@OpenWrt:~# wifi up
PHY for wifi device wifi0 not found
PHY for wifi device wifi0 not found

root@OpenWrt:~# cat /etc/config/wireless
config wifi-device wifi0
  option type mac80211
  option hwmode 11g
  option channel 1
  option txpower 18
  option disabled 0
  option country 840 # US
  option regdomain 0
  option outdoor 0

config wifi-iface
  option device wlan0
  option network lan
  option mode ap
  option hidden 0
  option ssid express
  option encryption none

root@OpenWrt:~# dmesg
Linux version 2.6.32.10 (openwrt@wrt1.marcant.net) (gcc version 4.3.3 (GCC) ) #20 Tue Apr 6 15:01:26 CEST 2010
prom: fw_arg0=00000006, fw_arg1=a3f5ffb0, fw_arg2=a3f60450, fw_arg3=00000008
MyLoader: sysp=aaaa5554, boardp=aaaa5554, parts=aaaa5554
bootconsole [early0] enabled
CPU revision is: 00019374 (MIPS 24Kc)
Atheros AR7161 rev 2, CPU:680.000 MHz, AHB:170.000 MHz, DDR:340.000 MHz
Determined physical RAM map:
memory: 04000000 @ 00000000 (usable)
Initrd not found or empty - disabling initrd
Zone PFN ranges:
  Normal   0x00000000 -> 0x00004000
Movable zone start PFN for each node
early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges
    0: 0x00000000 -> 0x00004000
On node 0 totalpages: 16384
free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat 802d0210, node_mem_map 81000000
  Normal zone: 128 pages used for memmap
  Normal zone: 0 pages reserved
  Normal zone: 16256 pages, LIFO batch:3
Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 16256
Kernel command line: rootfstype=squashfs,yaffs,jffs2 noinitrd console=ttyS0,115200 board=WNDR3700 mtdparts=spi0.0:320k(u-boot)ro,128k(u-boot-env)ro,1024k(kernel),6656k(rootfs),64k(art)ro,7680k@0x70000(firmware)
PID hash table entries: 256 (order: -2, 1024 bytes)
Dentry cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Primary instruction cache 64kB, VIPT, 4-way, linesize 32 bytes.
Primary data cache 32kB, 4-way, VIPT, cache aliases, linesize 32 bytes
Writing ErrCtl register=00000000
Readback ErrCtl register=00000000
Memory: 61748k/65536k available (2101k kernel code, 3716k reserved, 397k data, 152k init, 0k highmem)
SLUB: Genslabs=7, HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
Hierarchical RCU implementation.
NR_IRQS:56
Calibrating delay loop... 452.19 BogoMIPS (lpj=2260992)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
NET: Registered protocol family 16
MIPS: machine is NETGEAR WNDR3700
registering PCI controller with io_map_base unset
bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0
pci 0000:00:00.0: reg 10 32bit mmio pref: [0x000000-0xfffffff]
pci 0000:00:00.0: reg 14 io port: [0x00-0xff]
pci 0000:00:00.0: supports D1 D2
pci 0000:00:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot
pci 0000:00:00.0: PME# disabled
PCI: fixup device 0000:00:11.0
pci 0000:00:11.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0x000000-0x00ffff]
pci 0000:00:11.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot
pci 0000:00:11.0: PME# disabled
PCI: fixup device 0000:00:12.0
pci 0000:00:12.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0x000000-0x00ffff]
pci 0000:00:12.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot
pci 0000:00:12.0: PME# disabled
PCI: mapping irq 48 to pin1@0000:00:11.0
PCI: mapping irq 49 to pin1@0000:00:12.0
Switching to clocksource MIPS
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 2048 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 2048 bind 2048)
TCP reno registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher
Registering mini_fo version $Id$
JFFS2 version 2.2. (NAND) (SUMMARY)  ¬© 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc.
yaffs Mar 28 2010 17:53:41 Installing.
msgmni has been set to 120
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler deadline registered (default)
Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 1 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x18020000 (irq = 11) is a 16550A
console [ttyS0] enabled, bootconsole disabled
Atheros AR71xx SPI Controller driver version 0.2.4
m25p80 spi0.0: mx25l6405d (8192 Kbytes)
6 cmdlinepart partitions found on MTD device spi0.0
Creating 6 MTD partitions on "spi0.0":
0x000000000000-0x000000050000 : "u-boot"
0x000000050000-0x000000070000 : "u-boot-env"
0x000000070000-0x000000170000 : "kernel"
0x000000170000-0x0000007f0000 : "rootfs"
mtd: partition "rootfs" set to be root filesystem
split_squashfs: no squashfs found in "spi0.0"
0x0000007f0000-0x000000800000 : "art"
0x000000070000-0x0000007f0000 : "firmware"
Realtek RTL8366S ethernet switch driver version 0.2.1
rtl8366s rtl8366s: using GPIO pins 5 (SDA) and 7 (SCK)
rtl8366s rtl8366s: RTL8366 ver. 1 chip found
rtl8366-rtl: probed
eth0: Atheros AG71xx at 0xb9000000, irq 4
eth0: using fixed link parameters
eth1: Atheros AG71xx at 0xba000000, irq 5
eth1: connected to PHY at rtl8366s:04 [uid=001cc960, driver=Realtek RTL8366S]
Atheros AR71xx hardware watchdog driver version 0.1.0
ar71xx-wdt: timeout=15 secs (max=25)
TCP westwood registered
NET: Registered protocol family 17
802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8 Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
All bugs added by David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com>
yaffs: dev is 32505859 name is "mtdblock3"
yaffs: passed flags ""
yaffs: Attempting MTD mount on 31.3, "mtdblock3"
yaffs: MTD device is not NAND it's type 3
VFS: Mounted root (jffs2 filesystem) readonly on device 31:3.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 152k freed
Please be patient, while OpenWrt loads ...
gpio-buttons driver version 0.1.2
input: gpio-buttons as /devices/platform/gpio-buttons/input/input0
Button Hotplug driver version 0.3.1
ar71xx: pll_reg 0xb8050010: 0x11110000
eth0: link up (1000Mbps/Full duplex)
Registered led device: wndr3700:green:power
Registered led device: wndr3700:orange:power
Registered led device: wndr3700:green:wps
Registered led device: wndr3700:orange:wps
Registered led device: wndr3700:green:wan
eth0: link down
ar71xx: pll_reg 0xb8050010: 0x11110000
eth0: link up (1000Mbps/Full duplex)
device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
br-lan: port 1(eth0) entering forwarding state
Generic kernel compatibility enabled based on linux-next next-20100113
cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
    (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
    (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
    (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
    (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
    (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
    (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:11.0 (0000 -> 0002)
ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x0
ath: EEPROM indicates default country code should be used
ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a
ath: Country alpha2 being used: US
ath: Regpair used: 0x3a
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'ath9k_rate_control'
Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::radio
Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::assoc
Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::tx
Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::rx
phy0: Atheros AR9280 Rev:2 mem=0xb0000000, irq=48
PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:12.0 (0000 -> 0002)
ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x0
ath: EEPROM indicates default country code should be used
ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a
ath: Country alpha2 being used: US
ath: Regpair used: 0x3a
cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US
cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: US
    (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
    (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2700 mBm)
    (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 1700 mBm)
    (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
    (5490000 KHz - 5600000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
    (5650000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
    (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 3000 mBm)
phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'ath9k_rate_control'
Registered led device: ath9k-phy1::radio
Registered led device: ath9k-phy1::assoc
Registered led device: ath9k-phy1::tx
Registered led device: ath9k-phy1::rx
phy1: Atheros AR9280 Rev:2 mem=0xb0010000, irq=49
PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
NET: Registered protocol family 24
nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (968 buckets, 3872 max)
CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT is deprecated and will be removed soon. Please use
nf_conntrack.acct=1 kernel parameter, acct=1 nf_conntrack module option or
sysctl net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_acct=1 to enable it.
ar71xx-wdt: enabling watchdog timer

DanSF
I think you need to do:
rm /etc/config/wireless; wifi detect > /etc/config/wireless

Some of your wireless options is for madwifi, not for ath9k.

(Last edited by linuxb on 30 Apr 2010, 01:04)

Thanks. That worked. Now I'll write up this material for the wiki!

--Dan

Specs say the 9220 is 2.4/5GHz, but I haven't been able to get that radio working on 2.4GHz. If I select a non-5Hz channel hostapd complains saying that the radio doesn't support it. Any ideas?

Wouldn't be an issue if my WLAN adapter saw APs on 5GHz. It should... it's a Ralink 3070 chipset.

(Last edited by aport on 1 May 2010, 23:11)

Can someone post their fully functional 10.03 image?

There are two radios, one for 5ghz, one for 2.4

There is an Atheros AR9223 which is a 2.4GHz radio, and an Atheros AR9220 with is (according to Atheros) a 2.4GHz/5GHz radio.

According to the specifications, the 9220 should be able to run on 2.4GHz.

This is the SquashFS image I build on april the 14th (straight from the newest branche. ), I just couldn't get port forwarding to work, everything else (Wifi 2,4 and 5GHz, WAN, LAN, USB, NAT, Samba, etc...) is working fine. Could be my understanding of openwrt that is faulty, maybe someone could point me in the right direction regarding port forwarding.

[edit]
And here the jffs2 image.

Both these images are only intended for flashing from the factory firmware to OpenWRT.
[/edit]

(Last edited by hijglander on 9 May 2010, 11:03)

Can someone who installed openwrt on their WNDR3700 make some WiFi Throughput (Router<->PC (IPerf) , USB-Storage<->PC) Tests in 2,4 GHz and 5GHz band. I would really appreciate it.

Thank you in advance

+1

I was just reading through the WIKI entry and got a chuckle out of that. Thank goodness that's not a required step!