I bought a wrt54gL ... I install RC4... and now I want my wrt to  be a wireless client to an AP

I set it up to be client  and this what I see

root@here:~# wl status

SSID: "abcAP"
Mode: Managed   RSSI: -67 dBm   noise: -88 dBm  Channel: 13
BSSID: 00:09:6B:34:BE:A8        Capability: ESS
Supported Rates: [ 11(b) ]

ok it is  client ... but...

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

eth0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"abcAP"
          Mode:Repeater  Frequency:2.472 GHz  Access Point: 00:09:6B:34:BE:A8
          Tx-Power:11 dBm
          RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr=2346 B
          Encryption key:off
          Link Signal level:-67 dBm  Noise level:-88 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:25  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

br0       no wireless extensions.

vlan0     no wireless extensions.

vlan1     no wireless extensions.

says that my wrt54gl is a repeater..!

after ...

root@here:~# bwm
Bandwidth Monitor 1.1.0

       Iface        RX(KB/sec)   TX(KB/sec)   Total(KB/sec)

          lo            0.000        0.000           0.000
        eth0            0.000        0.030           0.030
        eth1           76.323        0.348          76.671
         br0            0.019        0.315           0.334
       vlan0            0.000        0.030           0.030
       vlan1            0.000        0.000           0.000

       Total           36.342        0.723          37.065

Hit CTRL-C to end this madness.

I saw wireless activity (only RX) but I didnt do wireless traffic ...

also I have iptraf package installed and I saw unknown ip Adresses ( in the same subnet but not the wrt

or my PC)

Also wl0 nvram settings

wl0_active_mac=
wl0_afterburner=off
wl0_akm=none
wl0_antdiv=0
wl0_ap_isolate=0
wl0_auth_mode=disabled
wl0_auth=0
wl0_bcn=100
wl0_channel=13
wl0_closed=0
wl0_corerev=9
wl0_country_code=ALL
wl0_country=Worldwide
wl0_crypto=off
wl0_dtim=1
wl0_frag=2346
wl0_frameburst=off
wl0_gmode_protection=off
wl0_gmode=0
wl0_hwaddr=
wl0_ifname=eth1
wl0_infra=1
wl0_key=1
wl0_key1=
wl0_key2=
wl0_key3=
wl0_key4=
wl0_lazywds=0
wl0_mac_deny=
wl0_mac_list=
wl0_maclist=
wl0_macmode=disabled
wl0_macmode1=disabled
wl0_maxassoc=128
wl0_mode=wet
wl0_mrate=0
wl0_net_mode=mixed
wl0_net_reauth=36000
wl0_passphrase=
wl0_phytype=g
wl0_phytypes=g
wl0_plcphdr=long
wl0_radio=1
wl0_radioids=BCM2050
wl0_radius_ipaddr=
wl0_radius_key=
wl0_radius_port=1812
wl0_rate=0
wl0_rateset=default
wl0_rts=2347
wl0_ssid=abcAP
wl0_unit=0
wl0_wds_timeout=1
wl0_wds=
wl0_wep_bit=64
wl0_wep_buf=
wl0_wep_gen=
wl0_wep_last=
wl0_wep=disabled
wl0_wme_ap_be=15 63 3 0 0 off
wl0_wme_ap_bk=15 1023 7 0 0 off
wl0_wme_ap_vi=7 15 1 6016 3008 off
wl0_wme_ap_vo=3 7 1 3264 1504 off
wl0_wme_no_ack=off
wl0_wme_sta_be=15 1023 3 0 0 off
wl0_wme_sta_bk=15 1023 7 0 0 off
wl0_wme_sta_vi=7 15 2 6016 3008 off
wl0_wme_sta_vo=3 7 2 3264 1504 off
wl0_wme=off
wl0_wpa_gtk_rekey=3600
wl0_wpa_psk=
wl0gpio2=0
wl0gpio3=0
wl0id=0x4320

Please your help

Thanks in advance..!

(Last edited by mnezor on 14 Mar 2006, 19:55)

Maybe because you're set to repeater mode (wl0_mode=wet). Set it to client mode (wl0_mode=sta).

- DL

But  the wiki ...

http://wiki.openwrt.org/ClientModeHowto … 32aa7703a1

says ....   nvram set wl0_mode=wet  for Bridged client mode
I want the bridge and I want to be client...

Anyway I tried wl0_mode=sta  and the wrt cant associate with the AP  ..in no way...
so back in wet..  but still work as a repeater.
I see wireless traffic from other  clients into my wrt ( I use iptraf )

So any Idea  ...is it a bug?  is a problem of the wrt54gL ?

Thanks in advance

(Last edited by mnezor on 15 Mar 2006, 18:38)

Try with nbd's pre-RC5 image  ...

I tried  with nbd's pre-RC5 image http://downloads.openwrt.org/people/nbd/whiterussian/

results nothing better .. now the wrt cant associate with AP  in no way ..either  sta or wet..

plus I think that nvram is corrupted....

take a look please

aa0=3
ag0=0x02
boardflags=0x2558
boardflags2=0
boardnum=42
boardrev=0x10
boardtype=0x0467
boot_ver=v3.7
boot_wait=on
bootnv_ver=4
ccode=0
cctl=0
clkfreq=200
dl_ram_addr=a0001000
eou_device_id=WMH2D34O
eou_private_key=134fe634d03e7ed5bb8a7d84fe783345f912cfe8764dbb4da088415723c42096508ccba9e9eb3c4f8fb9e2345ddefee44905c33fc0d71f09f2ba0541a71ca97d5d7ba43e9dc29e65d63e27c8c55078a3c3fc89c0c3177ab22d9f4c1ceef271d0a03865f059c4daa2a564e97b1631b8cea787b9fc0c65077a36af6c6c378bca71
eou_public_key=a42724c0ea133618ba192aea72fdb3d2c51fe737ed94b813d4862b64b00314fdacacc324444f80a445ac02bd1de776946cb0fb9de72487d48f2d2cae0c73a0ab3520c6b847c4f8ab556a56d5db5795b95afe9508c6de021e3ae6d620b28d19e44b6a5dbd9b52d53e90a4c68aaeae5766a99b4d7ac64009db8639b5b9dc9772d311
et0macaddr=00:14:BF:EB:81:AF
et0mdcport=0
et0phyaddr=30
il0macaddr=00:14:bf:eb:81:b1
lan_dns=10.25.25.125
lan_gateway=10.25.25.1
lan_ifname=br0
lan_ifnames=vlan0 eth1 eth2
lan_ipaddr=10.25.25.26
lan_netmask=255.255.255.192
lan_proto=static
language=en
opo=0x02
os_flash_addr=bfc40000
os_ram_addr=80001000
pa0b0=0x168b
pa0b1=0xfabf
pa0b2=0xfeaf
pa0itssit=62
pa0maxpwr=0x4e
pmon_ver=CFE 3.91.37.0
scratch=a0180000
sdram_config=0x0062
sdram_init=0x010b
sdram_ncdl=0xfe0008
sdram_refresh=0x0000
sromrev=2
vlan0hwname=et0
vlan0ports=3 2 1 0 5*
vlan1hwname=et0
vlan1ports=4 5
wan_device=vlan1
wan_hostname=mehere
wan_ifname=vlan1
wan_proto=dhcp
watchdog=5000
wl0_akm=none
wl0_antdiv=0
wl0_channel=0
wl0_closed=0
wl0_crypto=tkip
wl0_ifname=eth1
wl0_infra=1
wl0_mode=sta
wl0_radio=1
wl0_ssid=Ap1
wl0_wep=disabled
wl0gpio2=0
wl0gpio3=0
wl0id=0x4320

now what?

any suggestions please ?

thankyou!

At some point did you hold down reset while powering it on?

It is possible you wiped out the nvram and it's only partially repopulated. I would expect 100+ variables there.

no no I didn even touch the wrt ! 

is it a good idea to reinstall the firmware  preRC5 ???