FS#10815 - a fix for netgear wg111v2 not working on kernel 2.6.25.x (This bug is in the config upstream)

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by christopher rogers (godane) - Thursday, 03 July 2008, 03:34 GMT
Last edited by Greg (dolby) - Tuesday, 12 August 2008, 03:44 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Thomas Bächler (brain0)
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version 2007.08-2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
I fould out the reason my internet could not connect. Its cause the rtl8187 driver had data rate set to pid and not simple. I hope this will help people who are having problems with netgear wg111v2 usb version.

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/860544

I know simple data rate works cause the slax kernel i use for arch-live uses simple. I think the new 2.6.25 kernel version has pid set has default and thats why its a problem with all the kernel 2.6.25 i have tryed. This is a upstream and downstream problem i think.

Additional info:
kernel 2.6.25.4-1 and kernel 2.6.25.6-1 packages

what to do:
in shell
modprobe rtl8187
iwconfig wlan0 mode managed essid "linksys" channel 6 rate 5.5M auto enc XXXXXXX
Then try to use wicd on the desktop to connect to internet.

This other bug could be having the same problem too.
http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/10442?string=kernel&project=1&search_name=&type[0]=&sev[0]=&pri[0]=&due[0]=&reported[0]=&cat[0]=&status[0]=open&percent[0]=&opened=&dev=&closed=&duedatefrom=&duedateto=&changedfrom=&changedto=&openedfrom=&openedto=&closedfrom=&closedto=
   dmesg-arch (19.5 KiB)
   dmesg-slax (23.8 KiB)
   config (81.2 KiB)
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Closed by  Greg (dolby)
Tuesday, 12 August 2008, 03:44 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by christopher rogers (godane) - Thursday, 03 July 2008, 19:40 GMT
the new kernel in testing doesn't have have CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_SIMPLE=y in config. Its still using the old config.
Comment by christopher rogers (godane) - Wednesday, 23 July 2008, 01:13 GMT
I found some thing on gentoo's wiki. http://gentoo-wiki.com/RTL8187

It said that Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211) has to be build in kernel for it rtl8187 to work. It can't be build has a kernel module. That's weird cause there linking to Archlinux wiki and we have a kernel that does have mac80211 build in like there suggesting.
Comment by christopher rogers (godane) - Wednesday, 23 July 2008, 05:00 GMT
I found a fix for my problem. rtl8187 will only work if date rate is set to 11M. You can't use auto with the new pid data rate. I had 'iwconfig wlan0 rate 5.5M auto' in my startup script for my wifi to work.
Comment by christopher rogers (godane) - Wednesday, 23 July 2008, 05:03 GMT
I found a fix for my problem. rtl8187 will only work if date rate is set to 11M. You can't use auto with the new pid data rate. I had 'iwconfig wlan0 rate 5.5M auto' in my startup script for my wifi to work since kernel 2.6.24. You can only get rtl8187 devices to work with if you use 'iwconfig wlan0 rate 11M'. This is for the new pid data rate in kernel 2.6.25 and up.

PS sorry about the double post.
Comment by Thomas Bächler (brain0) - Wednesday, 23 July 2008, 09:59 GMT
2.6.26 removes the "simple" rate selection completely, there is only "PID". Can you please test this again with 2.6.26 from testing?
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Sunday, 10 August 2008, 22:00 GMT
can this bug be closed?
Comment by christopher rogers (godane) - Tuesday, 12 August 2008, 00:43 GMT
This bug can be closed. I tested with my archiso-live base with the new kernel and internet works fine now.

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