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cvsouth is offline cvsouth
2011-08-27 , 23:05
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Hello everyone,

Have a little problem with my N900 and was hoping someone might be able to help me.

I installed the bleeding edge wl1251 driver for wireless, which works, although it did have to reinstall it once to get it working. Now I cant seem to connect to any wireless. No wireless networks are even displayed:



The odd thing is that not only are there wireless networks in range, but the wireless adaptor is able to detect them:



Here's an extra screenshot just incase the info helps at all:



I've already tried quite a few things. I've been through all the menus, I've tried adding the wireless network manually in Settings->Network->Internet connections, and setting it to connect automatically, I've tried things such as:

Code:
apt-get install --reinstall osso-wlan*
...no luck.

If anyone has any tips or pointers, I really would appriciate it.

Thanks.
 
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2011-08-27 , 23:10
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Try (as root):
Code:
ifconfig wlan0 up
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2011-08-27 , 23:13
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once the bleeding edge drivers are enabled, you need to disable them again and that should show wifi connections again
 

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2011-08-27 , 23:17
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Originally Posted by tuxsavvy View Post
Try (as root):
Code:
ifconfig wlan0 up
Hi tuxsavvy, thanks for the reply.

I've tried what you suggested and it doesn't seem to make any difference.
 
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2011-08-27 , 23:19
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Originally Posted by Kevstacey View Post
once the bleeding edge drivers are enabled, you need to disable them again and that should show wifi connections again
Do I do that with:

Code:
cd /home/user/MyDocs/wl1251-maemo/binary/compat-wireless
sh unload.sh
ifconfig wlan0 down
ifconfig wlan0 up
? Or is there some other way that I don't know about?
 
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2011-08-27 , 23:34
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i dont use aircrack via commands, youlll be better off installing the Faircrack GUI, that way you can disable the bleeding edge drivers at the touch of a button.
Try rebooting your device and this should disable the drivers automatically aswell
 
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2011-08-27 , 23:40
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The default mode for bleeding-edge drivers is managed mode. Which means that it should be able to scan (and connect) nearby visible wireless networks without one having to use stock drivers or do anything else really.

cvsouth: I'm still confused about your screenshots. The second image shows you using airodump-ng. You do realise that airodump-ng turns your wireless interface into monitor mode and that renders osso-wlan to not work? osso-wlan (as I understand it) depends on the output of iwlist scan. If iwlist scan is issued whilst the interface (wlan0) the output would be null as it cannot send data whilst in monitor mode.

If you used airodump-ng and you want osso-wlan to show you all the APs visible then you will need to manually switch the interface from monitor back to managed:
Code:
ifconfig wlan0 down
iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
ifconfig wlan0 up
You may need to wait for a few seconds before it will show any visible wireless networks.
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2011-08-28 , 00:08
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Originally Posted by tuxsavvy View Post
The default mode for bleeding-edge drivers is managed mode. Which means that it should be able to scan (and connect) nearby visible wireless networks without one having to use stock drivers or do anything else really.

cvsouth: I'm still confused about your screenshots. The second image shows you using airodump-ng. You do realise that airodump-ng turns your wireless interface into monitor mode and that renders osso-wlan to not work? osso-wlan (as I understand it) depends on the output of iwlist scan. If iwlist scan is issued whilst the interface (wlan0) the output would be null as it cannot send data whilst in monitor mode.

If you used airodump-ng and you want osso-wlan to show you all the APs visible then you will need to manually switch the interface from monitor back to managed:
Code:
ifconfig wlan0 down
iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
ifconfig wlan0 up
You may need to wait for a few seconds before it will show any visible wireless networks.
I tried iwlist scan, and sure enough there was some problem:



So I followed your instructions and it was looking really hopeful:



But even after 10 minutes there was no sign of anything in the connections UI. I rebooted the phone and it went back to not working (iwlist scan), as in the first picture of this post. I repeated the same commands with the same outcome. Still no luck.......
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2011-08-28 , 00:25
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When you rebooted the device (N900 is not a phone, but an internet tablet with phone functionality) was the bleeding-edge driver loaded or were you using stock drivers? When you said you have that issue all over again, was that with using bleeding-edge driver or was that with stock driver?
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2011-08-28 , 00:35
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In the past I have had to load the bleeding edge drivers after every reboot of the N900 so I presumed that it booted without them loaded... I'm not sure though. I find it strange that we have got to the point where the iwlist scan works but the GUI still somehow fails to pull the data.

I've downloaded status-area-wlan-driver-selector-applet:



Which seems good. When I load the bleeding edge drivers with it, iwlist scan doesn't work (as before, 'Network is down') and when I unload them with it (load stock drivers), the iwlist scan works; so, as expected. Interestingly though, when loading the stock drivers, it pops up the connection chooser where I would expect to see the wireless networks, but alas, still nothing. If this app is expecting them to be there in the state that it has left the phone.. surley they should be there.

Thanks for all the help so far I really appriciate it. I have learnt a lot already.
 
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