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Host AP driver - Frequently Asked Questions
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1. What does "GetNextTuple: No more items" mean in hostap_cs initialization?
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2. Why RX does not work?
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What does "NETDEV WATCHDOG: wlan0: transmit timed out" mean?
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(interrupt delivery problems)
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3. What is wrong with Host AP mode in secondary (station) firmware v1.4.2?
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4. What is causing 'Unresolved symbols' in depmod/modprobe?
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5. How can I upgrade Prism2/2.5/3 firmware?
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6. Why did I get two network interfaces (wlan0 and wifi0) even when I have
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only one wireless card?
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7. Why does my D-Link DWL-650 rev. P1 or D-Link DWL-520 rev. E1 (or any other
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card with small flash) card fail?
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8. Does Host AP driver support IEEE 802.11a and 802.11g? Does it support
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chipsets other than Prism 2/2.5/3?
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1. What does "GetNextTuple: No more items" mean in hostap_cs initialization?
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This is one of the most often reported problems in getting the
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hostap_cs.o driver working. It is usually reported for D-Link DWL-650
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PC Card, e.g., on ISA-to-PCMCIA adapter. Later versions of the driver
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report this also with "Vcc mismatch - skipping this entry".
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Most common reason for getting this is a mismatch in voltage
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configuration. The driver tries to make sure that the voltage (Vcc)
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configuration in CIS and the slot match each other. It refuses to
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initialize the card if the card CIS does not include a CFTABLE entry
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with a matching Vcc value. This seems to be a problem for some cases
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since the CIS is invalid or the reported voltage is incorrect.
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As a workaround, the driver supports a module parameter ignore_cis_vcc
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that can be used to skip this verification. This can be enabled by
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setting ignore_cis_vcc=1 in /etc/pcmcia/hostap_cs.conf (commented
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example line in the end of file). This can also be tested by manually
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loading the module with 'modprobe hostap_cs ignore_cis_vcc=1' before
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inserting the card).
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2. Why RX does not work?
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What does "NETDEV WATCHDOG: wlan0: transmit timed out" mean?
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(interrupt delivery problems)
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If the driver does not seem to receive any packets or sending packets
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results in "NETDEV WATCHDOG: wlan0: transmit timed out", the reason is
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probably in interrupt delivery problems. This is quite common with
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PCI-to-PCMCIA adapters. Newer than 2002-05-19 of the driver have a
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test that will report this after the initialization ("wlan: Possible
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interrupt delivery problem"). Another method for checking this is to
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observer whether interrupt counters in /proc/interrupts increase for
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hostap_cs/wlan0 entry.
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Adding suitable irq_mode=# setting in PCIC_OPTS line of
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pcmcia-configuration is the most common fix for this. pcmcia-cs HOWTO
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has more information on how to debug and fix interrupt delivery
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problems at
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http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/doc/PCMCIA-HOWTO-5.html#irqmode
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3. What is wrong with Host AP mode in secondary (station) firmware v1.4.2?
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It looks like secondary firmware v1.4.2 sends beacon frames properly,
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but does not respond to probe requests. With most station cards, this
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prevents authentication and association and thus, in practice, no data
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frames can be sent. It has been reported that at least some Cisco
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Aironet 350 cards can associate with Host AP mode even with firmware
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v1.4.2 (i.e., without receiving probe response), but Prism2 and
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Lucent/ORiNOCO/Agere seem to require probe response and they do not
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thus associate with AP using v1.4.2 firmware.
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This is fixed in later secondary firmware versions; probably already
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in 1.4.3, but at least 1.4.9 has been tested to work. In other words,
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this problem can be fixed by upgrading card firmware.
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4. What is causing 'Unresolved symbols' in depmod/modprobe?
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Installation of Host AP driver (e.g, 'make install_pccard') may report
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unresolved symbols when running depmod. These are usually caused with
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mismatch in kernel configuration for modversions.
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Example:
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depmod reports unresolved symbol 'eth_type_trans' (this is without
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modversions):
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depmod: eth_type_trans
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but kernel was really configured with CONFIG_MODVERSIONS:
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# grep eth_type_trans /proc/ksyms
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c01b66c0 eth_type_trans_Rdb9cd26f
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(notice the _R... postfix)
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This happens if the kernel configuration given to Host AP driver's
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Makefile (.config in KERNEL_PATH) has not CONFIG_MODVERSIONS, but the
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running kernel is compiled with it.
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If the kernel were configured without modversions, /proc/ksyms would
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show the symbols with _R... postfix:
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Mismatches in kernel configuration can be fixed by using the same
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configuration (i.e., Linux kernel .config) for both the kernel and the
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driver. If you are using a kernel from a distribution installation
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(i.e., you have not compiled it yourself), you will need to create a
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matching .config file somehow. This depends on the distribution you
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are using, but 'make oldconfig' in kernel source directory might work
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with some distributions. If you compile the kernel yourself, it will
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be easier, since you already have to have created the correct .config
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file.
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5. How can I upgrade Prism2/2.5/3 firmware?
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Prism2/2.5/3 cards and Host AP driver support two different mechanism
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of upgrading the card firmware. Firmware images (primary and station)
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can be downloaded either into volatile memory (RAM download) or
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non-volatile memory (flash upgrade). Firmware images downloaded into
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volatile memory are lost when the card is resetted, so they are quite
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safe. Flash upgrade with incorrect images may cause permanent problems
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(i.e., render the card useless), so certain amount of caution is
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always recommended for this.
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Note! Some of the older versions of Host AP driver or prism2_srec had
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fatal bugs in flash upgrade. Only versions 0.1.0 or newer should be
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used when performing non-volatile flash upgrade!
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utils/prism2_srec (run 'make' in utils directory to build this) is a
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tool that can be instructed Host AP driver to download firmware image
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into the wlan card. Brief usage information is available by running
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this program without any command line parameters. Please note, that
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the downloading support is disabled in the default Host AP driver
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build. You will need to change this by defining
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PRISM2_DOWNLOAD_SUPPORT (and PRISM2_NON_VOLATILE_DOWNLOAD if you want
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to update flash); see driver/modules/hostap_config.h for more details.
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Jun Sun has written a mini-howto on flashing Intersil Prism
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Chipsets. This is available at http://linux.junsun.net/intersil-prism/.
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6. Why did I get two network interfaces (wlan0 and wifi0) even when I have
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only one wireless card?
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Host AP driver supports multiple virtual interfaces per wireless
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card. wifi0 is the master radio interface and wlan0 is the first
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virtual interface for this radio. Other virtual interfaces are wlan0ap
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(for hostapd), and one interface per WDS link.
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In most cases, one should ignore wifi0 interface and just use wlan0
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interface. In other words, assign IP address to wlan0, not wifi0 and
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in general, just ignore the wifi0 interface.
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7. Why does my D-Link DWL-650 rev. P1 or D-Link DWL-520 rev. E1 (or any other
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card with small flash) card fail?
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Some of the new Prism3-based cards use a smaller flash chip that does
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not include full firmware for the card. For example, D-Link DWL-650
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rev. P1 and D-Link DWL-520 rev. E1 are such cards. These cards require
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that the firmware is downloaded to the card during initialization. See
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utils/hostap_fw_load for example commands on doing this.
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8. Does Host AP driver support IEEE 802.11a and 802.11g? Does it support
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chipsets other than Prism 2/2.5/3?
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Host AP driver supports only Intersil Prism chipsets, versions 2, 2.5,
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and 3. Those chipsets support IEEE 802.11b only; other chipsets are
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not supported. All utilities distributed with Host AP driver except
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wpa_supplicant work only with Host AP driver, so they are limited to
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the same hardware. wpa_supplicant works with other drivers, including
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those that support 802.11a and 802.11g.
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<b>Please see
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<b>Please see
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<a href="/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/hostap/README?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain">README</a>
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for updated documentation of the driver.
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Please also check <a href="/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=hostap.git;a=blob_plain;f=FAQ">FAQ</a> before sending problem reports.</b>
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Please also check <a href="/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/hostap/FAQ?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain">FAQ</a> before sending problem reports.</b>
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<address><a href="mailto:j@w1.fi">Jouni Malinen</a></address>
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