Re: Problem connecting to wifi on libertas_cpio (sd8686)

From: Christopher Williamson <home@chrisaw.com>
To: Arend Van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>,
	"linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
	Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: Problem connecting to wifi on libertas_cpio (sd8686)
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 12:54:40 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANXHH3nB3BujorAuYRweE=w+n=ESoJod2LFphRrxwXrXUrf_zw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANXHH3kX-U_CRfBf+DVe7AMpU13fKGG5bRwgLhDqYuGOBF-HBw@mail.gmail.com>

Disregard - I have actually managed to get this to connect to a open network!

# iw reg set GB
# iw reg get
country GB: DFS-ETSI
	(2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A)
	(5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (N/A)
	(5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), DFS
	(5490 - 5710 @ 160), (N/A, 27), (0 ms), DFS
	(57000 - 66000 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
# iwconfig wlan0 essid "shaunthesheep-guest”
# dhclient wlan0

It’s good to have some progress - so it looks like the issue
preventing the previous connection was the iw reg not being set
properly (or possibly just wpa_supplicant borking the connection in
some way. I stopped that this time around. I’ll try wpa1 now and
report back.

Christopher Williamson

On 22 July 2016 at 17:39:50, Christopher Williamson
(home@chrisaw.com(mailto:home@chrisaw.com)) wrote:

>
> Ok so I created a guest wifi network without any encryption enabled at all and the client still refuses to connect.
>
> Again, the connection is made perfectly using the USB dongle I have but not the built in libertas sd8686 chipset.
>
> I do currently use pfSense as a firewall box behind my wireless router (acting as an AP) and can see that no DHCP request is making it to the pfSense box. I believe you are right in the point about the firmware being the problem here.
>
> I should also confirm - the firmware in use is the latest from the linux-firmware Ubuntu 16.04 package. I did read around the net about being having various issues with various firmware sources and not others but despite trying firmware linked directly from Marvell I seem to always get one of two issues:
>
> 1.) I am unable to connect and keep getting asked for passphrases, or:
> 2.) The system completely freezes up (with the v8 firmwares I tried)
>
> I’m not really sure what else to try at this point.
> Christopher Williamson
>
>
>
> On 22 July 2016 at 17:24:52, Christopher Williamson (home@chrisaw.com(mailto:home@chrisaw.com)) wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi Dan,
> >
> > I will check out the WPA2 vs WPA vs open wireless thing in a few mins.
> >
> > For now though - the iwlist scan results for both a USB device and the
> > libertas device:
> >
> > USB: http://termbin.com/hdwl
> > Libertas: http://termbin.com/jxh7
> >
> > Will follow up shortly with WPA and Open network configs.
> >
> > Christopher Williamson
> >
> >
> >
> > On 22 July 2016 at 17:16:29, Dan Williams (dcbw@redhat.com(mailto:dcbw@redhat.com)) wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Dan,
> > >
> > > I will check out the WPA2 vs WPA vs open wireless thing in a few mins.
> > >
> > > For now though - the iwlist scan results for both a USB device and the
> > > libertas device:
> > >
> > > USB: http://termbin.com/hdwl
> > > Libertas: http://termbin.com/jxh7
> > >
> > > Will follow up shortly with WPA and Open network configs.
> > >
> > > *Christopher Williamson*