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List:       linux-netdev
Subject:    Re: ipw2200 firmware bug?
From:       Michael Buesch <mbuesch () freenet ! de>
Date:       2006-02-15 22:21:24
Message-ID: 200602152321.24526.mbuesch () freenet ! de
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On Wednesday 15 February 2006 18:12, you wrote:
> >>I need the IPW card to monitor the traffic of my bcm43xx cards.
> >>I really need working monitor mode in the ipw2200 at the moment.
> >>If someone knows a way to get it working, _please_ tell me.
> >>(hwcrypto=0 does not work. Already tried that)
> >>    
> >>
> As a temporary work around, you can copy the ipw-2.3 firmware files over
> the ipw-2.4 firmware files (so hotplug finds them) and monitor mode will
> work fine.  Alternatively, you can install the 2.3 firmware files and
> change the line in ipw2200.c that sets the IPW_FW_MINOR_VERSION version
> from 4 back down to 3:

Ok, I tried this now. The error messages in dmesg did go away,
but it seems like it is still missing packets.
I do not receive a beacon every second (interval is one sec, here)
and the 80211 sequence number is interrupted.

-- 
Greetings Michael.

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