Hello, I’m hoping someone can point out what the Hell I’m doing wrong. I have been through the manual so many times, I could probably recite it in my sleep and still can’t nail what I am doing wrong.
I have a rb112 with two Atheros mini PCI wireless cards installed. No matter what I try, I can’t get a card to connect to my wireless station. It has to be something so simple that I have overlooked for the last two days.
The configuration of the wireless is:
Flags: X - disabled, R - running
0 name=“wlan1” mtu=1500 mac-address=00:90:96:6F:1E:B9 arp=enabled
disable-running-check=no interface-type=Atheros AR5212
radio-name=“0090966F1EB9” mode=ap-bridge ssid=“test1” area=“”
frequency-mode=manual-txpower country=no_country_set antenna-gain=0
frequency=2462 band=2.4ghz-b scan-list=default rate-set=default
supported-rates-b=1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps,11Mbps
supported-rates-a/g=6Mbps,9Mbps,12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,
54Mbps
basic-rates-b=1Mbps basic-rates-a/g=6Mbps max-station-count=2007
ack-timeout=dynamic tx-power-mode=default noise-floor-threshold=default
periodic-calibration=default periodic-calibration-interval=60
burst-time=disabled dfs-mode=radar-detect antenna-mode=ant-a
wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none wds-default-cost=100
wds-cost-range=50-150 wds-ignore-ssid=no update-stats-interval=disabled
default-authentication=yes default-forwarding=yes default-ap-tx-limit=0
default-client-tx-limit=0 proprietary-extensions=post-2.9.25
hide-ssid=no security-profile=default disconnect-timeout=3s
on-fail-retry-time=100ms preamble-mode=both compression=no
allow-sharedkey=no
1 name=“wlan2” mtu=1500 mac-address=00:11:F5:4A:06:2C arp=enabled
disable-running-check=no interface-type=Atheros AR5213
radio-name=“0011F54A062C” mode=station-wds ssid=“test2” area=“”
frequency-mode=manual-txpower country=no_country_set antenna-gain=0
frequency=2462 band=2.4ghz-b scan-list=default rate-set=default
supported-rates-b=1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps,11Mbps
supported-rates-a/g=6Mbps,9Mbps,12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,
54Mbps
basic-rates-b=1Mbps basic-rates-a/g=6Mbps max-station-count=2007
ack-timeout=dynamic tx-power-mode=default noise-floor-threshold=default
periodic-calibration=default periodic-calibration-interval=60
burst-time=disabled dfs-mode=radar-detect antenna-mode=ant-a
wds-mode=dynamic wds-default-bridge=none wds-default-cost=100
wds-cost-range=50-150 wds-ignore-ssid=yes
update-stats-interval=disabled default-authentication=yes
default-forwarding=yes default-ap-tx-limit=0 default-client-tx-limit=0
proprietary-extensions=post-2.9.25 hide-ssid=no
security-profile=default disconnect-timeout=3s on-fail-retry-time=100ms
preamble-mode=both compression=no allow-sharedkey=no
Here is a scan showing three networks:
AB R 00:90:96:6F:1E:B9 test1 2.4ghz-b 2412 -76 0090966F1EB9
ABP 00:18:F8:FE:10:ED Bruce 2.4ghz-b 2437 -91
AB 00:16:B6:C7:46:59 Isys 2.4ghz-b 2462 -56
No matter what I try, the monitor for wlan2 simply reports searching-for-network indefinately.
Please post ANY advice, as I have spent way too much time trying to find why I can’t make this thing work. Thanks in advance.