Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

Hi all

I've done something stupid and updated to 1.2. Now MobileHotspot does not work anymore :-(. The one app that was stopping me from selling the n900.

Anywayz. I tried the following:
1. Installed from extras-testing. rebooted.
2. Followed the instructions on http://mobilehotspot.garage.maemo.org/ and rebooted.

in Both cases it didn't work. What happens is:

It connects to 3g. then after 2 or 3 seconds it says Hotspot failed to start.

Nonetheless, I can see the access point from my iPod and laptop and when I connect to it. I get an IP. but I don't get an internet connection. like nothing opens.

Launching it from terminal gives me this error:

ERROR: dbus.proxies:Introspect error on :1.79:/com/nokia/icd2: dbus.exceptions.dbusexception: org.freedesktop.dbus.error.notsupported: unsupported interface or metho.

HELP. Thanks

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

This error is irrelevant.

However first install the power kernel and reboot then try again running from terminal and post full ouput (remember to change WEP password first).

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

What do you think?

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

The iptables package installation is somehow broken, try (in terminal, as root) "apt-get install --reinstall iptables".

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

"apt-get install --reinstall iptables" didn't work. It said iptables cannot be downloaded.

So I went with:
dpkg --purge mobilehotspot
dpkg --purge iptables
apt-get install iptables
apt-get install mobilehotspot
reboot

It's working now. yay! Thanks. :)

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

i was having the same issue.. but because i went from overclocked.. so kernel wouldnt install..
it kept telling me that kernel-power is dependent on kernel-power-modules i tried installing that n it told me that it was depenndednt on the other program... so i juss combined them all

apt-get install --reinstall -y kernel-power kernel-power-flasher kernel-power-modules

and it worked





program works... i have a problem though... my PS3 wont find it. when i scan for networks... help

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

It pro'ly isn't configured to scan Ad Hoc connections. Android isn't either.

On Android you can change that if you have root access.


edit /system/etc/wifi/tiwlan.ini to read:

edit /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf to read:

You're gonna have to root around in PS3 to find similar files... As you can tell, I don't know a dang thing about PS3. :)

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

LOL yeah... its kool though.. thnx for tryin to help

OMG i wanna get this to work..

my friend has the Nexus one.. and his has the wifi hotspot app.. and i was playin Call of duty Modern Warfare 2.. its awesome NO LAGG..

someone please help me!!!

also having a second issue.. i cant get my desktop to recognize the network.. it wont ask me if its a home or public network.. anyone know how to do it manually on windows 7 :????

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

the new update of mobile hotspot works for me where the previous 1 didnt!! yay
but is it possible for it to act as a gateway for my router
as i have set my router as a repeater meaning it can pick up wifi signal and distribute through the lan and create a new wifi signal to distribute over

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

so it comepletely stopped workin.. i oculdnt get it to work on my desktop.. worked only once with my laptop...

so i got joikuspot... works ok.. but i hate that it makes my cell get all hot.. and then its limited to 11mbps wtf!!!

anyone know how to take off the limitation????

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

Not working as in ? Not getting IP from DHCP or not routing at all (if you start backend from terminal [see earlier in thread for debugging instructions]) ?

What limited where (url to documentation stating the exact limit ?) ? I don't think the N900 HSDPA can do more than 8 Mbit/s (I might be wrong though) in any case and are you will be very hard pressed to find any provider that can actually give that kind of speed with any consistency.

Running both radios at the same time will consume power which equals heat, and since Joiku does NAT in userspace it takes a bit more CPU time as well.

In any case it would help your cause immensely if you could volunteer this basic info in the first post so I would not have to ask for it and then wait for answers before being able to offer solutions.

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

Has anyone looked more into Infrastructure mode lately? I've been looking at it myself, but I'm worried that the N900's wireless chip may not even support master mode. Does anyone know for sure?

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

I haven't really had the time to look into this, so I don't know for sure one way or other. If you can figure out some way of getting it to work or verify that it cannot work (even with additional kernel modules [which we need anyway]); that would be very helpful.

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

This and Kalle Valo's comment here don't inspire hope: it sounds like the firmware itself doesn't support it.

It might be possible to overcome the shortcomings in the firmware (depending on what facilities the firmware provides and general public access to this information) in the kernel code, but I haven't found any sort of information in my brief poking around the blagotubes.

I suppose the next step would be to contact TI and try to get some information along the lines of trying to help them expand the functionality of their devices for no charge.

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

I GOT MY PS3 TO WORK. OFF OF MY N900 WIFI.. its awesome i can play COD modern warfare 2 online :)

only prob is.. when i use joikuspot n this is always.. is it works for like 30min then i have to stop it and re establish wifi.. is this normal?? i loose connection with it every 30min.. gets too hot???

ANYWAYS.. to the good part everyone wants to know how..

1. install joikuspot or mobilehotspot.. get wifi going..
2. follow these instructions and u will be playin ps3 online with ure n900 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv8VhJXtHDY


NOTE .. you do have to run the ethernet cable between ps3 and PC.. sux but this is the only way we can do this right now. seing as to all n900 wifi programs send wifi signal as AdHoc..

i have been using it for 1 week.. and it works awesome no lagg..ive been using joikuspot

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

hELLO.. ok well it wouldnt allow me to change my network to HOMe.. would always stay public.. and in public i cannot do anything..


and about the n900 some guy told me its limited to 11mbps.. so that is where i got it from.. if u look at the details of the connection. it will tell you the mbps your adapter is capable of.. routers i think are like 154mbps or somethin or 54.. iono. but he told me n900 is limited to 11mbps..

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

Just another data point.

This was a breeze to set up, and works fine from Mac/Win/Linux laptops. iPhone4 sees the hotspot, connects, gets IP address, DNS, and route fine via DHCP but can't seem to actually get packets in/out.

weird. But at least laptops can use it. T-Mobile is giving me 3.8Mbit/1.16Mbit right now. Pretty decent...

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

Hello,

i have installed mobilehotspot and cant start a wifi hotspot.

from terminal;

i run

sudo /usr/sbin/mobilehotspot_backend start

and here is the error

DEBUG: Command output: insmod: can't read '/lib/modules/2.6.8-omap1/nf_conntrack.ko': No such file or directory.

there is no folder like /lib/modules/2.6.8-omap1 and no file such as nf_conntrack.ko (in 2.6.28-omap1)

thanks.

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

You are running stock kernel install (or reinstall) titans power user kernel and reboot, then try again.

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

Btw just got back from holiday and had a "promotion unlocked" mail in my inbox, so version 0.3.3 will land in extras proper in the next hours.

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

I'm fairly sure the chipset can do at least 54Mbps. Just checked the local basestation connected clients, my N900 is connected at 54Mbps. In fact I recall that even on N800 the chipset was 54Mbps capable but the CPU could not route network traffic at this speed so in practise speeds were much lower.

154Mbps is not (yet AFAIRecall) real standard even if some manufacturers have similar implementations, ditto for the even higher link-level max-speeds.

Ad-Hoc *might* be limited to 11Mbps in any case.

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

Any one been able to get this working with Linux? (Arch Linux to be specific, and the wicd network manager).

I've tried now and again over the last few months, with many re-installs and flashes in between, but it never seems to get an IP address, I've tried with encryption disabled and enabled.

If I set a manual IP in my netbooks network settings, it connects for 5 seconds and the disconnects right away.
(IP: 10.39.200.10, netmask: 255.255.255.0, gateway: 10.39.200.1).
All of which seem vaild considering the backend output below:

I have no other machine to test this on, anyone have any ideas?

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

Don't know if anyone has tested that specific combination, but the issue may be elsewhere.

"connects" and "disconnects" as in network manager showing connection state as connected/disconnected ?

Can you ping the N900 when you have manual IP set, can you use the arp command to resolve the HW address for the gateway IP. What if you run dhclient manually ?

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

Mobile Hotspot seems to be a great app for sure but..

...what am I doing wrong when dhcp doesn't work? I tried to connect to network (with/wo WEP) with four devices and none of them are getting IP address. What might cause this?

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

I had occasion to try Mobile Hotspot for the first time last night. My internet at home died and I tried it. I was unable to get an IP from the N900 on my Linux machine (Gentoo), like others above have mentioned, but on a Windows machine it did work fine and I was able to surf the net.

I'm not at home now so I can't give specific details about it.

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

I'm also using Windows (XP/Vista) laptops, and S60 phones. Wireless LAN adapter just keeps "acquiring network address":o

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

It seems I need to seriously consider using real dhcpd instead of dnsmasq in dhcp-server mode since many have trouble getting an address from dnsmasq (it might not implement the protocol fully). However those that cannot get address via DHCP, please try manual address (start the backend via terminal to see the IP range it chooses) and report results (and if it doesn't work all the way to internet try pinging at least the N900)

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

The network manager does show it connected briefly, but I don't believe it actually is: where it shows the connection information, normally looking like so:
Connected to <SSID> <IP ADDRESS> strength: 95%

When I connect to the N900, the strength is reported strange it says:
Connected to <SSID> <IP ADDRESS> strength: ??

I've never seen my network manager do that before.

While it is briefly connected, I am unable to ping the N900, or any other LAN/WAN device.

I'll try the other suggestions you mention shortly and report back shortly.

Thanks.

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

In Ad-Hoc mode the "signal strength" is not actually meaningful in any way so by convention it's not shown.

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

Hi, I have the following error:
I have the power user kernel (and overclocked to 850), and also I noted that the error reports a file named "nf_conntrack.ko" while the command states it's loading "nf_contrack.ko" so there's a "n" of difference.

What can I do?

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

That shouldn't be possible, since the "executing ..." part should output the command to be executed verbatim, and it's definitely execute with two "n"s in the module name since that's what insmod complains about.

Doublecheck that the file "lib/modules/2.6.8.10power37/nf_conntrack.ko" exists (open terminal type "ls lib/modules/2.6.8.10power37/nf_conntrack.ko").

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

I updated titan's kernel to the latest available as of today and it does not give that error again.

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

I use Mobilehotspot 0.3.3 and it works generally fine, the only problem which I have is that the DNS doesn't works. So I can't open for example a domain, but connect fine to a IP address.


Edit: I'm not sure but is it possible that it just broke my GPRS connection on the phone itself? Because only the WLAN connection is working fine. The GPRS connection can't connect to any website anymore since I installed it :(


Edit 2: A Reboot fixed the issue, seems that it only appears after you use Mobilehotspot.

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

Maybe IcD got confused, I have seen this once (or maybe it was wifi failing to connect to my home network) back when I was using my own custom kernel and AFAIRecall going to offline mode and back online solved it then.

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

Shouldn't the custom Kernal install itself when you run the installer? If not, where do I find this specific Kernal I need?

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

In theory yes, in practice people seem to get better results by first installing the kernel (titans kernel recommended) and then installing mobilehotspot, see the project homepage (linked from the first post that has the summarizes the essentials).

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

I'm getting the error telling me unable to install... Conflict with Application Packages?

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

I've found the cause of my issues: it seems that wicd, for some reason, refuses to take my card from managed mode to ad-hoc mode.
Manually forcing ad-hoc with iwconfig and the reconnecting works perfectly and it receives an IP by DHCP automatically.

Nice work, I have to say.

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

Likely, do you have fcamera-drivers installed (that would conflict with titans kernel [which happens to be the only package providing "kernel-feature-netfilter"; which mobilehotspot depends on]) ? using apt-get via command line at least will show you which package(s) conflict.

Re: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
 

idk what that means, but you should make it so we can do that, so that way, i can play ds online anywhere :D