Buffalo Wireless router (DD-WRT)
 

Hi all,

I recently got a Buffalo wireless router, and since the switch, I can no longer see my wireless AP. If I run the iwlist wlan0 scanning command on the phone itself, I do not see the AP. However, if I run it on my linux laptop, this is what I see:


Cell 02 - Address: (removed)
Channel:8
Frequency:2.447 GHz (Channel 8)
Quality=60/70 Signal level=-50 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"wireless"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
ESSI":"
Mode:Unknown/bug
Extra:tsf=00000024daaafc89
Extra: Last beacon: 4ms ago
IE: Unknown: 0008776972656C657373
IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824
IE: Unknown: 030108
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101050003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F 00
IE: Unknown: 331A4C101BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000
IE: Unknown: 2D1A4C101BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000
IE: Unknown: 341608080800000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 3D1608080800000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 4A0E14000A002C01C800140005001900
IE: Unknown: 7F0101
IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010000FF7F
IE: Unknown: DD0A00037F04010000000000


Any ideas why I can see it on my laptop and not on my phone? My laptop is also a G wireless card.


Walter

Re: Buffalo Wireless router (DD-WRT)
 

Are you using the power kernel?

Re: Buffalo Wireless router (DD-WRT)
 

Yes, I am using the power kernel.


Walter

Re: Buffalo Wireless router (DD-WRT)
 

See this thread for details: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=60596

It's a bug in the power kernel.

Re: Buffalo Wireless router (DD-WRT)
 

awesome, good catch.

Thanks,

Walter

Re: Buffalo Wireless router (DD-WRT)
 

That did it, I upgraded to the latest firmware and it works perfectly now.


Thanks,

Walter

Re: Buffalo Wireless router (DD-WRT)
 

Is there a new power kernel out that works?

Re: Buffalo Wireless router (DD-WRT)
 

When I say upgraded it, I upgraded the firmware of the wireless router. If you follow the link, you'll notice that some other people have apparently tried a different kernel and reported that resolved the issue as well. Upgrading the phone appears to be a little more difficult since it is even less of a standard upgrade process (you have to manually download and install it, as opposed to using apt-get ...).


Walter

Re: Buffalo Wireless router (DD-WRT)
 

What link are you referring to?

And you upgraded the router to a newer version of ddwrt?

Re: Buffalo Wireless router (DD-WRT)
 

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=60596&page=4

After reading comments about a certain version of firmware of the DD-WRT router causing issues, I decided to upgrade to the latest.

That fixed the issue for me.

Walter

Re: Buffalo Wireless router (DD-WRT)
 

Which router do you have?

I have the Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH, but I don't see any newer firmware versions.

Re: Buffalo Wireless router (DD-WRT)
 

I have that same model - try here:

ftp://ftp.dd-wrt.com/others/eko/Brai...rade-MULTI.bin


That is what I used, it looks like an experimental build. So far, I haven't had any issues with it.


Walter

Re: Buffalo Wireless router (DD-WRT)
 

And I am also using it with no issues so far.

It is much better than the official Buffalo DD-WRT although there has been mention that there will be a new official Buffalo version based on this one soon, though I wouldn't be surprised if there was an even newer DD-WRT by then.

Re: Buffalo Wireless router (DD-WRT)
 

I just upgraded. You were correct. My device can see the network now. Problem solved.

Thanks for the help.

Re: Buffalo Wireless router (DD-WRT)
 

Sure, glad it worked. Hopefully this version is stable enough there won't be any other issues.


Walter

Re: Buffalo Wireless router (DD-WRT)
 

I am running this router on openwrt and N900 works fine with it.