Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:46:09 +0800 From: Ben Hutton <ben@benhutton.com.au> To: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bz@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD wireless mailing list <wireless@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How is testing going? Message-ID: <2c49a2c3-144f-45b2-959a-85388c82d488@benhutton.com.au> In-Reply-To: <ss14qn5-qn31-7s9q-1r2p-24q9rp43p4q@mnoonqbm.arg> References: <6p4r5o3-4218-sn14-o712-7944359sqno6@mnoonqbm.arg> <2b031f6d-936d-4ec0-89ec-a12a5b6597aa@benhutton.com.au> <ss14qn5-qn31-7s9q-1r2p-24q9rp43p4q@mnoonqbm.arg>
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Hi Bjoern,
The previous version I tested was from
commit 74aec9f02d9d8fbde250da1ecc881729c8baf489. It was around 7th March.
I had to revert because the connection kept dropping out due to errors
and would eventually crash the system. I sent through logs of it at the
time. I can dig out the email if that helps.
Currently the main issue I'm having is connecting to access points at
11ac when they are using channels above 100. Currently I have two access
points. One is using channels 52,56,60,64 and the other 149,153,157,161.
Currently my FreeBSD based laptop will only connect to the one with
149-161 with 11ng, the other connects fine at 11ac.
I suspect this issue is due to missing entries in regdomain.xml so I'm
currently experimenting with adding the following (generated by Claude
Haiku 4.5) and adding it to the end of the 11ac in the APAC2 section:
<band>
<freqband ref="AC2_5480_5700_20"/>
<maxpower>30</maxpower>
<flags>IEEE80211_CHAN_HT20</flags>
<flags>IEEE80211_CHAN_VHT20</flags>
<flags>IEEE80211_CHAN_DFS</flags>
</band>
I haven't gotten as far as looking up the documentation around the
frequency regulations in Australia yet but planning on.
I'm still currently testing it, however tests so far have the current
driver hitting the same speeds as my M1 MacBook Pro. Also it has been a
big step up in stability. So far over the last day I've had no dropouts
once connected.
Will let you know if I have any further issues. Any advise on the
channels issue above regarding testing, also any advise on where to get
the information regarding the channels/frequency ranges?
Kind regards
Ben
On 3/29/26 23:56, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Mar 2026, Ben Hutton wrote:
>
> Hi Ben,
>
>> Working allot better for me than the last update.
>
> Thanks for the feedback. Can you elaborate a bit more?
>
> From which to which version did you go?
> What's currently troubling?
>
> Sorry for asking but I need the details in order to try to make it
> even better ;-)
>
> /bz
>
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<p>Hi Bjoern,</p>
<p>The previous version I tested was from
commit 74aec9f02d9d8fbde250da1ecc881729c8baf489. It was around 7th
March.</p>
<p>I had to revert because the connection kept dropping out due to
errors and would eventually crash the system. I sent through logs
of it at the time. I can dig out the email if that helps.</p>
<p>Currently the main issue I'm having is connecting to access
points at 11ac when they are using channels above 100. Currently I
have two access points. One is using channels 52,56,60,64 and the
other 149,153,157,161. Currently my FreeBSD based laptop will only
connect to the one with 149-161 with 11ng, the other connects fine
at 11ac. </p>
<p>I suspect this issue is due to missing entries in regdomain.xml
so I'm currently experimenting with adding the following
(generated by Claude Haiku 4.5) and adding it to the end of the
11ac in the APAC2 section:</p>
<p><span style="font-family:monospace"><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">
<band></span><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">
</span><br>
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;"> </span><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;"><freqband
ref="AC2_5480_5700_20"/></span><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">
</span><br>
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;"> </span><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;"><maxpower>30</maxpower></span><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">
</span><br>
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;"> </span><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;"><flags>IEEE80211_CHAN_HT20</flags></span><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">
</span><br>
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;"> </span><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;"><flags>IEEE80211_CHAN_VHT20</flags></span><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">
</span><br>
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;"> </span><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;"><flags>IEEE80211_CHAN_DFS</flags></span><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">
</span><br>
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">
</band></span><br>
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;"></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span>I haven't gotten as far as looking up the documentation
around the frequency regulations in Australia yet but planning on.</p>
<p>I'm still currently testing it, however tests so far have the
current driver hitting the same speeds as my M1 MacBook Pro. Also
it has been a big step up in stability. So far over the last day
I've had no dropouts once connected. </p>
<p>Will let you know if I have any further issues. Any advise on the
channels issue above regarding testing, also any advise on where
to get the information regarding the channels/frequency ranges?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Kind regards<br>
Ben</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/29/26 23:56, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:<br>
</div>
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cite="mid:ss14qn5-qn31-7s9q-1r2p-24q9rp43p4q@mnoonqbm.arg">On Sun,
29 Mar 2026, Ben Hutton wrote:
<br>
<br>
Hi Ben,
<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Working allot better for me than the last
update.
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Thanks for the feedback. Can you elaborate a bit more?
<br>
<br>
From which to which version did you go?
<br>
What's currently troubling?
<br>
<br>
Sorry for asking but I need the details in order to try to make it
even better ;-)
<br>
<br>
/bz
<br>
<br>
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