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Date:      Wed, 26 Dec 2012 18:20:21 GMT
From:      Carsten Wiedmann <carsten_sttgt@gmx.de>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   kern/174722: can't use channel 12 and 13 (14) with my wifi interface
Message-ID:  <201212261820.qBQIKLcS001424@red.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <201212261830.qBQIU0xm071500@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         174722
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       can't use channel 12 and 13 (14) with my wifi interface
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Dec 26 18:30:00 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Carsten Wiedmann
>Release:        FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-p5
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD freebsd 9.0-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-p3 #0: Tue Jun 12 01:47:53 UTC 2012     root@i386-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386

>Description:
Hello,

I can't 
I have this network card:
iwi0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG> mem 0xe0204000-0xe0204fff irq 11 at device 6.0 on pci2

Interface setup in "/etc/rc.conf" is:
wlans_iwi0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="DHCP WPA country DE"


Output of "ifconfig wlan0" is:
wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        ether 00:0e:35:a8:2e:f1
        inet 192.168.0.30 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
        nd6 options=23<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/54Mbps mode 11g
        status: associated
        ssid WLAN channel 9 (2452 MHz 11g) bssid 0c:0c:0b:14:cd:98
        regdomain ETSI country DE authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON
        deftxkey UNDEF AES-CCM 2:128-bit txpower 30 bmiss 24 scanvalid 60
        protmode CTS wme roaming MANUAL


But even I'm in regdomain ETSI, "ifconfig wlan0 list regdomain":
:regdomain ETSI country DE anywhere -ecm

A "ifconfig wlan0 list channels" only shows me channel 1 to 11. Looking in "/etc/regdomain.xml", channel 12-13 should be possible in ETSI.

BTW: This also happens if I use ndis, instead of the iwi driver.

Of course, booting the notebook with Windows or Debian (squeeze), I can use channel 12-13 (14).




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