Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 17:19:07 +0100 From: Lukas Razik <lukas@razik.de> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Issue with WEP and ath wlan driver on 6.0-STABLE Message-ID: <413256541@web.de>
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Hello! Sorry, I found my mistake: I didn't set 'weptxkey 1' in the config line because I only looked for 'deftxkey' (like it's shown from ifconfig) and didn't find anything in the manpage of ifconfig. Regards, Lukas Lukas Razik schrieb am 26.12.05 16:47:24: > > Hello! > > Yesterday I've cvsuped my 5.3 system to RELENG_6 and now I have an issue with my Atheros 5212 wlan card. > The problem is that if I don't use WEP mode then all works fine. But if I want to use WEP as I've done it under 5.3-RELEASE then I can't ping any hosts in the network (I wait and get no answeres and no error message from ping)... > I've tried to load the wlan, wlan_wep, if_ath modules in different ways (from loader.conf, manually, in different order...) but there's always the same problem - i can't get a connection to the wlan network. > > The loaded kernel modules are: > ... > wlan.ko > wlan_wep.ko > if_ath.ko > ath_rate.ko > ath_hal.ko > > The config line in rc.conf is: > ifconfig_ath0="inet 192.168.0.12 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid razik.de wepmode mixed wepkey 1234567890123" > > The ifconfig ath0 output is: > ath0:... > inet6 ... > inet 192.168.0.12 netmask 255.255.255.0.... > ether ... > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/54Mbps) > status: associated > ssid: razik.de channel 9 bssid 00:04e2:ab:85:6e > authmode OPEN privacy MIXED deftxkey UNDEF wepkey 1:104-bit txpowmax 47 > protmode CTS burst bintval 100 > > dmesg output is: > ath0: mem ..... > ath0: Ethernet address: 00:0f:a3....... > ath0: mac 5.9 phy 4.3 radio 4.6 > ath0: link state changed to UP > > Does anyone have an idea what there could be wrong? > > Regards, > Lukas
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