From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 7 20:10:55 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC7D916A469 for ; Sat, 7 Jul 2007 20:10:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96A0413C4D9 for ; Sat, 7 Jul 2007 20:10:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from sam-lefflers-powerbook-g4-15.local (sam@[10.0.0.178]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.13.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id l67KApr8092309 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 7 Jul 2007 13:10:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Message-ID: <468FF34A.7070306@errno.com> Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2007 13:10:50 -0700 From: Sam Leffler Organization: Errno Consulting User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (Macintosh/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nathan Lay References: <468C5FAF.8060702@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <468C5FAF.8060702@comcast.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: -pureg doesn't stick X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2007 20:10:55 -0000 Nathan Lay wrote: > Hi list, > I have a recent build (July 1st) and running it as a wireless AP (with > hostapd WPA-PSK TKIP) using an atheros card (Netgear WG311T). I've been > trying to get an 802.11b client on and I noticed the -pureg option > doesn't seem to stick at bootup. > e.g. this rc.conf line > ifconfig_ath0="ssid Lamp channel 9 mediaopt hostap -pureg up" > > Maybe -pureg should be specified somewhere else in that line (I also > tried "-pureg ssid Lamp channel 9 mediaopt hostap up")? Anyways, I have > to login and manually set ath0 to -pureg in order for the 802.11b client > to associate. pureg is not the default. Can you provide ifconfig -v output that shows it enabled? Also wlandebug auth+assoc should show why your 11b client is not allowed to associate. > > On the side, this same 802.11b client, which runs Windows XP SP2 on a > Thinkpad T41 with an Intel Pro Wireless 2100 card will crash both > 6.2-RELEASE and 7.0-CURRENT with medium traffic (e.g. streaming radio). > On the 6.2 system, the backtrace indicated that the crash occurred in > the atheros driver itself ... though I don't have that core handy. I > have no way to get the debugging information off of the 7.0 machine > until I get a serial cable, but the crash is fairly simple to reproduce > (The 6.2 system would crash 2-3 times a day due to this one client). I need a stack trace to proceed. Sam