From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 7 12:05:01 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6828A106566B; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 12:05:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C1138FC0A; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 12:05:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn8 with SMTP id 8so289788iwn.13 for ; Thu, 07 Oct 2010 05:05:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:sender:received :in-reply-to:references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=WVIBEeabKe9glrRnmUR3fYsG9uChfbyfhQVr3NYWZ6o=; b=YQOOTkqjdfnDR4JflSmRgbvOPV3PSVr7wIkLbxhIf1svP3iNDQXGKYYTZWx9kcKkN0 yanfFUb0hxQNrRy1mYgmxbkKE90uKz5O3iBC5qbZh2iu/jX5oasN8hNDyxcOyloL8W2r crYRuzqi31u6nJ3n+O/kzw484xUw+YQFk/nbg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=uQJ9GOwLmAm3iOUdSZGiONCyrBSD6cYJHWoivUV4jDak7DuDBPEhwLL52xgDo4TFSA BuTcZozIL6V9Az275x8md+oo99C1MwElWExQYQeNubZE8B1kYUpFNZn69KtwdV3Vd9hO hUSEuW1EZ2YnI2cINCXso0yR9z5OxIat/aNrg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.182.201 with SMTP id cd9mr725662ibb.21.1286451278121; Thu, 07 Oct 2010 04:34:38 -0700 (PDT) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.231.171.203 with HTTP; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 04:34:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20101007094918.GA15399@FreeBSD.org> References: <4763016D.7060100@janh.de> <20101006100335.GA26843@FreeBSD.org> <20101007094918.GA15399@FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 19:34:37 +0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: EH3BEqMXPsbMNhVbKOH-k0OUNBM Message-ID: From: Adrian Chadd To: Alexey Dokuchaev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Brandon Gooch , net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Monitor mode not working for iwi(4) on 7.X X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:05:01 -0000 finding where the regression happened - eg, which revision along the 6.x/head branch at the time caused the issue, would likely help Bernard very much.. Adrian 2010/10/7 Alexey Dokuchaev : > On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 11:56:25AM -0500, Brandon Gooch wrote: >> 2010/10/6 Alexey Dokuchaev : >> > On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 11:19:25PM +0100, Jan Henrik Sylvester wrote: >> >> In contrast to 6.2-RELEASE, monitor mode does not work. Kismet does >> >> not receive anything, while it does with ath or ural (even at the sam= e >> >> time). dmesg with debug.iwi=3D2 is below -- anything unusual? >> >> >> >> Moreover, "ifconfig iwi0 scan" sometimes just hangs, which never >> >> happened on 6.2-RELEASE. >> > >> > Just found this email sent to stable@ almost three years ago; sadly I >> > have to confirm iwi(4) still exhibits these problems on fairly recent >> > 7-STABLE (early Juneish). =A0Maybe I have better luck on net@ (I am >> > particularly interested in working monitor mode). =A0Thanks. =A0Any de= bug >> > information will be gladly provided. =A0Pointers where to look (revisi= ons >> > to try, patches, etc.) are greatly appreciated. >> >> I know this response isn't too helpful, but the whole Intel >> PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG open-source driver situation is not >> too good. > > I could understand that, but it looks like FreeBSD has a *regression* > between 6.2 and 7.x, which is different from just "overall not too good > situation". =A0Regressions are presumably should not happen and should be > easier to fix than improving entire support stack in FOSS industry. =A0:-= ) > >> Same goes for the Intel 3945ABG (wpi(4)); it's very easy in both Linux >> and *BSDs to befuddle the Intel Wifi chips. >> >> Having said that, Bernhard Schmidt has made outstanding progress with >> the iwn(4) driver, supporting Intel Wireless WiFi Link >> 4965/1000/5000/5150/5300/6000/6050 series. >> >> Is it possible in your situation to try another wireless card? I know >> some notebook computers only whitelist a small set of PCI devices... > > I think there are no technical obstacles w/my laptop, and I'd gladly try > something else, preferably fully working under FreeBSD (inc. monitor > mode and packet injection). =A0Any particular recommendations (aside from > iwn(4) supported chips mentioned above)? =A0Thanks. > > ./danfe > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >