From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 13 09:38:41 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF4E016A4CE for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2004 09:38:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [66.127.85.87]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EA6443D5A for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2004 09:38:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from 66.127.85.91 ([66.127.85.91]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i0DHcdHQ029078 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Tue, 13 Jan 2004 09:38:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) From: Sam Leffler Organization: Errno Consulting To: Randy Bush Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 09:42:54 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.3 References: <16248.58260.560180.809655@canoe.dclg.ca> <16387.58499.587197.601294@canoe.dclg.ca> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200401130942.54979.sam@errno.com> cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATH driver doesn't associate with turbo. X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 17:38:41 -0000 [Please do not send me mail and cc a mailing list; I read most fbsd mailing lists.] On Tuesday 13 January 2004 07:43 am, Randy Bush wrote: > thinkpad t40p current as of 6 jan (real current has fatal ata crashes) > ath0: mem 0xc0210000-0xc021ffff irq 11 at device 2.0 on > pci2 ath0: mac 4.2 phy 3.0 5ghz radio 1.7 2ghz radio 2.3 > ath0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps > ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps > ath0: 802.11 address: 00:05:4e:41:ee:cd > nokia ap with orinoco gold card on chan 11 > netgear he102 802.11a ap on chan 52 (5.26GHz) > > all on same ssid > > sometimes ath0 associates with one ap, sometimes the other, and it > will switch from 11a to 11b and not come back to 11a. e.g., right > now it says > > # ifconfig ath0 > ath0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 > inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 > ether 00:05:4e:41:ee:cd > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/11Mbps) > status: associated > ssid rgnet-home 1:rgnet-home > channel 11 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 > wepmode OFF weptxkey 1 > wepkey 1:104-bit > > i suspect the ath driver, as i do not see similar issues in winxp. > but of course, when debugging, i am not sure of anything. The 802.11 code scans all channels by default. It does not, for example, stick to a band where it finds an AP. If you want to constrain it's search to a particular band use something like ifconfig ath0 mode 11a If that doesn't answer what you were asking try adding a "?" somewhere :) Sam