From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 29 03:51:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6D5716A4CE for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 03:51:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from jk.homeunix.net (memnoch.CSUChico.EDU [132.241.67.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7711343D41 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 03:51:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jk@jk.homeunix.net) Received: from jk.homeunix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jk.homeunix.net (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i6T3p7gc006914 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 20:51:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from warlock@localhost) by jk.homeunix.net (8.13.0/8.13.0/Submit) id i6T3p7v8006913 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 20:51:07 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 20:51:07 -0700 From: John Kennedy To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040729035107.GA6635@memnoch.jk.homeunix.net> References: <20040726191108.5528216A4D3@hub.freebsd.org> <200407290253.45100.robertsg@westnet.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200407290253.45100.robertsg@westnet.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-jk-MailScanner: No infection found X-jk-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-4.9, required 6, autolearn=not spam, BAYES_00 -4.90) X-jk-MailScanner-From: warlock@jk.homeunix.net Subject: Re: ath driver and wg311t X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 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: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 03:51:12 -0000 On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 02:53:45AM +1000, Geoff Roberts wrote: > > On Monday 26 July 2004 07:35 am, Geoff Roberts wrote: > > > I've got a Netgear WG311T (Atheros chip) card in my FreeBSD current > > > machine. I'm trying to set it up as an access point. ... > > > The card at the other end is a netgear WG111 (USB) on windows XP. > > > > Your problem is likely due to use of 11g. ?The existing net80211 code in > > FreeBSD is missing proper 11g support. ?Try forcing the ap to use only 11b > > and see if things work. > > The answer is yes and no. The first time I forced the AP to llb the WG111 > connected OK. I've since been rebooting both the W2K machine and FreeBSD > machine over the last day or so and there is still a lot of unsupported auth > 1 messages. Sometimes they eventually connect and sometimes not. As a client, at least, I don't seem to be having any trouble with 11g. ath0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 inet6 fe80::209:5bff:fee8:14e1%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5 inet 192.168.0.201 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 ether zzzz media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/54Mbps) status: associated ssid xxxx 1:yyyy channel 11 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 wepmode MIXED weptxkey 1 wepkey 1:104-bit [ifconfig -m ath0 | grep '11g$'] media OFDM/54Mbps mode 11g media OFDM/48Mbps mode 11g media OFDM/36Mbps mode 11g media OFDM/24Mbps mode 11g media OFDM/18Mbps mode 11g media OFDM/12Mbps mode 11g media OFDM/9Mbps mode 11g media OFDM/6Mbps mode 11g media DS/11Mbps mode 11g media DS/5.5Mbps mode 11g media DS/2Mbps mode 11g media DS/1Mbps mode 11g media autoselect mode 11g I'm not seeing a 108Mbps mode available, but haven't got an AP to sync with yet anyway. Note that I'm a client, not an AP. FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p9 #18. [from dmesg] ath0: mem 0xf7010000-0xf701ffff irq 20 at device 8.0 on pci2 ath0: mac 5.6 phy 4.1 5ghz radio 1.7 2ghz radio 2.3 ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps