Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 22:55:19 GMT From: Joshua Krämer <joshua.kraemer@gmail.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: kern/186553: [wi] No wireless connection possible, driver not working Message-ID: <201402072255.s17MtJJY030200@cgiserv.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201402072300.s17N00p9076453@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 186553
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: [wi] No wireless connection possible, driver not working
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
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>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Fri Feb 07 23:00:00 UTC 2014
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Joshua Krämer
>Release: 10.0-RELEASE
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE #0 r260789 GENERIC powerpc
Clamshell iBook G3 (300 MHz), Apple Airport wifi card
>Description:
It's impossible to connect my Clamshell iBook, on which I have freshly
installed FreeBSD 10.0-Release, with my wireless network at home. I can't establish a connection with ifconfig and dhclient. The wifi card is the original Apple Airport (not the Extreme edition). For testing purposes, I have disabled encryption (WPA).
>How-To-Repeat:
In /boot/loader.conf:
if_wi_load="YES"
On the command line:
# ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev wi0 up
wlan0: Ethernet address: 00:10:...
# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
ether 00:10:...
inet6 fe80::210:c6ff:fe6a:78ff%wlan0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet DS/11Mbps mode 11b
status: associated
ssid "" channel 0 (0 MHz) bssid 00:10:...
country US authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 0 bmiss 7 ucastrate 0
mcastrate 0 mgmtrate 0 maxretry 0 scanvalid 60 bintval 0
# ifconfig wlan0 scan
#
(Scan doesn't work; there are several networks in reach. But maybe the card doesn't support scanning.)
# ifconfig wlan0 ssid MYSSID
wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
ether 00:10:...
inet6 fe80::210:c6ff:fe6a:78ff%wlan0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
status: no carrier
ssid MYSSID channel 3 (2422 MHz 11b)
country US authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 0 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60
bintval 0
# dhclient wlan0
wlan0: no link ............... giving up
I have transfered everything by hand, so I can't rule out typos, and I
have shortened the MAC address (00:10:...).
>Fix:
I have installed NetBSD 6.1.3 and there it was possible to establish a connection (but only if WPA encryption is disabled). So maybe code from their wi module can be used.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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