From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 25 18:14:56 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0BFF16A4D0 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:14:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from csa.cs.okstate.edu (a.cs.okstate.edu [139.78.113.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DE6143D2D for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:14:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lreid@a.cs.okstate.edu) Received: by csa.cs.okstate.edu (Postfix, from userid 601) id 0AA4CA06A8; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:14:55 -0600 (CST) To: burntime@gmx.net Received: from 164.58.79.196 (auth. user lreid@a.cs.okstate.edu) by cs.okstate.edu with HTTP; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:14:54 +0000 X-IlohaMail-Blah: lreid@a.cs.okstate.edu X-IlohaMail-Method: mail() [mem] X-IlohaMail-Dummy: moo X-Mailer: IlohaMail/0.8.12 (On: cs.okstate.edu) In-Reply-To: <1106550443.744.13.camel@mars.planet> From: Bounce-To: Errors-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <20050125181455.0AA4CA06A8@csa.cs.okstate.edu> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:14:55 -0600 (CST) cc: "FreeBSD questions \(Engl.\)" Subject: DWL-G520 rev B3 not working under ath driver (was Re: ndis0: link down after idle time) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:14:56 -0000 I've tracked this down to an error in src/share/misc/pci_vendors.h,v 1.30.2.2; and from browsing in cvsweb it appears that no current version of this file has the correct data: 168C Atheros Communications Inc. 0007 AR5000 802.11a Wireless Adapter 0011 AR5210 802.11a Wireless Adapter 0012 AR5211 802.11a/b/g Mini-PCI Wireless Adapter 0013 AR5213 802.11a/b/g Wireless Adapter but the current output of http://www.pcidatabase.com/reports.php?type=3Dtab-delimeted is this: 168C=09Atheros Communications Inc. =090007=09AR5000 802.11a Wireless Adapter =090011=09AR5210 802.11a Wireless Adapter =090012=09AR5211 802.11a/b/g Mini-PCI Wireless Adapter =090013=09AR5212, AR5213 802.11a/b/g Wireless Adapter In the current pci vendors list, 168C 0013 should indicate both AR5212 and AR5213. The 5213 is apparently an a/b/g chip used in the DWL-G530, and since I have the DWL-G520 that uses the AR5212 I do have a supported card under the ath driver.. but the driver failed to load, so something is wrong. I will try the ath driver again soon and post results for it. On 1/24/2005, "Hendrik Spiegel" wrote: >Hi, > >I use the same D_Link card as you do, although I use it successfully >with the native ath driver. > >On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 22:23 -0600, lreid@a.cs.okstate.edu wrote: >> I am running FreeBSD 5.3-stable and have had limited success with a >> d-link DWL-G520 card, rev B3 (atheros ar5213 chipset). I had hoped that >> I would have purchased a card with a supported native driver (ath), > >You probably did ;) >> The card works well, albeit only in 802.11b 11mb/s adhoc mode, > >I can reproduce this with the native driver. 11g is sometimes down to a >few kBit and 500-1000ms when I switch to 11b speed is ok and times are >25-40ms. > > >> that I can't figure out. After about an hour or so of idle time on the >> link, the interface brings itself down and cannot be resurrected unless >> I issue a command through ifconfig to bring the interface up again. Does >> anyone else experience this problem and/or have a solution? > >I will watch this - I do not remember exactly if there were such >problems. > >FreeBSD mars.local 5.3-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p2 #0: Mon Jan 10 >23:27:32 CET 2005 root@mars.local:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BTKERNEL >i386 > >ath0@pci0:9:0: class=3D0x020000 card=3D0x3a131186 chip=3D0x0013168c rev=3D0= x01 >hdr=3D0x00 > vendor =3D 'Atheros Communications Inc.' > device =3D 'AR5213 802.11a/b/g Wireless Adapter' > class =3D network > subclass =3D ethernet > >ath0: flags=3D8843 mtu 1500 > inet 192.168.0.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 > ether 00:0f:3d:ab:9a:b6 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11b >(DS/11Mbps) > status: associated > ssid LokalHorst 1:LokalHorst > channel 4 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 > rtsthreshold 2312 protmode CTS > wepmode MIXED weptxkey 1 > wepkey 1:104-bit > >