From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 28 18:57:55 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DC61106568B; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:57:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f226.google.com (mail-ew0-f226.google.com [209.85.219.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FD6B8FC13; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:57:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy26 with SMTP id 26so7636644ewy.3 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:57:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=v6bmrtQV2THoq4XJus3rkR3D5sEc6+nIF7o5mu1NpQc=; b=fUlBALRQaYvEuHiBHvX6KQTDYm7L+0rOoZvCgAeU9rNauAW4j5sIokpLRpuA7hji2a zxpEqiJzKjsVonIsAzCmZPn5AOyT0aG2dY5/SZYzXqyyA/mW0+mH/J03vo3rpYSI9I8Z z9PGu5nyWLUhHNPmfRY3oTImudaqdjywUNuUE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=mzG3yXXmfbpHH8O4vxWfkPcnTaYRE24/PACIXNbdI9cgXCeNrRAUFZRfIA5lmmj7p5 R2RIzrgLBnx/8r6j1xxB21+txS3PjE7i4GQEjzIQfjLJSOhGCEAMCXWhS7Ma5hWiqbuz yjzV3W8WV01qLvRsu8s2a3NrR6zLyE3AQKDRs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.51.3 with SMTP id b3mr12525531ebg.31.1262026670484; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:57:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B37BE0C.4050908@FreeBSD.org> References: <4B36D550.2050006@FreeBSD.org> <4B36E491.3000204@FreeBSD.org> <3a142e750912270242sdeeeb96hce483958273f5f26@mail.gmail.com> <4B37BE0C.4050908@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:57:50 +0100 Message-ID: <3a142e750912281057o4a00ad3br425dfb9402df08e@mail.gmail.com> From: Paul B Mahol To: Doug Barton Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is 802.11a supposed to work with wpi? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:57:55 -0000 On 12/27/09, Doug Barton wrote: > Paul B Mahol wrote: >> On 12/27/09, Doug Barton wrote: >>> Doug Barton wrote: >>>> I have the infamous Intel 3945ABG, and an access point that does >>>> 802.11a. The card works fine with WPA in Win XP, even with a wall or >>>> two in between me and the AP. >>>> >>>> With FreeBSD I cannot get a link in 802.11a even with no encryption >>>> and standing in the same room as the AP. Is it supposed to work? >>> Thanks to Attilio I got my only other 11a card working and it can sync >>> up with the AP even with WPA. It's not a strong signal, but it works >>> just fine: >>> >>> SSID/MESH ID CHAN RATE S:N INT CAPS >>> my11assid 52 54M -91:-96 100 EP WPA >>> >>> So this definitely appears to be a wpi issue. >> >> If you enable bootverbose (via loader or sysctl) what wpi says? > > Thanks for responding. :) > > Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/if_wpi.ko" at 0xc15a5270. > wpi0: mem 0xecfff000-0xecffffff irq 17 > at device 0.0 on pci12 > wpi0: Driver Revision 20071127 > wpi0: Hardware Revision (0x1) > wpi0: Regulatory Domain: MoW1 > wpi0: Hardware Type: B > wpi0: Hardware Revision: ? > wpi0: SKU does support 802.11a > wpi0: [MPSAFE] > wpi0: [ITHREAD] > wpi0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps > wpi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps > wpi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps > 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps > wpi0: need multicast update callback > wpi0: need multicast update callback > firmware: 'wpifw' version 2144: 149652 bytes loaded at 0xc64945ec > wpi0: need multicast update callback > wpi0: need multicast update callback > wpi0: need multicast update callback > wpi0: need multicast update callback What are other debug printfs? # ifconfig wlan0 list chan -- Paul B Mahol