From nobody Tue Dec 30 00:46:25 2025 X-Original-To: wireless@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4dgDtL4m03z6MZRx for ; Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:46:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ben@benhutton.com.au) Received: from mail.myuniquemail.com (mail.myuniquemail.com [115.70.107.139]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4dgDtJ5MVmz3CH4 for ; Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:46:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ben@benhutton.com.au) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=pass (policy=reject) header.from=benhutton.com.au; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of ben@benhutton.com.au designates 115.70.107.139 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=ben@benhutton.com.au Received: from [10.128.2.199] (unknown [10.128.10.1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange x25519 server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mail.myuniquemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B2DDE1FE484; Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:46:26 +0800 (AWST) Message-ID: <07af9ae6-fb95-4b4d-b841-31b2fa9892ef@benhutton.com.au> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:46:25 +0800 List-Id: Discussions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-wireless List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Connection Issues - Telstra Smart Model Gen 2 To: Adrian Chadd Cc: FreeBSD wireless mailing list References: <54a1c60b-a8d5-453b-bc4f-ce72c4150ee0@benhutton.com.au> Content-Language: en-AU From: Ben Hutton In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spamd-Bar: / X-Spamd-Result: default: False [0.48 / 15.00]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.94)[0.943]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.87)[0.866]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.53)[-0.533]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[benhutton.com.au,reject]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:10143, ipnet:115.70.104.0/21, country:AU]; FREEFALL_USER(0.00)[ben]; RCVD_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; TAGGED_RCPT(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[wireless@freebsd.org]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4dgDtJ5MVmz3CH4 Hi Adrien, I'm no longer near the access point so I'll have to run the command next time I have a chance. The NIC is an Intel AX201. Kind regards Ben On 12/29/25 12:12, Adrian Chadd wrote: > Hi! > > Whats the output of "ifconfig wlan0 list scan" ? > > Also you don't need "mode 11ac" in there. Let it choose it as it needs to. > > Also, which NIC is it? > > -adrian > > On Sun, 28 Dec 2025 at 19:58, Ben Hutton wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I was recently attempting to connect to a wifi modem at a house I was visiting and found I couldn't connect with FreeBSD (Current 1600007). I was however able to connect on my GrapheneOS Pixel 9a and have in the past connected to the same accesspoint with several iPhones and a MacBook Pro. FreeBSD however couldn't connect to no matter what combination I was trying. I wasn't getting any errors, it just wouldn't connect. >> >> Since this is an ISP branded device I'm not 100% sure exactly the make/model, however I did manage to get the following: >> >> ISP Branding: Telstra Smart Model Gen 2 >> >> Model: LH1000 >> >> Manufactured by (According to Claude Haiku 3.5): Arcadyan >> >> Firmware (According to Claude Haiku 3.5): heavily modified version of DD-WRT/OpenWRT - may have different firmware versions (e.g., "Blue Egypt" or "Champagne" versions) >> >> >> Any idea on how I can debug this in future? I wasn't getting any obvious errors in /var/log/messages. I ended up tethering to my phone which was connected to the access point. >> >> >> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf (relevant entries) >> >> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant >> eapol_version=2 >> ap_scan=1 >> fast_reauth=1 >> >> network={ >> ssid="XXXXXXXXX" >> psk="xxxxxxxxx" >> priority=5 >> } >> >> /etc/rc.conf (relevant wifi entries) >> >> wlans_iwlwifi0="wlan0" >> create_args_wlan0="country AU regdomain APAC2" >> ifconfig_wlan0="mode 11ac WPA SYNCDHCP powersave" >> wlan0_powersave="YES" >> >> Kind regards >> Ben