Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:41:43 -0500 From: "Edwin L. Culp" <eculp@cloudmaster.info> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ath0 802.11 comes up with Sam's patch but shows no carrier and I can't make it connect. Message-ID: <20080620044143.88074a97adz57s6c@intranet.cloudmaster.info> In-Reply-To: <20080619234045.GC76058@citylink.fud.org.nz> References: <20080619061612.39782fyb1v5rcnb4@intranet.cloudmaster.info> <3a142e750806190631u4d7e9d6ajd5b85f0a97cbb1d1@mail.gmail.com> <20080619182520.736036jkb7736k8w@intranet.cloudmaster.info> <20080619234045.GC76058@citylink.fud.org.nz>
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Quoting Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org>: > On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 06:25:20PM -0500, Edwin L. Culp wrote: >> Quoting "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com>: >> >>> Because it looks like you are using CURRENT, first you need to create >>> wlanX interface: >>> >>> ifconfig wlan create wlandev ath0 >>> >>> Read man page of ath (if you did installed new world) and/or entry in >>> /usr/src/UPDATING dated 20080420. >> >> Sorry I missed that Paul. Thanks for calling it to my attention. >> >> I have tried to follow the instructions in the ath and wlan manual pages >> and the UPDATING file but my end result hasn't changed - "no carrier". I= 'm >> sure that I am still missing something else. >> >> My rc.conf has changed from: >>>> if_ath_load=3D"yes" >>>> ifconfig_ath0=3D"DHCP" >> to >> # ath new config >> wlans_ath0=3Dwlan0 >> ifconfig_wlan0=3D"WPA DHCP" >> >> My ifconfig is now: >> >> ath0: flags=3D8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290 >> =09ether 00:1d:d9:27:5c:e5 >> =09media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) >> =09status: no carrier >> >> wlan0: flags=3D8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > ^^^^^ > > For some reason your interface is not UP. The dhcp client should do this > so make sure its being launched. Thanks, Andrew. I haven't used wireless on freebsd since 802.11b on =20 maybe 4.? before hostap, etc. etc. I need to get this running to =20 relearn about wifi under freebsd. Unfortunately, I bought a laptop =20 with an unsupported ath card but now that Sam's latest patch brings it =20 and with the help from folks on the list I'm getting closer. You are right, Andrew, dhclient wasn't running so first I tried: # ifconfig wlan0 up ath0 then associated: ath0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290 =09ether 00:1d:d9:27:5c:e5 =09media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g =09status: associated lo0: flags=3D8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384 =09inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5 =09inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 =09inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 pfsync0: flags=3D0<> metric 0 mtu 1460 =09syncpeer: 224.0.0.240 maxupd: 128 pflog0: flags=3D0<> metric 0 mtu 33160 wlan0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 150= 0 =09ether 00:1d:d9:27:5c:e5 =09media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) =09status: no carrier =09ssid "" channel 4 (2427 Mhz 11g) =09regdomain 101 indoor ecm authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 16 bmiss 7 =09scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 =09roam:rate 5 protmode CTS wme burst bintval 0 but still no carrier on wlan0 :( so I tried # dhclient wlan0 wlan0: no link .............. giving up Trying # ifconfig wlan0 scan never finishes at least for the 10 minutes that I have left it. Just in case anyone wonders, I have an AP about 3 feet from where I'm =20 working and an iPhone that finds about a 1/2 dozen on accessable AP's =20 so it souldn't be a signal problem although all are using wep for auth. Anyone else have a suggestion? Thanks, ed > >> =09ether 00:1d:d9:27:5c:e5 >> =09media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) >> =09status: no carrier >> =09ssid "" channel 1 (2412 Mhz 11b) >> =09regdomain 101 indoor ecm authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 16 bmiss 7 >> =09scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 >> =09roam:rate 1 wme burst bintval 0 >> >> Both have "no carrier" and neither will do scan > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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