From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Fri Jul 29 17:46:45 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10870BA8C36 for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2016 17:46:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd-lists@bsdforge.com) Received: from udns.ultimatedns.net (static-24-113-41-81.wavecable.com [24.113.41.81]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E7E3A1E83 for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2016 17:46:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd-lists@bsdforge.com) Received: from ultimatedns.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by udns.ultimatedns.net (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id u6THkvJO020827 for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2016 10:47:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsd-lists@bsdforge.com) To: In-Reply-To: <20160729151114.GH4313@blisses.org> References: <20160729151114.GH4313@blisses.org> From: "Chris H" Subject: Re: Disappointment with wifi... Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 10:47:03 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=fixed MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Milter: Spamilter (Reciever: udns.ultimatedns.net; Sender-ip: 127.0.0.1; Sender-helo: ultimatedns.net; ) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 17:46:45 -0000 On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 11:11:14 -0400 Mason Loring Bliss wrote > On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 06:05:46PM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: > > > FreeBSD wireless progresses at the rate at which people pay for FreeBSD! > > You should let your vendor know about your problem! > > That's what I'm doing now! :P > > > > $ ifconfig -v wlan0 list sta > > $ ifconfig -v wlan0 > > $ ifconfig -v wlan0 list scan > > Alright. I'm attaching these. The signal strength is pretty weak despite my > being somewhat close to the WAP. (Which is, FWIW, a node in a small Unifi > zero- handoff network.) That said, I manage solid connection with this laptop > in the same spot running Linux, and with MacBooks. > > I'll happily supply more diagnostic information, as needed. > > > On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 01:17:07AM -0400, Allan Jude wrote: > > > I have a T530, it has the same 6205 wifi chip, and it works fine. > > Same here running Linux. It's only problematic with FreeBSD driving the > hardware. I'd very much like FreeBSD to be driving this unproblematically. > > > > I have sometimes had better luck by disabling ht20 (ifconfig wlan0 > > -ht20), but I don't recall the last time I had to do that. > > This was briefly hopeful. I set that in rc.conf and rebooted, and I got a > quick, solid connection. But then through several subsequent reboots my wifi > light is flashing and connectivity is sporadic at best, with the same > messages piling into the console. Just a thought. But have you introduced any new hardware in the vicinity? I'm thinking there may be some additional interference that's possibly causing the weak signal strength. Just a possibility I thought worth mentioning, in case it saves some (otherwise) needless diagnostic(s). --Chris