From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 10 21:34:06 2008 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 1A16E106566B for ; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:34:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ianf@clue.co.za) Received: from munchkin.clue.co.za (munchkin.clue.co.za [66.219.59.160]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE7A98FC14 for ; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:34:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ianf@clue.co.za) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=simple; s=20070313; d=clue.co.za; h=Received:Received:Received:To:cc:From:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:X-Attribution:Date:Message-Id; b=gl5ynIKO/D9+vqURQ4UYsastDsBo//C6NLPflqXzP9/DTGWr5LMjF1wJY0KMk4/tNZNRFsgv/hDSCU36GnJiSOUcCYSSq4IwWS3Mktdp6XER7rWRQXqgC+cUtsDxtbIelCQg6nltYoL9FOL+6YPe/PIGrqXwcZj5nPNRD3uigsGY8rdXFr/OS6gNFbO2qZA3fto9UxmfEXwhne2I/hqfVHKWUEnIyZTcOfEhgypEOaKwOagdUG5gWNm/ZcWSk2Xu; Received: from uucp by munchkin.clue.co.za with local-rmail (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1KdWw0-00050C-J1; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:09:08 +0000 Received: from dsl-241-100-66.telkomadsl.co.za ([41.241.100.66] helo=clue.co.za) by urchin.clue.co.za with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KdWuy-0004B4-AA; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:08:04 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=clue.co.za) by clue.co.za with esmtp (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1KdWuw-0005ex-Bo; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:08:02 +0200 To: Dimitry Andric From: Ian FREISLICH In-Reply-To: <48C6CC0C.7010102@andric.com> References: <48C6CC0C.7010102@andric.com> <48C6BA4D.309@lissyara.su> X-Attribution: BOFH Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:08:02 +0200 Message-Id: Cc: Alex Keda , FreeBSD Current Subject: Re: wpa_supplicant not started 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: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:34:06 -0000 Dimitry Andric wrote: > On 2008-09-09 20:02, Alex Keda wrote: > > after today update /etc/rc.d/wpa_supplicant not started automatically > ... > > ifconfig_wlan0="DHCP ssid ussr_wi_fi_lan authmode wpa" > > This is simply incorrect rc.conf syntax. Change it to: > > ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP" > > and put the SSID in your wpa_supplicant.conf file. Interesting. I have the following config in rc.conf: wlans_ath0="wlan0" vap_create_wlan0="wlanmode sta country US indoor" ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP" and wpa_supplicant.conf: network={ ssid="home" psk="*****************" } And a commit sometime between Aug 23 and Sep 5 broke my ath(4) or something such that it scans and finds the ssid, but fails to associate. [apple] /usr/home/ianf # ifconfig wlan0 list scan SSID BSSID CHAN RATE S:N INT CAPS home 00:30:4f:58:bf:94 1 54M -74:-96 100 EP WPA WME And, FWIW, the txpower value has been getting progressively smaller over time. It started out at 31.5, spent the last 8 months or so at 17.5 and since the recent commit is now at 16.5. I'm not sure if ths is related or if it's just correct now and was a bug prevously. But, I have noticed that the quality (empirical) of wireless assciation and signal strength has been steadily decreasing over time (commit wise). It stays at channel 1 for some time and then continues to scan only to hover at chan 1 again. Wash, rinse, repeat - my very own COBAL ath. I am going to try to locate the commit that broke it, but maybe someone knows or suspects something I don't and will save me the time. Ian -- Ian Freislich