From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 24 17:55:57 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B19BF16A40E for ; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:55:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from picotech9999@yahoo.com) Received: from web56113.mail.re3.yahoo.com (web56113.mail.re3.yahoo.com [216.252.110.207]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5408A13C469 for ; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:55:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from picotech9999@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 35510 invoked by uid 60001); 24 Feb 2008 17:29:16 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=Yo1lqwKyANEN9smGueWtTV52TOE087ZcYqaT0iFCFr0tZZZOWTlJYSH4DnnXzDacECKvKfaeH4YWEjDpX2zbnP/zwKYdDUbL7+UAPK57W6OJu7OMCPEZ3IG3Nl+/FZCkKuW22ZYlphHQ8LBN1gOT6k0fjrxG427VfPqR85RqLvs=; X-YMail-OSG: PyDqVfIVM1k4Bn_wuPq5nzjaK45Ya1cnSFVMLYBfic9S6SZoBPcdXTmoVbj3PA6UmX1bo3Tn73AqMmipWrnDUkrEVahuuyivv.vFI5WvOtWtNx7sXiE- Received: from [67.68.55.199] by web56113.mail.re3.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:29:16 PST Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:29:16 -0800 (PST) From: PICO Tech To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <573605.34083.qm@web56113.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Subject: RE: FreeBSD 7.0-RC2 ath wireless issues X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:55:57 -0000 Hello list I'm having problems with Atheros on a Toshiba M70 - I put the mods posted recently but not much better. I have come to believe the root of the problem is entropy harvesting. On sign-in the first letter I type disappears. If this is happening on the wifi drivers then the "try three times" patch makes sense. In most cases a device will just try again. A base station will assume you went away if no ack is received. So the AP sends the ack request, harvester steals it, so AP receives no ack to continue protocol. This is on vanilla 6.3 RELEASE. Any info to resolve will be appreciated. I'll play with this some more and will post device info then. Thanks, Dell -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Ian Smith Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 5:43 AM To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD 7.0-RC2 ath wireless issues Hello list, I have some issues with an Atheros card in a Dell Inspiron 6000 that I was hoping someone may be able to shed some light on. I can associate with an access point but am unable to connect to anything via the wireless card. The card appears to be associated (see below) but I am unable to connect/ping the router or anything connected/beyond it. Please see the following for more details: Hardware info: Laptop: Dell Inspiron 6000 Wireless Card: Complex WLM54G23 (http://www.msdist.co.uk/product_compex_WLM54G23_200mW_miniPCI.php) FreeBSD output: root# uname -a FreeBSD dmon.bsd.home 7.0-RC2 FreeBSD 7.0-RC2 #0: Sun Feb 24 09:08:01 GMT 2008 root@my.domain:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 root# dmesg | grep ath0 ath0: mem 0xdfcf0000-0xdfcfffff irq 17 at device 3.0 on pci3 ath0: [ITHREAD] ath0: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface ath0: Ethernet address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx ath0: mac 10.4 phy 6.1 radio 6.3 root# pciconf -lv ... vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' device = 'AR5006 family 802.11abg Wireless NIC' class = network subclass = ethernet root# sysctl hw.ath hw.ath.hal.swba_backoff: 0 hw.ath.hal.sw_brt: 10 hw.ath.hal.dma_brt: 2 hw.ath.hal.version: 0.9.20.3 hw.ath.txbuf: 200 hw.ath.rxbuf: 40 hw.ath.regdomain: 0 hw.ath.countrycode: 0 hw.ath.xchanmode: 1 hw.ath.outdoor: 1 hw.ath.calibrate: 30 root# sysctl dev.ath.0 dev.ath.0.%desc: Atheros 5212 dev.ath.0.%driver: ath dev.ath.0.%location: slot=3 function=0 dev.ath.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x168c device=0x001b subvendor=0x168c subdevice=0x2063 class=0x020000 dev.ath.0.%parent: pci3 dev.ath.0.smoothing_rate: 95 dev.ath.0.sample_rate: 10 dev.ath.0.countrycode: 0 dev.ath.0.regdomain: 0 dev.ath.0.slottime: 9 dev.ath.0.acktimeout: 48 dev.ath.0.ctstimeout: 48 dev.ath.0.softled: 0 dev.ath.0.ledpin: 0 dev.ath.0.ledon: 0 dev.ath.0.ledidle: 2700 dev.ath.0.txantenna: 0 dev.ath.0.rxantenna: 2 dev.ath.0.diversity: 1 dev.ath.0.txintrperiod: 5 dev.ath.0.diag: 0 dev.ath.0.tpscale: 0 dev.ath.0.tpc: 0 dev.ath.0.tpack: 63 dev.ath.0.tpcts: 63 dev.ath.0.monpass: 24 Attempting to get an address from the AP after associating: root# dhclient ath0 DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13 DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14 DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 17 DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 No DHCPOFFERS received. No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. With manual IP address: root# ifconfig -v ath0 ath0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast xxx.xxx.xxx.255 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/54Mbps) status: associated ssid XXXXX channel 11 (2462 Mhz 11g) bssid xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx authmode OPEN privacy OFF deftxkey UNDEF powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 txpower 31.5 txpowmax 23.0 rtsthreshold 2346 fragthreshold 2346 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11a 7 roam:rate11a 12 roam:rssi11b 7 roam:rate11b 1 roam:rssi11g 7 roam:rate11g 5 -pureg protmode CTS -ht -htcompat -ampdu ampdulimit 8k ampdudensity - -amsdu -shortgi htprotmode RTSCTS -puren -wme burst -ff -dturbo roaming AUTO bintval 100 In either case pinging anything on the network results in the following: root# ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx PING xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx): 56 data bytes ^C --- xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ping statistics --- 9 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss For the purpose of this testing the AP was running without a firewall, encryption or an access list. Interestingly when I run `tcpdump -ttt -vv -n -i ath0` I am able to see broadcasts from other clients on the network. Also if I run ` airodump-ng --band bg ath0` I can see a whole host of wireless networks including the one I am trying to connect to. Any information/advice would be much appreciated. Thanks, Ian. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping _______________________________________________ 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" ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping