Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:42:30 +0100 From: Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is 802.11a supposed to work with wpi? Message-ID: <3a142e750912270242sdeeeb96hce483958273f5f26@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B36E491.3000204@FreeBSD.org> References: <4B36D550.2050006@FreeBSD.org> <4B36E491.3000204@FreeBSD.org>
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On 12/27/09, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: > Doug Barton wrote: >> I have the infamous Intel 3945ABG, and an access point that does >> 802.11a. The card works fine with WPA in Win XP, even with a wall or >> two in between me and the AP. >> >> With FreeBSD I cannot get a link in 802.11a even with no encryption >> and standing in the same room as the AP. Is it supposed to work? > > Thanks to Attilio I got my only other 11a card working and it can sync > up with the AP even with WPA. It's not a strong signal, but it works > just fine: > > SSID/MESH ID CHAN RATE S:N INT CAPS > my11assid 52 54M -91:-96 100 EP WPA > > So this definitely appears to be a wpi issue. If you enable bootverbose (via loader or sysctl) what wpi says? -- Paul B Mahol
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