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From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>
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Subject: Re: ATHEROS -- 802.11a/b/g Wireless Lan Mini PCI Express -- 6459-CTO
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On Sat, 13 Sep 2008, freebsd_user@guice.ath.cx wrote:
 > MACHINE: THINKPAD T61P
 > MACHINE TYPE: 6459-CTO
 > NETWORK ADAPTER: 11a/b/g Wireless Lan Mini PCI Express (windows)
 > -
 > FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE i386 <== fresh install
 > -
 > ==> What FreeBSD see's:
 > ==> /var/run/dmesg.boot
 > 
 > ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
 > ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xd7df0000-0xd7dfffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci3
 > ath0: [ITHREAD]
 > ath0: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface
 > ath0: Ethernet address: 00:1f:3a:4d:45:d1
 > ath0: mac 10.3 phy 6.1 radio 10.2
 > 
 > ==> pciconf -l -v |grep -i atheros
 >     vendor     = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
 >     device     = 'AR5212 Atheros AR5212 802.11abg wireless'
 > 
 > ==> kldstat
 > Id Refs Address    Size     Name
 >  1    4 0xc0400000 906518   kernel
 >  2    2 0xc0d07000 6a32c    acpi.ko
 >  3    1 0xc70e9000 5000     acpi_ibm.ko
 > 
 > ==> Attempting to get the wireless nic online:
 > ==> We're not sure what chipset is involved here.  All
 > we have in the way of identification for this wireless
 > device is what we see from another machine with windows
 > installed.

Looks rather like an Atheros AR5212 :)

 > ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
 > 	ether 00:1f:3a:4d:45:d1
 > 	inet 192.168.1.111 netmask 0xe1ffff00 broadcast 222.168.1.255

For starters, this netmask (and thus, broadcast address) is rubbish.

What's your ifconfig setup for this interface in /etc/rc.conf?

cheers, Ian

 > 	media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/54Mbps)
 > 	status: no carrier
 > 	ssid SORRY channel 34 (5170 Mhz 11a)
 > 	authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 31.5 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan
 > 	bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11a 7 roam:rate11a 12 burst

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