From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 27 20:05:35 2009 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 4699E1065670 for ; Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:05:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E696B8FC14 for ; Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:05:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 15213 invoked by uid 399); 27 Dec 2009 20:05:33 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO foreign.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 27 Dec 2009 20:05:33 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Message-ID: <4B37BE0C.4050908@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:05:32 -0800 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://SupersetSolutions.com/ User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091206) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul B Mahol References: <4B36D550.2050006@FreeBSD.org> <4B36E491.3000204@FreeBSD.org> <3a142e750912270242sdeeeb96hce483958273f5f26@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3a142e750912270242sdeeeb96hce483958273f5f26@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 OpenPGP: id=D5B2F0FB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is 802.11a supposed to work with wpi? 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: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:05:35 -0000 Paul B Mahol wrote: > On 12/27/09, Doug Barton 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? Thanks for responding. :) Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/if_wpi.ko" at 0xc15a5270. wpi0: mem 0xecfff000-0xecffffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci12 wpi0: Driver Revision 20071127 wpi0: Hardware Revision (0x1) wpi0: Regulatory Domain: MoW1 wpi0: Hardware Type: B wpi0: Hardware Revision: ? wpi0: SKU does support 802.11a wpi0: [MPSAFE] wpi0: [ITHREAD] wpi0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps wpi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps wpi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps wpi0: need multicast update callback wpi0: need multicast update callback firmware: 'wpifw' version 2144: 149652 bytes loaded at 0xc64945ec wpi0: need multicast update callback wpi0: need multicast update callback wpi0: need multicast update callback wpi0: need multicast update callback -- Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/