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Date:      Sun, 06 Mar 2016 12:08:25 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 207445] net80211 Atheros AR938x: non-working WiFi hostap since ~ January
Message-ID:  <bug-207445-6-l5TkfTsR6O@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
In-Reply-To: <bug-207445-6@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
References:  <bug-207445-6@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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--- Comment #15 from ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de ---
@Adrian Chadd: My Laptop is a customised CURRENT (custimised kernel), but i=
t is
a simple "client" to the server providing WiFi access via hostapd and the
mentions Atheros-based WiFi boadr (PCIe card, three antennas). I think the
setup of the laptop is irrelevant, since I have the strange behaviour also =
with
other, older laptops I used around here and, as an extra, a smartphone
(Motorola Moto G) which WiFi also reject to work.

The association to the AP is on all devices successful: they obtain an IP f=
rom
the isc-dhcpd residing on the AP-hosting server. But then no traffic is
possible anymore. I disabled the ipwf on all sides if possible. It is even =
not
possible to ping the address of the AP from any station.

This is the AP's kernel config portion for WLAN:

# WLAN

# Wireless NIC cards
device          wlan            # 802.11 support
options         IEEE80211_DEBUG # enable debug msgs
options         IEEE80211_AMPDU_AGE # age frames in AMPDU reorder q's
options         IEEE80211_SUPPORT_MESH  # enable 802.11s draft support
device          wlan_wep        # 802.11 WEP support
device          wlan_ccmp       # 802.11 CCMP support
device          wlan_tkip       # 802.11 TKIP support
device          wlan_amrr       # AMRR transmit rate control algorithm
device          wlan_xauth      # AMRR transmit rate control algorithm
#
device          ath             # Atheros NICs
device          ath_pci         # Atheros pci/cardbus glue
device          ath_hal         # pci/cardbus chip support
#device         ath_acl         # MAC access list support (can not be built
into kernel!)
options         AH_SUPPORT_AR5416       # enable AR5416 tx/rx descriptors
options         AH_AR5416_INTERRUPT_MITIGATION  # AR5416 interrupt mitigati=
on
options         ATH_ENABLE_11N  # Enable 802.11n support for AR5416 and lat=
er
#
device          ath_rate_sample # SampleRate tx rate control for ath


802.11n seems not to work on FreeBSD, although the used WiFi AP card support
ist as well as the Intel WiFi chipset 7260 (if_iwm).

I compiled /usr/src/tools/tools/ath and installed as requested.

Put the AP's WiFi into debug mode via:

 [~] wlandebug -i wlan0 auth+assoc+state
net.wlan.0.debug: 0xc80000<assoc,auth,state>
[~] killall -HUP hostapd
 [~] athstats 1
   input   output altrate   short    long xretry crcerr crypt  phyerr rssi=
=20
rate
athstats: ath_driver_req_fetch_stats: ioctl: Device not configured

Something is missing.

How can I deinstall /usr/src/tools/tools/ath? A make deinstall doesn't work.

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