Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:47:45 -0700 From: Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org> To: Bruce Simpson <bms@incunabulum.net> Cc: Thiago Luz Basilio <elmofo@uol.com.br>, rpaulo@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org, Tobias Kirschstein <lev@nupfel.de> Subject: Re: 802.11b broken in -CURRENT? Message-ID: <49BFC621.5030208@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <49BF884A.907@incunabulum.net> References: <20081006072447.d51c76f1.elmofo@uol.com.br> <20081009191519.790298e4@lain> <20081010230643.017d0dbe.elmofo@uol.com.br> <49BF7E99.4030208@incunabulum.net> <49BF884A.907@incunabulum.net>
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Bruce Simpson wrote:
> Bruce Simpson wrote:
>> ...
>> Can anyone shed further light on this? I know that 802.11b sucks, but
>> there's a lot of it out there,
>> and it just needs to work.
>
> Please ignore 'broken'. I found that my 802.11b AP's minipci card had
> worked its way loose.
> After rebooting it, I found I had to do the following to get 802.11b
> access point association to work:
>
> ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0
> ifconfig wlan0 mode 11b
> ifconfig wlan0 channel any:b
> ifconfig wlan0 ssid OpenWrt
> ifconfig wlan0 down
> ifconfig wlan0 up
>
> Hope this helps!
Actually this just promulgates misunderstandings and voodoo that others
will ape. This is what you need to setup an 11b-only ap on the best
available channel:
ifconfig wlan create wlandev ath0 wlanmode hostap mode 11b ssid OpenWrt up
For the sta side:
ifconfig wlan create wlandev ath0 mode 11b ssid OpenWrt up
If the above does not work please enable debugging with wlandebug and
file a PR.
Sam
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