Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 18 Apr 2014 04:15:43 -0700
From:      Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
To:        Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FBSD10 Atheros wifi not working
Message-ID:  <CAJ-Vmo=RNHumJNAZmz28jbNk2_ntYSTz2iCdrfF%2BUAO0kxSPCQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <5350780F.2070806@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
References:  <534B32FA.30500@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <CAJ-Vmok9Y2Dkgh=x2kP8su7LjrVo==ijSJ5GYrc=wzZv0uwNgQ@mail.gmail.com> <534BC380.90608@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <CAJ-Vmomb2d7jdPRmruaYK1LJ6gZ62_=4N3Ko9Z2eANLJ02c6Rw@mail.gmail.com> <534E80AB.4000007@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <CAJ-Vmoksxv3skF21fhJkYUKpitcadfd9d-L2WAXBDaQvFawo3g@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-VmokfbMn9GnUdGEE-2XssO1TuoZ0%2Bs04J1oU1qs5cGrb3rQ@mail.gmail.com> <5350780F.2070806@herveybayaustralia.com.au>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 17 April 2014 17:55, Da Rock
<freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> wrote:
> On 04/18/14 04:01, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>>
>> .. and unfortunately I've never been able to source the AR9285 variant
>> you're using. :(
>
> Would you like me to send you mine through the channels? As long as you can
> tell me one that does actually work without errors (probably the one you're
> using ;) ).

Well, what's the part number on it? :P

I have a lot of AR9285's that work. It may be your actual laptop setup
(antennas, noise inside the unit, etc.)

>>
>>
>> -a
>>
>> On 17 April 2014 11:00, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> So, try eliminating the whole rc script mess for wpa_supplicant.
>>>
>>> * Don't put ath0/wlan0 in your startup config (rc.conf)
>>> * Do it manually:
>>>
>>> # ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0
>>> # wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf &
>>>
>>> see if that's more stable.
>
> Well I've been trying the standard treatment from the beginning, which is
> why I gave it a shot in the list only after the attempt. It only works
> intermittently; but I have noticed that killing wpa_supplicant does reduce
> the error messages which probably shouldn't be a surprise. Running wpa again
> and they come back yet again unless it decides it will work. Having said
> that, even of it is wpa_supplicant not working from the beginning isn't that
> a problem still? Every reboot you'd have to set it up manually again.
>

The rc scripts do something dumb sometimes and start wpa_supplicant
twice. That seems to agitate things.


-a



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?CAJ-Vmo=RNHumJNAZmz28jbNk2_ntYSTz2iCdrfF%2BUAO0kxSPCQ>