From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 18 12:13:03 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2AD03EAE for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2014 12:13:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (mail.unitedinsong.com.au [150.101.178.33]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C6E3A18AF for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2014 12:13:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au (laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au [192.168.0.100]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CFD6D2732E for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2014 22:12:58 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <535116CA.9060009@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 22:12:58 +1000 From: Da Rock User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130516 Thunderbird/17.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD10 Atheros wifi not working References: <534B32FA.30500@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <534BC380.90608@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <534E80AB.4000007@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <5350780F.2070806@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 12:13:03 -0000 On 04/18/14 21:15, Adrian Chadd wrote: > On 17 April 2014 17:55, Da Rock > 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.) Its out of a Compaq CQ series. Atheros - IC: 4104A-AR5B95H. > >>> >>> -a >>> >>> On 17 April 2014 11:00, Adrian Chadd 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. Hmmm. But that doesn't explain why it doesn't work when I manually set it again after the rc has completed and screwed up. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't... > > > -a > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"