Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:36:42 -0800 From: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: How to troubleshoot why ath0 can't connect to a passwordless wireless network? Message-ID: <20090209143642.168421bp9jjvs7i8@webmail.rawbw.com>
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I have a several wireless networks without password that my linux box easily connects to. On FreeBSD 'ifconfig ath0 up scan' command shows it. 'ifconfig ath0 ssid <my-ssid> up' brings interface to 'associated' state. But dhclient fails to set it up. I have another device on the same system: ral0. It sometimes connects to these networks ok, sometimes has the same problem. What can I do to understand what may be a problem with ath0 in my case? I tried to use tcpdump. It shows outbound DHCP packets and nothing is inbound. I asked similar question here before, somebody asked me to downgrade atheros driver to one particular lower version. But this didn't help. Relevant dmesg lines are: ath_hal: 0.9.30.13 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5216, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413, RF2133) ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xcffe0000-0xcffeffff irq 16 at device 5.0 on pci0 ath0: mac 7.8 phy 4.5 radio 5.6 I use 71-PRERELEASE Yuri
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