Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2015 10:33:24 +0300 From: Zsolt SZASZ <zsolty_szasz@yahoo.com> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: trouble connecting to wifi Message-ID: <559397C4.6000700@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmonTY1tFqdy8%2Bhs6i770Mv89o3yNP83JzeKXDyzPU%2BK8fg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAJ-Vmokz5Lj4xnn2qStFONmrb3GTGVAt%2B1L=0FmDTGXYfc7yaA@mail.gmail.com> <40578426.2258333.1435608895736.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <CAJ-VmonTY1tFqdy8%2Bhs6i770Mv89o3yNP83JzeKXDyzPU%2BK8fg@mail.gmail.com>
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Its working stable! I try to contact the pfsense core team about this option to be added in the future. Shall I install 11-Current and continue from there with the testing? On 6/30/2015 12:19 AM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > hi, > > you can do that. but I'm surprised there's no way in pfsense to > explicitly configure the channel as being ht/20 only. > > You may find some devices won't let you tune to channel 13. It's all > very regulatory-y restricted. > > > -a > > > On 29 June 2015 at 13:14, zsolty szasz <zsolty_szasz@yahoo.com> wrote: >> I checked all the wireless channels which my adapter supports. >> >> #ifconfig -v ath0_wlan0 list channel >> Channel 1 : 2412 MHz 11b Channel 7 : 2442 MHz 11g >> Channel 1 : 2412 MHz 11g Channel 7 : 2442 MHz 11g >> ht/20 >> Channel 1 : 2412 MHz 11g ht/20 Channel 7 : 2442 MHz 11g >> ht/40+ >> Channel 1 : 2412 MHz 11g ht/40+ Channel 7 : 2442 MHz 11g >> ht/40- >> Channel 2 : 2417 MHz 11b Channel 8 : 2447 MHz 11b >> Channel 2 : 2417 MHz 11g Channel 8 : 2447 MHz 11g >> Channel 2 : 2417 MHz 11g ht/20 Channel 8 : 2447 MHz 11g >> ht/20 >> Channel 2 : 2417 MHz 11g ht/40+ Channel 8 : 2447 MHz 11g >> ht/40- >> Channel 3 : 2422 MHz 11b Channel 9 : 2452 MHz 11b >> Channel 3 : 2422 MHz 11g Channel 9 : 2452 MHz 11g >> Channel 3 : 2422 MHz 11g ht/20 Channel 9 : 2452 MHz 11g >> ht/20 >> Channel 3 : 2422 MHz 11g ht/40+ Channel 9 : 2452 MHz 11g >> ht/40- >> Channel 4 : 2427 MHz 11b Channel 10 : 2457 MHz 11b >> Channel 4 : 2427 MHz 11g Channel 10 : 2457 MHz 11g >> Channel 4 : 2427 MHz 11g ht/20 Channel 10 : 2457 MHz 11g >> ht/20 >> Channel 4 : 2427 MHz 11g ht/40+ Channel 10 : 2457 MHz 11g >> ht/40- >> Channel 5 : 2432 MHz 11b Channel 11 : 2462 MHz 11b >> Channel 5 : 2432 MHz 11g Channel 11 : 2462 MHz 11g >> Channel 5 : 2432 MHz 11g ht/20 Channel 11 : 2462 MHz 11g >> ht/20 >> Channel 5 : 2432 MHz 11g ht/40+ Channel 11 : 2462 MHz 11g >> ht/40- >> Channel 5 : 2432 MHz 11g ht/40- Channel 12 : 2467 MHz 11b >> Channel 6 : 2437 MHz 11b Channel 12 : 2467 MHz 11g >> Channel 6 : 2437 MHz 11g Channel 12 : 2467 MHz 11g >> ht/20 >> Channel 6 : 2437 MHz 11g ht/20 Channel 13 : 2472 MHz 11b >> Channel 6 : 2437 MHz 11g ht/40+ Channel 13 : 2472 MHz 11g >> Channel 6 : 2437 MHz 11g ht/40- Channel 13 : 2472 MHz 11g >> ht/20 >> Channel 7 : 2442 MHz 11b >> >> I changed my settings to channel 13 since that is using only ht/20. Is that >> ok for further testing? >> >> #ifconfig >> ath0_wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu >> 1500 >> ether 30:b5:c2:63:51:77 >> inet6 fe80::32b5:c2ff:fe63:5177%ath0_wlan0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8 >> inet 192.168.2.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255 >> nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> >> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11ng <hostap> >> status: running >> ssid freebsdap channel 13 (2472 MHz 11g ht/20) bssid >> 30:b5:c2:63:51:77 >> regdomain ETSI country RO indoor ecm authmode WPA2/802.11i >> privacy MIXED deftxkey 2 AES-CCM 2:128-bit txpower 30 scanvalid 60 >> protmode OFF ampdulimit 64k ampdudensity 8 shortgi wme burst >> -apbridge >> dtimperiod 1 -dfs >> >> >> >> >> On Monday, June 29, 2015 12:45 AM, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote: >> >> >> no, you'll have to ask the pfsense people if they provided a UI to set >> the channel to HT/20 only. >> >> >> -a >> >> >> On 28 June 2015 at 14:37, Zsolt SZASZ <zsolty_szasz@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> with ifconfig ath0_wlan0 -ampdu ? or default? >>> >>> >>> On 6/28/2015 11:41 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: >>>> Ok, it's doing HT/40 in 11n mode, and you're on channel 3. >>>> >>>> Try HT/20. >>>> >>>> >>>> -a >>>> >>>> >>>> On 28 June 2015 at 13:37, Zsolt SZASZ <zsolty_szasz@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>>> ifconfig returns this (ifconfig ath0_wlan0 -ampdu is setup): >>>>> >>>>> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu >>>>> 2290 >>>>> ether 30:b5:c2:63:51:77 >>>>> nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> >>>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11ng >>>>> <hostap> >>>>> status: running >>>>> >>>>> ath0_wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 >>>>> mtu >>>>> 1500 >>>>> ether 30:b5:c2:63:51:77 >>>>> inet6 fe80::32b5:c2ff:fe63:5177%ath0_wlan0 prefixlen 64 scopeid >>>>> 0x8 >>>>> inet 192.168.2.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255 >>>>> nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> >>>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11ng >>>>> <hostap> >>>>> status: running >>>>> ssid freebsdap channel 3 (2422 MHz 11g ht/40+) bssid >>>>> 30:b5:c2:63:51:77 >>>>> regdomain ETSI country RO indoor ecm authmode WPA2/802.11i >>>>> privacy MIXED deftxkey 3 AES-CCM 2:128-bit AES-CCM 3:128-bit >>>>> txpower 30 scanvalid 60 protmode OFF -ampdu ampdulimit 64k >>>>> ampdudensity 8 shortgi wme burst -apbridge dtimperiod 1 -dfs >>>>> >>>>> stable 11g is: >>>>> >>>>> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu >>>>> 2290 >>>>> ether 30:b5:c2:63:51:77 >>>>> nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> >>>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g >>>>> <hostap> >>>>> status: running >>>>> >>>>> ath0_wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 >>>>> mtu >>>>> ether 30:b5:c2:63:51:77 >>>>> inet6 fe80::32b5:c2ff:fe63:5177%ath0_wlan0 prefixlen 64 scopeid >>>>> 0x8 >>>>> inet 192.168.2.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255 >>>>> nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> >>>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g >>>>> <hostap> >>>>> status: running >>>>> ssid freebsdap channel 3 (2422 MHz 11g) bssid 30:b5:c2:63:51:77 >>>>> regdomain ETSI country RO indoor ecm authmode WPA2/802.11i >>>>> privacy MIXED deftxkey 2 AES-CCM 2:128-bit txpower 30 scanvalid >>>>> 60 >>>>> protmode OFF wme burst -apbridge dtimperiod 1 -dfs >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 6/27/2015 8:28 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: >>>>>> ok, so you have to use no-11n in order for it to be tsable, ok. >>>>>> >>>>>> when you test, can you just verify that it's always using the same >>>>>> channel? >>>>>> >>>>>> are you using HT/20 or HT/40 when you're in 11n mode? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -a >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 25 June 2015 at 08:10, zsolty szasz <zsolty_szasz@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>>>>> No joy! >>>>>>> Besides that I had also a lot of these: ath0_wlan0: discard frame w/o >>>>>>> leading ethernet header (len 6 pkt len 6). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> One night when WiFi stopped working then I came with my laptop in my >>>>>>> hand >>>>>>> to >>>>>>> sit in front of my router to do the usual ifconfig ath0 down/up but >>>>>>> before >>>>>>> doing that I observed that while I was near to the wifi antenna with >>>>>>> my >>>>>>> laptop the wifi started to work fine again without doing anything (on >>>>>>> laptop >>>>>>> the connection went from 15Mbps to 280Mbps automatically). I don't >>>>>>> know >>>>>>> it >>>>>>> this information is usefully to you. Of course this happened only one >>>>>>> time, >>>>>>> I tried next day the same and it wasn't enough. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Monday, June 22, 2015 11:07 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> That's fine. Ok, try this: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ifconfig ath0_wlan0 -ampdu >>>>>>> >>>>>>> .. then reassociate evryone. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -adrian >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>
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