From owner-freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Wed Jul 1 07:40:19 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 127269920E6 for ; Wed, 1 Jul 2015 07:40:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zsolty_szasz@yahoo.com) Received: from nm31-vm1.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com (nm31-vm1.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com [72.30.239.9]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C81DF2A76 for ; Wed, 1 Jul 2015 07:40:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zsolty_szasz@yahoo.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s2048; t=1435736001; bh=n43mhuC7lVAinwAojwBf4h6KSn7ELjSLKid2fMpC5nA=; h=Date:From:To:CC:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From:Subject; b=kJVgWFJ3l67NeyaPTrrTrvxsCQojd9Ig3FrSE9s1X9GCJrJroFzXtHarELaaYP23AH2CBda52IEpmhPLqKar2le3pmLPqQeYZSnG2J90X7nZkuT/ZOliStt5moBTXYU+vtAU102QedJULjgEssEXm0KD1cxX8JHRi55n9dxuS3SfgellodB2XNzO9uB9TGUDSRPWVPCHetBZ+Vzqiy7SdGYCM7+Xatat20SxqrqJtH3F5ROb1BGgKwuIhUxuXDuqxtQYhT5NNGtt3D+VkRCAdyVuITWjxWqBFi0w/hKY2ap94AS41vpr86Jd/pHBZPTeJH2uhJprJyncOFQ2xvysOg== Received: from [98.139.170.182] by nm31.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 01 Jul 2015 07:33:21 -0000 Received: from [68.142.230.70] by tm25.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 01 Jul 2015 07:33:20 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp227.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 01 Jul 2015 07:33:20 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 763832.98862.bm@smtp227.mail.bf1.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: MiiwP0MVM1mR25ZzRcNtB.q.Xs0eD33fYelFbtf4ueaO2fi D0urUZnbDzaf15EKK_IVMcHlCF2qRlNq8.cItcBWdBg0wL.had_JotgDiY9Q A9mfAtSTpVXNAYNdUJSzJYEYMY4.cisa90qCtsrKeFieFRZHSszcbyjz1ULb aEhV7ftAaGzblzhSgSYs.KbMErt_d9naBCj1TGiPytnK8Q2736Msa7.6VPvM 2bcKIGb9_svkHK9IT8jgf4rKMLHRBUv4qW2WV0WSl.OI4zp3Ymh8Nj3GKUk5 Jej1zAkNVYwQp0TNR7NsWqdMnEkagaj1pf.eQx77_MI_0K8ecvnJsVBSra7l PnP03UytpE8IHgc0yjOjv4nuWQ.DH2dXE30bpS0EUQ25Q61WsG4n0pbeOseS 5b4yfl0zV1FXiDS751ZiRtWmFNlYgeOBzoqSPFqr9w.9RP4hgnWOIvh6KKuS .tXo79yqEg4b9IU6k.bxhMN4RROytc4C3eUoII91Mlidndh_hajlP55WdXla HZo7sWkPMA5L_Zvp3NYGJhowV6Gop736t0AOsmA-- X-Yahoo-SMTP: 5y9VXDCswBBSOv5OTvOKSRzDQZXeB9iZDw-- Message-ID: <559397C4.6000700@yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2015 10:33:24 +0300 From: Zsolt SZASZ User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Adrian Chadd CC: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: trouble connecting to wifi References: <40578426.2258333.1435608895736.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2015 07:40:19 -0000 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 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 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 >> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11ng >> 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 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 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 wrote: >>>>> ifconfig returns this (ifconfig ath0_wlan0 -ampdu is setup): >>>>> >>>>> ath0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu >>>>> 2290 >>>>> ether 30:b5:c2:63:51:77 >>>>> nd6 options=21 >>>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11ng >>>>> >>>>> status: running >>>>> >>>>> ath0_wlan0: flags=8843 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 >>>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11ng >>>>> >>>>> 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 metric 0 mtu >>>>> 2290 >>>>> ether 30:b5:c2:63:51:77 >>>>> nd6 options=21 >>>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g >>>>> >>>>> status: running >>>>> >>>>> ath0_wlan0: flags=8843 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 >>>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g >>>>> >>>>> 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 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 >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> That's fine. Ok, try this: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ifconfig ath0_wlan0 -ampdu >>>>>>> >>>>>>> .. then reassociate evryone. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -adrian >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>