Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:12:29 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: freebsd_user@guice.ath.cx Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATHEROS -- 802.11a/b/g Wireless Lan Mini PCI Express -- 6459-CTO Message-ID: <20080914041229.85F1B4500F@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:43:01 EDT." <20080913234149.GA2420@6281.guice.ath.cx>
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--==_Exmh_1221365549_17027P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline > Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:43:01 -0400 > From: freebsd_user@guice.ath.cx > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > MACHINE: THINKPAD T61P > MACHINE TYPE: 6459-CTO > NETWORK ADAPTER: 11a/b/g Wireless Lan Mini PCI Express (windows) > - > FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE i386 <== fresh install > - > ==> What FreeBSD see's: > ==> /var/run/dmesg.boot > > ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) > ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xd7df0000-0xd7dfffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci3 > ath0: [ITHREAD] > ath0: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface > ath0: Ethernet address: 00:1f:3a:4d:45:d1 > ath0: mac 10.3 phy 6.1 radio 10.2 > > ==> pciconf -l -v |grep -i atheros > vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' > device = 'AR5212 Atheros AR5212 802.11abg wireless' > > ==> kldstat > Id Refs Address Size Name > 1 4 0xc0400000 906518 kernel > 2 2 0xc0d07000 6a32c acpi.ko > 3 1 0xc70e9000 5000 acpi_ibm.ko > > ==> Attempting to get the wireless nic online: > ==> We're not sure what chipset is involved here. All > we have in the way of identification for this wireless > device is what we see from another machine with windows > installed. Looks like an Atheros AR5212. Same as the one in my Thinkpad. > ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > ether 00:1f:3a:4d:45:d1 > inet 192.168.1.111 netmask 0xe1ffff00 broadcast 222.168.1.255 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/54Mbps) > status: no carrier > ssid SORRY channel 34 (5170 Mhz 11a) > authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 31.5 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan > bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11a 7 roam:rate11a 12 burst How are you configuring this? The netmask is bogus. e1ffff00? Very weird! If it is a static address, try "ifconfig ath0 192.168.1.111/24". You may also need to set the default route with "route add default 192.168.1.1" (The last digit may need to be changed if your router is not at .1) If it is DHCP configured, fix your DHCP server! > This machine has both and led for bluetooth and > wireless nic; both are hardware controlled with a power > switch to simultanesously turn them off and on. While > this hardware switch is 'on' during boot/reboot, the > 'bluetooth' led is lit while the wireless nic led is > off. > > In an attempt to get the wireless nic (Atheros) > online/connected we did the following: > > sysctl dev.acpi_ibm.0.bluetooth=1 > dev.acpi_ibm.0.bluetooth: 1 -> 0 > > # Bluetooth led goes off; wireless nic remains off; > fn+f5 key doesn't do a thing even though acpi_ibm is > loaded. Nope, turning the bluetooth off and on will have no effect on the atheros and, unlike on Windows, the ath driver only turns on the LED when it is transmitting, so, if it's misconfigured so that it does not transmit, the LED will not light at all. > > The device continues to not connect to the LAN via the > ath0 (Atheros). With that configuration, I would not expect it to do so. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 --==_Exmh_1221365549_17027P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 06/03/2002 iD8DBQFIzI8tkn3rs5h7N1ERAodNAKCydcb5VW/0d3Re8njaT2tKWbmKhwCeLhzs DSLI6QcSoPTrj/JRytsNlxk= =8JLp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1221365549_17027P--
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