From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 16 20:04:05 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E140216A4CE for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 20:04:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from out003.verizon.net (out003pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.103]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6784043D46 for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 20:04:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Alex.Kovalenko@verizon.net) Received: from RabbitsDen ([70.21.161.195]) by out003.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20041216200404.EVAW1106.out003.verizon.net@RabbitsDen>; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:04:04 -0600 From: "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" To: Andrea Campi In-Reply-To: <20041216082355.GA58798@webcom.it> References: <41BBA812.2030006@errno.com> <1103166432.995.15.camel@RabbitsDen> <20041216082355.GA58798@webcom.it> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-5 Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:04:00 -0500 Message-Id: <1103227440.972.6.camel@RabbitsDen> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out003.verizon.net from [70.21.161.195] at Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:04:04 -0600 cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WEP and 802.11 drivers X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 20:04:06 -0000 On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 09:23 +0100, Andrea Campi wrote: > On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 10:07:12PM -0500, Alexandre Sunny Kovalenko wrote: > > Since adding wlan_wep to the kernel config, I do not have traps and > > double faults, but neither I have wireless connectivity -- card gets > > configured and claims to associate, occasionally I even get as far as > > obtaining address via DHCP, but that is all I can get. Intermittently I > > get 'host is down' from ping. At that point, ifconfig would show > > 'status' as 'no carrier'. > > Try playing with /usr/src/tools/tools/ath/80211debug and set different > flags until you get some more info. If you see it whining about invalid > transitions from INIT -> RUN, you are seeing the same issue I am. > Sam didn't reply to an email about this, so might be either too busy > or not interested on fixing wi (although at least a reply to that effect > would be nice). I'll probably start debugging this during the holidays, > or I'll have to go back to 5.STABLE, which I would hate. > > Bye, > Andrea > A little bit of update -- I have got my hands on the Linksys WPC55AG (Atheros based card) and it does not seem any happier then previous two -- shows stations in the vicinity and starts channel hopping. There is a lot more debugging information coming from this one as opposed to the 'wi' but end result seems to be the same. This same card is working in 5.3-stable from mid-November with the same setup (different laptop though). I have not had a chance to try it in non-WEP environment, maybe will get around to it tonight. -- Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko (Олександр Коваленко)