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Date:      Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:13:23 GMT
From:      Alex <freebsd.alex@spamfoodie.com>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   kern/129022: ath cannot connect using WEP
Message-ID:  <200811201913.mAKJDNV6076950@www.freebsd.org>
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>Number:         129022
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       ath cannot connect using WEP
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Nov 20 19:20:03 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Alex
>Release:        8-CURRENT
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD moshnroll 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #0: Thu Nov 20 16:58:53 CET 2008     root@moshnroll:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ARUNDEL  i386
>Description:
i'm not able to connect to my router using WEP encryption. if i disable encryption in my router i'm able to connect without any problems.

i'm using the following wifi-card:

ath0@pci0:5:1:0:        class=0x020000 card=0x5a001385 chip=0x0013168c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
    device     = 'AR5212, AR5213 802.11a/b/g Wireless Adapter'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet



my rc.conf contains the following wlan related entries:

wlans_ath0=wlan0
ifconfig_wlan0="inet 192.168.1.10 ssid XXXXXX wepmode on authmode shared wepkey 1:0xXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX wepkey 2:- wepkey 3:- wepkey 4:- deftxkey 1 channel 11"



this is the output from ifconfig:

ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
        ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g
        status: associated
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 
wlan0: flags=8c43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,OACTIVE,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
        inet 192.168.1.10 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
        status: no carrier
        ssid XXXXXX channel 11 (2462 Mhz 11g)
        country US ecm authmode SHARED privacy ON deftxkey 1 wepkey 1:104-bit
        txpower 18.5 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300
        bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode CTS wme burst ff
        dturbo



enabling wlan debugging using wlandebug scan+auth+assoc revealed the following errors:

Nov 20 19:24:58 moshnroll kernel: wlan0: notify scan done
Nov 20 19:24:58 moshnroll kernel: wlan0: [XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX] recv auth frame with algorithm 1 seq 2
Nov 20 19:24:58 moshnroll kernel: wlan0: [XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX] request encrypt frame (ieee80211_send_mgmt)
Nov 20 19:24:58 moshnroll kernel: wlan0: [XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX] encrypting frame (ieee80211_mgmt_output)
Nov 20 19:25:00 moshnroll kernel: wlan0: [XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX] ieee80211_scan_assoc_fail: reason 1
Nov 20 19:25:00 moshnroll kernel: wlan0: [XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX] sta_assoc_fail: reason 1 fails 2

please tell me if you need more info from the debug output.

here're the outputs of

athstats:

athstats: ath0: Invalid argument
athstats: ath0: Invalid argument
25206    data frames received
5286     data frames transmit
7        tx frames with an alternate rate
53       long on-chip tx retries
4        tx failed 'cuz too many retries
8554     mib overflow interrupts
1M       current transmit rate
108      tx frames with short preamble
663      rx failed 'cuz of bad CRC
36       rx failed 'cuz of PHY err
    36       CCK restart
15       periodic calibrations
30       rssi of last ack
20       avg recv rssi
-96      rx noise floor
4        fast frames flushed from staging q
Antenna profile:
[1] tx     3775 rx    25206
[2] tx     1509 rx        0



and wlanstats:

wlanstats: wlan0 (IEEE80211_IOC_STA_INFO): No such file or directory
wlanstats: wlan0 (IEEE80211_IOC_STA_STATS): No such file or directory
2002     rx from wrong bssid
3        rx discard 'cuz dup
2135     rx discard mgt frames
161      rx beacon frames
186      rx element unknown
1        rx discard 'cuz port unauthorized
107      active scans started
2618     rx management frames
1        tx failed 'cuz vap not in RUN state
0M       current transmit rate

cheers.
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