From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 6 15:40:53 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 411A3CBF; Sat, 6 Jun 2015 15:40:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from miguelmclara@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ig0-x22b.google.com (mail-ig0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::22b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 00ED21B9D; Sat, 6 Jun 2015 15:40:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from miguelmclara@gmail.com) Received: by igbpi8 with SMTP id pi8so35344908igb.1; Sat, 06 Jun 2015 08:40:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=7mPKuUO9gs2jDxNfsJ6TZwrJmaC1zAb8H9Pnq0Vc01I=; b=vJ1lAultGJVN4T4RCH43MyUOR5aDHX2k0h2pz9iMVLT2bgz/TfkaNIWWhblFfDgWvT /pqsDaBbzF30OFo9GXLvfjeBFv6pOXOIUXIN1wkc7Tc/x0xuQPw+yRqxejPLmmdpzNke EbqCX7S14K/YZtVq/J9AT5VCjTPbm/qcg/rJ6h3UixMQiZEhSInd1FapTT4LKITNY5oo qjS1fcYsx2GpJP58ycWhTByZUTSzfao0mxbPnLCZXegTMjEGzHAPOtvxgMmz/O+dgASJ 5n4fn9muWP+0SctKndi4brHa1F3diDTLmF14cF9dOrKDSzIWGjl31ph8VrpV8ClF8xe2 PgWg== X-Received: by 10.43.33.142 with SMTP id so14mr15586861icb.36.1433605252310; Sat, 06 Jun 2015 08:40:52 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.64.98.167 with HTTP; Sat, 6 Jun 2015 08:40:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <550C505F.2030809@icloud.com> <550C9CEF.4040302@icloud.com> <550D2932.3090101@icloud.com> <55105594.7020300@icloud.com> <5572C39E.6070205@icloud.com> From: Miguel Clara Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2015 16:40:11 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Atheros AR9460 and Acer Aspire V17 Nitro on FreeBSD 11 not working To: Adrian Chadd Cc: Anders Bolt-Evensen , "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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: Sat, 06 Jun 2015 15:40:53 -0000 On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 4:31 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > If I had to hazard a guess, it's either: > > * a verison of the NIC that has some funky support that I haven't seen > yet, and I have to port from ath9k, and/or > * it has rfkill enabled by default somehow, and I have to go fix that. > > I know these are expensive, but this is what it's like doing hardware. > :) Matt Dillon @ DragonflyBSD bought me the Asus zenbook so I could > fix the wifi there, and that's why the zenbook works great now. > Want to trade the zenbook for the Acer S3 391? :P I was acctually considering buying a zenbook and selling this one to get the If I get a good deal, I want moaaar RAM and this can't have more than 4G But seriously now, the this model should be less than 600$, so its half the price of the V17 Nitro, I can't buy one but maybe someone can? > > -adrian > > > On 6 June 2015 at 08:29, Miguel Clara wrote: >> This the same card I have on a Acer S3 391 (which would be much >> cheaper for you Adrian, in case anyone wants to buy you one with this >> cards sadly I don't have the money) >> >> Anyway I see this issue but not always and there was a time where it >> worked fine, (I've mailled about this before, and I'm not sure if >> there's a PR) list scan seems to work but list only a few networks >> (but I guess this means at some point scan got some results) >> Also, If you know the netwroks detail you can at least add them to >> wpa_supplicant.conf and it works fine for both 2.4 and 5Ghtz. >> >> >> Melhores Cumprimentos // Best Regards >> ----------------------------------------------- >> Miguel Clara >> IT - Sys Admin & Developer >> >> >> On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 4:18 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm sorry - it's likely something silly like rfkill, but I'd have to >>> fiddle around with the laptop to make it work. They're unfortunately >>> $1200, so I can't just go and buy one to make it work. >>> >>> If someone's willing to buy me and ship one to me, I'll go figure out >>> what the deal is. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> >>> -adrian >>> >>> On 6 June 2015 at 02:55, Anders Bolt-Evensen wrote: >>>> Is there any news regarding an eventual solution to my problems with the >>>> Atheros AR9460 driver not working? >>>> >>>> Over a couple of weeks I ran Ubuntu on this machine, the Atheros driver on >>>> Linux seems to work fine, before I decided to switch back to FreeBSD. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 03/23/2015 20:02, Adrian Chadd wrote: >>>>> >>>>> No, it's something in the ath driver and ath_hal code. >>>>> >>>>> I'm sorry, I've been busy debugging other things in my limited spare >>>>> time; I just haven't had the chance to sit down and look at the rfkill >>>>> code. :( >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -a >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >>>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"