Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:17:24 +0100 From: "Carsten Wiedmann" <carsten_sttgt@gmx.de> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/174722: [wlan] can't use channel 12 and 13 (14) with my wifi interface Message-ID: <20121228151724.299770@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmomQLPVkxHW6CjOucvDQ5JBC2q4wF7uEpexCPo9kbp2mFQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <201212281250.qBSCo2kR026582@freefall.freebsd.org> <CAJ-VmomQLPVkxHW6CjOucvDQ5JBC2q4wF7uEpexCPo9kbp2mFQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Adrian, I guess you mean: ifconfig wlan0 regdomain ETSI or ifconfig wlan0 country DE But this makes no difference. I only have the channels 1-11. And "ifconfig wlan0" is always showing the correct: "regdomain ETSI country DE" Of course, I don't understand why it isn't enough to set "country DE" in "/etc/rc.conf"? >From "man ifconfig" --> country: | Set the country code to use in calculating the regulatory con- | straints for operation. In particular the set of available chan- | nels, how the wireless device will operation on the channels, and >From "man regdomain" (The regdomain.xml file): | This information is used by the ifconfig(8) program to construct regula- | tory state for download to the system. And in "/etc/regdomain.xml" I have: | <rd id="etsi"> | <name>ETSI</name> | <sku>0x30</sku> | <netband mode="11b"> | <band> | <freqband ref="F1_2412_2472"/> | <maxpower>30</maxpower> | <flags>IEEE80211_CHAN_B</flags> | </band> | </netband> | <netband mode="11g"> | <band> | <freqband ref="F1_2412_2472"/> | <maxpower>30</maxpower> | <flags>IEEE80211_CHAN_G</flags> | </band> | </netband> | ... 2412 is channel 1 2472 is channel 13 Regards, Carsten -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 06:29:19 -0800 > Von: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> > An: Carsten Wiedmann <carsten_sttgt@gmx.de> > CC: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org > Betreff: Re: kern/174722: [wlan] can\'t use channel 12 and 13 (14) with my wifi interface > Hm, ok, so try: > > ifconfig wlan0 down > ifconfig wlan0 ecm > ifconfig wlan0 regdomain DE > ifconfig wlan0 up > ifconfig wlan0 list channel > > > > Adrian > > > On 28 December 2012 04:50, Carsten Wiedmann <carsten_sttgt@gmx.de> wrote: > > The following reply was made to PR kern/174722; it has been noted by > GNATS. > > > > From: "Carsten Wiedmann" <carsten_sttgt@gmx.de> > > To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, carsten_sttgt@gmx.de > > Cc: > > Subject: Re: kern/174722: [wlan] can't use channel 12 and 13 (14) with > my wifi > > interface > > Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:47:59 +0100 > > > > Hmmm, doesn't work: > > > > freebsd# ifconfig wlan0 list regdomain > > :regdomain ETSI country DE anywhere ecm > > Channel 1 : 2412 MHz 11b Channel 6 : 2437 MHz > 11g > > Channel 1 : 2412 MHz 11g Channel 7 : 2442 MHz > 11b > > Channel 2 : 2417 MHz 11b Channel 7 : 2442 MHz > 11g > > Channel 2 : 2417 MHz 11g Channel 8 : 2447 MHz > 11b > > Channel 3 : 2422 MHz 11b Channel 8 : 2447 MHz > 11g > > Channel 3 : 2422 MHz 11g Channel 9 : 2452 MHz > 11b > > Channel 4 : 2427 MHz 11b Channel 9 : 2452 MHz > 11g > > Channel 4 : 2427 MHz 11g Channel 10 : 2457 MHz > 11b > > Channel 5 : 2432 MHz 11b Channel 10 : 2457 MHz > 11g > > Channel 5 : 2432 MHz 11g Channel 11 : 2462 MHz > 11b > > Channel 6 : 2437 MHz 11b Channel 11 : 2462 MHz > 11g > > > > BTW: > > Even "ifconfig wlan0 ecm" is changing this setting, I can't find "ecm" > in "man ifconfig"? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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"
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