Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 08:20:16 +0530 From: Dhananjay Balan <mail@dbalan.in> To: Christoph Moench-Tegeder <cmt@burggraben.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't seem to use 5GHz APs with Intel wireless Message-ID: <20180604025016.xe5ezrkjum7gs3pv@kazhap> In-Reply-To: <20180603173330.p6h7x6vznzxwbqmp@squirrel.exwg.net> References: <20180601091031.72u7tqfkatsl3guh@kazhap> <20180601223711.GA93642@elch.exwg.net> <20180603145342.qziiv7awhr4cvs73@kazhap> <20180603173330.p6h7x6vznzxwbqmp@squirrel.exwg.net>
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On Sun, Jun 03, 2018 at 07:33:30PM +0200, Christoph Moench-Tegeder wrote: > Is the regdomain/country setting correct for your area and matches your > AP? Especially in the 5GHz band there are some "gaps" - not all channels > may be used in all countries (because of possible interference with > radar equipment and other stuff). See: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels#5_GHz_(802.11a/h/j/n/ac/ax) > Thanks for taking time to explain. Turns out PEBKAC. I had this offending line burried in rc.conf create_args_wlan0="country DE regdomain FCC4" According to regdomain(5) <!-- FCC4 is 2.4GHz FCC w/ Public Safety Band (PSB) --> So I was forcing my card to do 2.4Ghz it seems, removed it - everything worked like charm. I can see and connect to 5GHz 11a aps. wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 ether xxxx inet 192.168.1.13 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet MCS mode 11na status: associated ssid xxxx channel 36 (5180 MHz 11a ht/40+) bssid xxxxxxxx regdomain FCC country US authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF TKIP 2:128-bit txpower 17 bmiss 10 mcastrate 6 mgmtrate 6 scanvalid 60 ampdulimit 64k ampdudensity 4 -amsdutx amsdurx shortgi -stbc -ldpc wme roaming MANUAL - dbalan
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