Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 15:20:01 +0000 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: if_bwn woes Message-ID: <AANLkTikxTUZ5JBRSL_xrTBEoU8giO43vBJp4p1KVLNe7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinuNhr=y=r_ud-w1gY_B_um_gfvZA8xpqfzKdaD@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTintgXLf2cRrY5TU=piCYZke6y8audE_WJXsdoTZ@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTikpghsUJbCZ%2B8yc1oWMJFfs0KH9-gSqA-80n-nM@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTimVSfWnv_dTWJtKreti2SerngycKnpxFkweUDAM@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTinuNhr=y=r_ud-w1gY_B_um_gfvZA8xpqfzKdaD@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10/7/10, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> ifconfig wlan0 scan results in no output and takes forever (ie - it >>>> hangs) >>> If you set wlan0 for manual roaming it will not hang. >>> >>> Use 'ifconfig wlan0 list scan' instead. >> That worked, thanks. >> >> dhclient still results in no link being found. > > Are you sure that you setup is correct? > For example you can not connect to AP which require RSN authmode > if you configure wlan0 for OPEN authmode, you also may not > connect to AP if you are far away, because you are able > to receive and send doesn't mean AP can see your packets ........ > > Try changing ucastrate to lower values. > I'm not really sure what ucastrate does - but here it goes: $ifconfig wlan0 list scan|head -1 xyz 00:23:xx:yy:zz:aa:bb 1 54M -125:-95 102 E HTCAP WME $ifconfig wlan0 ssid xyz $dhclient wlan0 ... no link ... $ifconfig wlan0 ucastrate 9 $dhclient wlan0 ... no link ... $ifconfig wlan0 ucastrate 1 $dhclient wlan0 ... no link ... I'm fairly sure that I'm in an area where the signal reaches because when I was using the ndis driver (on an old install) it worked. This is a fresh install now. -- Eitan Adler
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