Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 09:15:11 -0500 From: Adam <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Dhananjay Balan <mail@dbalan.in> Cc: Christoph Moench-Tegeder <cmt@burggraben.net>, FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can't seem to use 5GHz APs with Intel wireless Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK01we3J3OzyZ=OBdntmg2FKdE7F1ccJJHB98YhsNujT=Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20180604025016.xe5ezrkjum7gs3pv@kazhap> References: <20180601091031.72u7tqfkatsl3guh@kazhap> <20180601223711.GA93642@elch.exwg.net> <20180603145342.qziiv7awhr4cvs73@kazhap> <20180603173330.p6h7x6vznzxwbqmp@squirrel.exwg.net> <20180604025016.xe5ezrkjum7gs3pv@kazhap>
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On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 9:50 PM, Dhananjay Balan <mail@dbalan.in> wrote: > 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 > > Thanks for the posting. It appears I made some errors in my previous response. I'm using an iwm, not iwn. And after your pointer I changed my country to NO which then allows me to see, but not associate to 5gz. Good yours is working. -- Adam
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