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Date:      Sun, 22 Jul 2012 22:08:02 -0400
From:      Kim Culhan <w8hdkim@gmail.com>
To:        Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: multi vap Multi-SSID with ath on FreeBSD 10-current
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On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hm, ok.
>
> So I'd start diagnosing this by setting up another FreeBSD device in
> monitor mode on that channel and capturing some beacons.
> Then take a look in wireshark and make sure you're seeing beacons consistently.
>
> I bet the beacon timer and beacon slot configuration is all subtly
> messed up, leading to this mess.

I've setup another machine running -current and have it running in monitor mode.

Some output looks like:

21:38:55.159960 709697219us tsft 1.0 Mb/s -21dB signal -96dB noise
antenna 1 2437 MHz 11g Beacon (ap1) [1.0* 2.0* 5.5* 11.0* 6.0 9.0 12.0
18.0 Mbit] ESS CH: 6
21:38:55.211339 709748597us tsft 1.0 Mb/s -14dB signal -96dB noise
antenna 1 2437 MHz 11g Beacon (ap2) [1.0* 2.0* 5.5* 11.0* 6.0 9.0 12.0
18.0 Mbit] ESS CH: 6, PRIVACY
21:38:55.236939 709774195us tsft 1.0 Mb/s -13dB signal -96dB noise
antenna 1 2437 MHz 11g Beacon (ap3) [1.0* 2.0* 5.5* 11.0* 6.0 9.0 12.0
18.0 Mbit] ESS CH: 6, PRIVACY
21:38:55.243399 709780617us tsft MCS 7 -55dB signal -96dB noise
antenna 1 2437 MHz 11g ht/40+ CF +QoS Data IV:68e Pad 20 KeyID 0
21:38:55.243403 709780661us tsft short preamble 24.0 Mb/s -18dB signal
-96dB noise antenna 1 2437 MHz 11g Acknowledgment RA:90:f6:52:75:eb:99
21:38:55.243859 709780972us tsft short preamble 24.0 Mb/s -17dB signal
-96dB noise antenna 1 2437 MHz 11g Request-To-Send
TA:fe:d1:11:38:3c:e5
21:38:55.243863 709781016us tsft short preamble 24.0 Mb/s -53dB signal
-96dB noise antenna 1 2437 MHz 11g Clear-To-Send RA:fe:d1:11:38:3c:e5

Looks like its good to go in monitor mode.

-kim



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