Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:40:45 -0700 From: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org> To: "Edwin L. Culp" <eculp@cloudmaster.info> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ath0 802.11 comes up with Sam's patch but shows no carrier and I can't make it connect. Message-ID: <20080619234045.GC76058@citylink.fud.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <20080619182520.736036jkb7736k8w@intranet.cloudmaster.info> References: <20080619061612.39782fyb1v5rcnb4@intranet.cloudmaster.info> <3a142e750806190631u4d7e9d6ajd5b85f0a97cbb1d1@mail.gmail.com> <20080619182520.736036jkb7736k8w@intranet.cloudmaster.info>
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On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 06:25:20PM -0500, Edwin L. Culp wrote:
> Quoting "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com>:
>
>> Because it looks like you are using CURRENT, first you need to create
>> wlanX interface:
>>
>> ifconfig wlan create wlandev ath0
>>
>> Read man page of ath (if you did installed new world) and/or entry in
>> /usr/src/UPDATING dated 20080420.
>
> Sorry I missed that Paul. Thanks for calling it to my attention.
>
> I have tried to follow the instructions in the ath and wlan manual pages
> and the UPDATING file but my end result hasn't changed - "no carrier". I'm
> sure that I am still missing something else.
>
> My rc.conf has changed from:
>>> if_ath_load="yes"
>>> ifconfig_ath0="DHCP"
> to
> # ath new config
> wlans_ath0=wlan0
> ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
>
> My ifconfig is now:
>
> ath0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
> ether 00:1d:d9:27:5c:e5
> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
> status: no carrier
>
> wlan0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
^^^^^
For some reason your interface is not UP. The dhcp client should do this
so make sure its being launched.
> ether 00:1d:d9:27:5c:e5
> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
> status: no carrier
> ssid "" channel 1 (2412 Mhz 11b)
> regdomain 101 indoor ecm authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 16 bmiss 7
> scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7
> roam:rate 1 wme burst bintval 0
>
> Both have "no carrier" and neither will do scan
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