From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 20 00:11:14 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE2E01065676 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:11:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from thompsa@FreeBSD.org) Received: from pele.citylink.co.nz (pele.citylink.co.nz [202.8.44.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 767DA8FC1A for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:11:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from thompsa@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pele.citylink.co.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B66B2BD99; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:39:25 +1200 (NZST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at citylink.co.nz Received: from pele.citylink.co.nz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pele.citylink.co.nz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id EvfGxg4Pzu4v; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:39:21 +1200 (NZST) Received: from citylink.fud.org.nz (unknown [202.8.44.45]) by pele.citylink.co.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:39:21 +1200 (NZST) Received: by citylink.fud.org.nz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 9777D1142A; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:40:45 +1200 (NZST) Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:40:45 -0700 From: Andrew Thompson To: "Edwin L. Culp" Message-ID: <20080619234045.GC76058@citylink.fud.org.nz> References: <20080619061612.39782fyb1v5rcnb4@intranet.cloudmaster.info> <3a142e750806190631u4d7e9d6ajd5b85f0a97cbb1d1@mail.gmail.com> <20080619182520.736036jkb7736k8w@intranet.cloudmaster.info> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080619182520.736036jkb7736k8w@intranet.cloudmaster.info> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) 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. X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:11:14 -0000 On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 06:25:20PM -0500, Edwin L. Culp wrote: > Quoting "Paul B. Mahol" : > >> 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 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 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