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hi all..

i'm having trouble getting an ath card to work properly

ifconfig output:
ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
	inet6 fe80::280:c8ff:fe16:eb4b%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
	ether 00:80:c8:16:eb:4b
	media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/11Mbps)
	status: associated
	ssid accesspoint 1:accesspoint
	channel 6 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
	wepmode OFF weptxkey 1

output of wicontrol:

C serial number:			[  ]
Station name:				[ myhost ]
SSID for IBSS creation:			[ accesspoint ]
Current netname (SSID):			[ accesspoint ]
Desired netname (SSID):			[ accesspoint ]
Current BSSID:				[ 00:0f:66:8b:60:13 ]
Channel list:				[ ffe 0 1510 1515 1 0 0 0 0 2320 23 ]
IBSS channel:				[ 6 ]
Current channel:			[ 6 ]
Comms quality/signal/noise:		[ 0 32 0 ]
Promiscuous mode:			[ Off ]
Intersil-Prism2 based card:		[ 1 ]
Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc):		[ 1 ]
MAC address:				[ 00:80:c8:16:eb:4b ]
TX rate (selection):			[ 0 ]
TX rate (actual speed):			[ 11 ]
RTS/CTS handshake threshold:		[ 2312 ]
Create IBSS:				[ Off ]
Access point density:			[ 1 ]
Power Mgmt (1=on, 0=off):		[ 0 ]
Max sleep time:				[ 100 ]
WEP encryption:				[ Off ]
TX encryption key:			[ 1 ]
Encryption keys:			[  ][  ][  ][  ]


it dies see the router because it has status: associated and the channel
setting is the one off the accesspoint.
when i turn the nic off and try to ping out i get:

ping: sendto: Network is down.

network is not down because if i turn the nic on again i can do the ping.

the router is common syslink one and the wireless setup is the
basic/default one with no wep yet.
i should say that the card was able to ping th router when the nic card
didn't come up - that happens sometimes on this machine - t20 thinkpad.
freebsd 5.2.1

is it an irq thing between the two cards?


what else needs to be done in order to get the card working?

thanks...