Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 23:44:54 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: ath and SMC wireless SMCWCB-N CardBus card Message-ID: <20080528234454.caf1aa31.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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Hi, Today I got a SMCWCB-N[2] CardBus card. According to pciconf -lv it has an Atheros chipset: none2@pci0:5:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0xee061113 chip=0x0023168c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' device = 'AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter' class = network It didn't get registered with the ath / ath_hal included in 7.0-stable: root@kg-i82# uname -a FreeBSD kg-i82.kg4.no 7.0-STABLE FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE #3: Wed May 28 15:59:38 CEST 2008 root@kg-i82.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/I81K i386 After a little Googling I found the updated ath_hal[1] at Sam's FreeBSD page and tried that. Now the card is recognized: ath0@pci0:5:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0xee061113 chip=0x0023168c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' device = 'AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter' class = network 'ifconfig -m' shows: root@kg-i82# ifconfig -m ath0 ath0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 00:13:f7:6f:2f:45 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) status: no carrier supported media: media OFDM/54Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt monitor media OFDM/54Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/54Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt hostap media OFDM/54Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/54Mbps mode autoselect media OFDM/48Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt monitor media OFDM/48Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/48Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt hostap media OFDM/48Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/48Mbps mode autoselect media OFDM/36Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt monitor media OFDM/36Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/36Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt hostap media OFDM/36Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/36Mbps mode autoselect media OFDM/24Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt monitor media OFDM/24Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/24Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt hostap media OFDM/24Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/24Mbps mode autoselect media OFDM/18Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt monitor media OFDM/18Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/18Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt hostap media OFDM/18Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/18Mbps mode autoselect media OFDM/12Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt monitor media OFDM/12Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/12Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt hostap media OFDM/12Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/12Mbps mode autoselect media OFDM/9Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt monitor media OFDM/9Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/9Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt hostap media OFDM/9Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/9Mbps mode autoselect media OFDM/6Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt monitor media OFDM/6Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/6Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt hostap media OFDM/6Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/6Mbps mode autoselect media DS/11Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt monitor media DS/11Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media DS/11Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt hostap media DS/11Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt adhoc media DS/11Mbps mode autoselect media DS/5.5Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt monitor media DS/5.5Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media DS/5.5Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt hostap media DS/5.5Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt adhoc media DS/5.5Mbps mode autoselect media DS/2Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt monitor media DS/2Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media DS/2Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt hostap media DS/2Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt adhoc media DS/2Mbps mode autoselect media DS/1Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt monitor media DS/1Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media DS/1Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt hostap media DS/1Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt adhoc media DS/1Mbps mode autoselect media OFDM/54Mbps mode 11g mediaopt monitor media OFDM/54Mbps mode 11g mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/54Mbps mode 11g mediaopt hostap media OFDM/54Mbps mode 11g mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/54Mbps mode 11g media OFDM/48Mbps mode 11g mediaopt monitor media OFDM/48Mbps mode 11g mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/48Mbps mode 11g mediaopt hostap media OFDM/48Mbps mode 11g mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/48Mbps mode 11g media OFDM/36Mbps mode 11g mediaopt monitor media OFDM/36Mbps mode 11g mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/36Mbps mode 11g mediaopt hostap media OFDM/36Mbps mode 11g mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/36Mbps mode 11g media OFDM/24Mbps mode 11g mediaopt monitor media OFDM/24Mbps mode 11g mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/24Mbps mode 11g mediaopt hostap media OFDM/24Mbps mode 11g mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/24Mbps mode 11g media OFDM/18Mbps mode 11g mediaopt monitor media OFDM/18Mbps mode 11g mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/18Mbps mode 11g mediaopt hostap media OFDM/18Mbps mode 11g mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/18Mbps mode 11g media OFDM/12Mbps mode 11g mediaopt monitor media OFDM/12Mbps mode 11g mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/12Mbps mode 11g mediaopt hostap media OFDM/12Mbps mode 11g mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/12Mbps mode 11g media OFDM/9Mbps mode 11g mediaopt monitor media OFDM/9Mbps mode 11g mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/9Mbps mode 11g mediaopt hostap media OFDM/9Mbps mode 11g mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/9Mbps mode 11g media OFDM/6Mbps mode 11g mediaopt monitor media OFDM/6Mbps mode 11g mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/6Mbps mode 11g mediaopt hostap media OFDM/6Mbps mode 11g mediaopt adhoc media OFDM/6Mbps mode 11g media DS/11Mbps mode 11g mediaopt monitor media DS/11Mbps mode 11g mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media DS/11Mbps mode 11g mediaopt hostap media DS/11Mbps mode 11g mediaopt adhoc media DS/11Mbps mode 11g media DS/5.5Mbps mode 11g mediaopt monitor media DS/5.5Mbps mode 11g mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media DS/5.5Mbps mode 11g mediaopt hostap media DS/5.5Mbps mode 11g mediaopt adhoc media DS/5.5Mbps mode 11g media DS/2Mbps mode 11g mediaopt monitor media DS/2Mbps mode 11g mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media DS/2Mbps mode 11g mediaopt hostap media DS/2Mbps mode 11g mediaopt adhoc media DS/2Mbps mode 11g media DS/1Mbps mode 11g mediaopt monitor media DS/1Mbps mode 11g mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media DS/1Mbps mode 11g mediaopt hostap media DS/1Mbps mode 11g mediaopt adhoc media DS/1Mbps mode 11g media autoselect mode 11g mediaopt monitor media autoselect mode 11g mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media autoselect mode 11g mediaopt hostap media autoselect mode 11g mediaopt adhoc media autoselect mode 11g media DS/11Mbps mode 11b mediaopt monitor media DS/11Mbps mode 11b mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media DS/11Mbps mode 11b mediaopt hostap media DS/11Mbps mode 11b mediaopt adhoc media DS/11Mbps mode 11b media DS/5.5Mbps mode 11b mediaopt monitor media DS/5.5Mbps mode 11b mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media DS/5.5Mbps mode 11b mediaopt hostap media DS/5.5Mbps mode 11b mediaopt adhoc media DS/5.5Mbps mode 11b media DS/2Mbps mode 11b mediaopt monitor media DS/2Mbps mode 11b mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media DS/2Mbps mode 11b mediaopt hostap media DS/2Mbps mode 11b mediaopt adhoc media DS/2Mbps mode 11b media DS/1Mbps mode 11b mediaopt monitor media DS/1Mbps mode 11b mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media DS/1Mbps mode 11b mediaopt hostap media DS/1Mbps mode 11b mediaopt adhoc media DS/1Mbps mode 11b media autoselect mode 11b mediaopt monitor media autoselect mode 11b mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media autoselect mode 11b mediaopt hostap media autoselect mode 11b mediaopt adhoc media autoselect mode 11b media autoselect mode autoselect mediaopt monitor media autoselect mode autoselect mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc media autoselect mode autoselect mediaopt hostap media autoselect mode autoselect mediaopt adhoc media autoselect mode autoselect ssid "" channel 1 (2412 Mhz 11b) authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 50 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11b 7 roam:rate11b 1 burst bintval 0 Unfortnately the card doesn't work, it doesn't want to talk to my access point at all. I guess this is just the state of things, now that atheros has closed their communications. What more info is needed? Do anyone want it? References: 1) http://people.freebsd.org/%7Esam/ath_hal-20070428.tgz 2) http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?event=viewProduct&localeCode=EN_USA&cid=5&scid=117&pid=1590 -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway
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