Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:05:32 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is 802.11a supposed to work with wpi? Message-ID: <4B37BE0C.4050908@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <3a142e750912270242sdeeeb96hce483958273f5f26@mail.gmail.com> References: <4B36D550.2050006@FreeBSD.org> <4B36E491.3000204@FreeBSD.org> <3a142e750912270242sdeeeb96hce483958273f5f26@mail.gmail.com>
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Paul B Mahol wrote: > On 12/27/09, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: >> Doug Barton wrote: >>> I have the infamous Intel 3945ABG, and an access point that does >>> 802.11a. The card works fine with WPA in Win XP, even with a wall or >>> two in between me and the AP. >>> >>> With FreeBSD I cannot get a link in 802.11a even with no encryption >>> and standing in the same room as the AP. Is it supposed to work? >> Thanks to Attilio I got my only other 11a card working and it can sync >> up with the AP even with WPA. It's not a strong signal, but it works >> just fine: >> >> SSID/MESH ID CHAN RATE S:N INT CAPS >> my11assid 52 54M -91:-96 100 EP WPA >> >> So this definitely appears to be a wpi issue. > > If you enable bootverbose (via loader or sysctl) what wpi says? Thanks for responding. :) Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/if_wpi.ko" at 0xc15a5270. wpi0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG> mem 0xecfff000-0xecffffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci12 wpi0: Driver Revision 20071127 wpi0: Hardware Revision (0x1) wpi0: Regulatory Domain: MoW1 wpi0: Hardware Type: B wpi0: Hardware Revision: ? wpi0: SKU does support 802.11a wpi0: [MPSAFE] wpi0: [ITHREAD] wpi0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps wpi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps wpi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps wpi0: need multicast update callback wpi0: need multicast update callback firmware: 'wpifw' version 2144: 149652 bytes loaded at 0xc64945ec wpi0: need multicast update callback wpi0: need multicast update callback wpi0: need multicast update callback wpi0: need multicast update callback -- Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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