From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Sun Jun 3 16:06:08 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58291FD36FB for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2018 16:06:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x241.google.com (mail-io0-x241.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::241]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DF11B6C91C for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2018 16:06:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x241.google.com with SMTP id s26-v6so3559113ioj.4 for ; Sun, 03 Jun 2018 09:06:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=yxCv/BmRwDWoXSXpHgYXw3GfGxz0d3bD/5GYP4bMfmQ=; b=mmXhMJAdsAn2sJO9nmrTvb/6tGShOpLfZfUZcHYushcAOAToFZXdsnzC2zPOuCf86l aZ8mQi+SUpgU31TZc+6JoLrFtwMTveSS7dVt5VWW26t0dEF9GaP2Nj/9hw5h+8OTWRsG 41y/Dh/HR6S7toZXfI4DpbCYK2sGYTFlVzTy7qPAI6F0ggfK7m21HkjDvdn9RqJvBMlI yV7G8hCG4djr7L7QXmcB+9LwgRJLcRO3aj7PgUxkcWKrtyg3P8Sseb4H3Ys5XKJpUM4X XJNz5u/Jg5ztuDYuyvZf6LtpRy01O4PazD5OHfZQNX7nNUn5acK9Ebw+hIN1Govh0UxP 3P/g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=yxCv/BmRwDWoXSXpHgYXw3GfGxz0d3bD/5GYP4bMfmQ=; b=ftLeRpWTSXHpxBW7lLnlsxT20/MtskTU+DOCx1cEbb7bFh8aRjV1zOahdjV8nOyoSI N+1lSQcvWpTLBp4m5gpguW7GhBjw4vlfKA3gAd8kEETBpvK7wNdXf8gyioa2vN8b6ZSs pB4lHuU1byXTevzXEZzF2Qkxirb8R4r+NXGNQKjkLunOsDWvEfoqeyjeNTRnvoNbu47H 7OrRNhEVbXB9dFuZm3YKAFJmMkmWvTVW2o8GVaia0FKG/dVk0Vi84OsP21hJBfqRESX2 RMccKCFD9Isz9hebgV5S1oeTUhM5QH2k7CW2RNl/8Su1pXuT3b9cxvr38CdKspfpy6W5 FuOQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALKqPweAvtGGfi38WDV7KDsvrQpw+688elfBruA2nIhSbLCGNJtODesn kbEejNrDSm0nMKGI1drh9/K4xwccXW2gstk0UCQ= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADUXVKJw2vDFMtB1lOM2uRscSUHJwUzrJe+jt/kIRH1Edlit0DKm6+rDo846G5YPzx5+2Xps26qDW3XA9wjmriUFzws= X-Received: by 2002:a6b:214a:: with SMTP id h71-v6mr16989128ioh.229.1528041967194; Sun, 03 Jun 2018 09:06:07 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a02:8d5c:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Sun, 3 Jun 2018 09:06:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20180603145342.qziiv7awhr4cvs73@kazhap> References: <20180601091031.72u7tqfkatsl3guh@kazhap> <20180601223711.GA93642@elch.exwg.net> <20180603145342.qziiv7awhr4cvs73@kazhap> From: Adam Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2018 11:06:06 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Can't seem to use 5GHz APs with Intel wireless To: Dhananjay Balan Cc: Christoph Moench-Tegeder , FreeBSD CURRENT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.26 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2018 16:06:08 -0000 On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 9:53 AM, Dhananjay Balan wrote: > On Sat, Jun 02, 2018 at 12:37:12AM +0200, Christoph Moench-Tegeder wrote: > > Did you try adding "mode 11a" to select 5GHz band? (This might be > > out-of-date, as my WiFi stuff is all on 11) (currently I'm also > > using 2.4GHz only, for compatibility with some devices and the fact > > that I have quite some trouble running 2.4GHz and 5GHz from the same > > interface at the same time). > > I did a bit more testing, I have to admit that I am not well versed in > wifi internals. > > 1. ifconfig wlan0 list aps shows my aps having rate 54M (Im not entirely > sure what this means). > But however when I connect to it, it shows up as 11g > > wlan0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu > 1500 > ether a4:4e:31:02:70:3c > inet 192.168.23.111 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.23.255 > nd6 options=29 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet MCS mode 11ng > status: associated > ssid LA03 channel 6 (2437 MHz 11g ht/20) bssid 52:d9:e7:47:c0:c2 > regdomain FCC4 country DE authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON > deftxkey UNDEF AES-CCM 2:128-bit txpower 30 bmiss 10 scanvalid 60 > protmode CTS ampdulimit 64k ampdudensity 8 -amsdutx amsdurx shortgi > -stbc -ldpc wme roaming MANUAL > groups: wlan > I do not believe the response you are replying to actually addressed 5gz which is different than mode. You may be able to achieve better speeds using channel parameters. man ifconfig. A simple test is to have your AP present SSID of 2.4 and 5 as different names. If the 5 doesn't show in the above command, 5 isn't working. > 2. Adding mode 11a to rc.conf didn't change anything. Still connects to > 2.4Ghz band. > Yup > 3. ifconfing wlan0 scan still doesn't show my 5Ghz only APs (at least some > I tested) > I don't believe the iwn driver is capable of 5gz. At least mine doesn't work on CURRENT. > Also, what does 11a mean? shouldn't it be 11n? > - > dbalan > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Adam