Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 22:46:00 -0400 From: "Michael W. Oliver" <oliver.michael@gargantuan.com> To: <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Cc: <oliver.michael@gargantaun.com> Subject: MA401RA (prism2.5) issues, please help if you can Message-ID: <DDEE26360FDB9D4E979900626D167AEB733A@MAGNETO.gargantuan.com>
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BSDer's, I have some more info and more questions regarding my two new MA401RA's, and I would like anyone who can to help me resolve. Let's take it from the top.... MA401RA #1 (HOSTAP) is in ThinkPad 760EL, acting as an access point. This machine is running 4.6.2-RELEASE, and works like a champ, except for the following. I can change the 'selected' Tx speed to anything that I want, but the 'actual' is ALWAYS 2, no matter what. This is confirmed by a D-LINK CF adapter in my iPAQ showing 2Mbps speed. The iPAQ will show 11Mbps speed while associated to a 'real' access point. Here is the output from 'wicontrol': NIC serial number: [ 99SA01000000 ] Station name: [ HOSTAP ] SSID for IBSS creation: [ dogrocket ] Current netname (SSID): [ dogrocket ] Desired netname (SSID): [ dogrocket ] Current BSSID: [ 00:09:5b:0d:6f:62 ] Channel list: [ 2047 ] IBSS channel: [ 6 ] Current channel: [ 6 ] Comms quality/signal/noise: [ 0 81 27 ] Promiscuous mode: [ On ] Port type (1=3DBSS, 3=3Dad-hoc): [ 6 ] MAC address: [ 00:09:5b:0d:6f:62 ] TX rate (selection): [ 11 ] TX rate (actual speed): [ 2 ] RTS/CTS handshake threshold: [ 2347 ] Create IBSS: [ Off ] Access point density: [ 1 ] Power Mgmt (1=3Don, 0=3Doff): [ 0 ] Max sleep time: [ 100 ] WEP encryption: [ On ] TX encryption key: [ 1 ] Encryption keys: [ 0x11111111111111111111111111 ][ ][ ][ ] Here is the relevant information from dmesg: wi0 at port 0x280-0x2bf irq 4 flags 0x10000 slot 1 on pccard1 wi0: 802.11 address: 00:09:5b:0d:6f:62 wi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 MAC:ISL3873 wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary 1.01.00, Station 1.04.09 more...... MA401RA #2 (CYCLOPS) is in Gateway 9300cl, acting as a client. This one is all dorked up. It is running 4.7-RC2, but exhibits the same behavior under 4.6.2-RELEASE. For starters, if there is no traffic on the link for more than 2 minutes, the link light will start flashing and connectivity will be lost. What is strange here is that issuing a 'wicontrol' as root still shows the properly configured WEP key, and 'ifconfig' shows the interface as ASSOCIATED, but with 'Current BSSID' of 44:44:44:44:44:44. Obviously, something is flaky here, and the only fix that I have found to keep this machine online is to schedule a cron job to run 'wicontrol -L'. Downside... this every-minute cron kills my ftp transfers, mp3 playback from LAN, etc. BLEH! Here is the output from 'wicontrol' on this machine when it is working: NIC serial number: [ 99SA01000000 ] Station name: [ CYCLOPS ] SSID for IBSS creation: [ FreeBSD IBSS ] Current netname (SSID): [ dogrocket ] Desired netname (SSID): [ ] Current BSSID: [ 00:09:5b:0d:6f:62 ] Channel list: [ 2047 ] IBSS channel: [ 6 ] Current channel: [ 6 ] Comms quality/signal/noise: [ 72 135 9 ] Promiscuous mode: [ Off ] Process 802.11b Frame: [ Off ] Intersil-Prism2 based card: [ 1 ] Port type (1=3DBSS, 3=3Dad-hoc): [ 1 ] MAC address: [ 00:30:ab:1b:5e:50 ] TX rate (selection): [ 11 ] TX rate (actual speed): [ 2 ] RTS/CTS handshake threshold: [ 2347 ] Create IBSS: [ Off ] Access point density: [ 1 ] Power Mgmt (1=3Don, 0=3Doff): [ 0 ] Max sleep time: [ 100 ] WEP encryption: [ On ] TX encryption key: [ 1 ] Encryption keys: [ 0x11111111111111111111111111 ][ ][ ][ ] When it goes sour, the output is exactly the same, except for this line: Current BSSID: [ 44:44:44:44:44:44 ] Here is the relevant information from dmesg: wi0 at port 0x240-0x27f irq 11 flags 0x10000 slot 0 on pccard0 wi0: 802.11 address: 00:30:ab:1b:5e:50 wi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 MAC:ISL3873 wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary 1.01.00, Station 1.04.09 Also notice that wicontrol shows the same serial number for both cards, and it is incorrect in both cases. If more information is required to help solve this, please let me know and I will provide ASAP. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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