Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 16:21:18 +1000 From: Geoff Roberts <robertsg@westnet.com.au> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ath driver and wg311t Message-ID: <200407301621.18798.robertsg@westnet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20040730000006.345EA16A51A@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20040730000006.345EA16A51A@hub.freebsd.org>
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>> snip > > > > The answer is yes and no. The first time I forced the AP to llb the WG1= 11 > > connected OK. I've since been rebooting both the W2K machine and FreeBSD > > machine over the last day or so and there is still a lot of unsupported > > auth 1 messages. Sometimes they eventually connect and sometimes not. > > "unsupported auth 1" is likely a complaint that a client is trying to use > shared key authentication when that is not supported. =A0 Windows likes t= o do > this (try shared key first then fall back to open auth). > > > Again, once connected they stay connected. > > > > Would a tcpdump reveal any more or should I be looking somewhere else f= or > > the problem? Also, do the parameters for the WG311T on FreeBSD need to = be > > set in any particular order? > > More what? =A0You said things work in 11b. =A0For 11g to work properly we= need > to update the net80211 code to do the 11g protocol correctly and the ath > driver needs to be updated too. =A0I offered up unfinshed work to do this > many weeks ago but have gotten nothing back and have no idea when I'll ha= ve > the free time to complete the work myself. > > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Sam Sorry Sam, I must not have written my last point very clearly. In 11b I can= =20 sometimes get a connection. However it still takes a long time (can be hour= s)=20 to establish that connection. Once the connection is made in 11b it is=20 stable. Therefore things work ONCE a connection is established - it is stil= l=20 establishing the connection that is very difficult. Since the problem still remains in getting an initial connection whether in= =20 11b or any other mode I was thinking that there may be something else I=20 should use that might reveal which end is causing the difficulty. It could= =20 just be that Windows gets stuck in rut with shared key auth. Is the unfinished work you mentioned the patches on your web site? If so, I= =20 have tried those if you would still like an feedback or further testing. Geoff =2D-=20 Geoff Roberts email: robertsg@westnet.com.au Mobile: 0401 098 329 Ph: 02 42 286 213 =46ax: 02 42 263 676 Strategic I.C.T. Pty Ltd ABN: 50107347286
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