From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 17 16:26:55 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AB8691A for ; Wed, 17 Jul 2013 16:26:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from feld@freebsd.org) Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com (out1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 548F7BC8 for ; Wed, 17 Jul 2013 16:26:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.44]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABC1F20FE2; Wed, 17 Jul 2013 12:26:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from web3 ([10.202.2.213]) by compute4.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 17 Jul 2013 12:26:54 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=message-id:from:to:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding:content-type:in-reply-to:references :subject:date; s=smtpout; bh=qgfUGmn8xTlk8sYH7PZw6u5gn1I=; b=M3f PKFuD6RuUtNOyalBW/ouOt2Cki0EoIRG6W2QC4xSEcYwrCcq/9rJrN1yMY7cGEgj ZoWuhRwdA8q6w997rHDrKHg3FDTxvdOqgipp0RuvnMcdIvSlqbFI5uj4MuJAEJSi On3X3sdfU6qrZrR8ZaNvvILtF3payijNBfWE+ZAg= Received: by web3.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix, from userid 99) id 82424B00003; Wed, 17 Jul 2013 12:26:54 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1374078414.32469.140661256780077.0A403C24@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Sasl-Enc: 620vwBVdQdhpQ1jv6FvlqEog8ZXq4ACzeAH9pDPakF3C 1374078414 From: Mark Felder To: sbremal@hotmail.com, freebsd-net@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface - ajax-5a449c7a In-Reply-To: References: <1374076594.21538.140661256769313.776F0A73@webmail.messagingengine.com> Subject: Re: WG111v3 + 'urtw' = status: no carrier Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 11:26:54 -0500 X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 16:26:55 -0000 On Wed, Jul 17, 2013, at 11:05, sbremal@hotmail.com wrote: > To make the smallest upgrade possible and minimize potential reconfig > issues etc. 8.1 was the first release supporting WG111v3. > > Could give a try with 8.4 if there was any major fix to WPA and WLAN > drivers since 8.1? With minor version upgrade there should be no change > to installed ports etc., correct? > 8.4 should be compatible with all binaries compiled against 8.1. Please let us know if you find something that doesn't work, but the goal has always been to keep compatibility within the same major release. > Still the other quesion: What is the WLAN (PCI/PCIe) card most people use > HAPPILY in FreeBSD? Support for 802.11n would not be bad. > Unfortunately I don't have any suggestions for this. You can see the changelogs for the driver in the links below. head: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/sys/dev/usb/wlan/if_urtw.c?view=log 9.1: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/release/9.1.0/sys/dev/usb/wlan/if_urtw.c?view=log 8.4: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/release/8.4.0/sys/dev/usb/wlan/if_urtw.c?view=log 8.1: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/release/8.1.0/sys/dev/usb/wlan/if_urtw.c?view=log As you can see, 8.4 has a couple commits 8.1 didn't have, 9.1 a few more, and some recent work in head (-CURRENT) imported from OpenBSD. I don't know if any of those fixes are relevant to your situation, but it might be worth testing to see.