From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 16 20:12:20 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7034416A4B3 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 20:12:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from panzer.kdm.org (panzer.kdm.org [216.160.178.169]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F5F743FBF for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 20:12:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ken@panzer.kdm.org) Received: from panzer.kdm.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by panzer.kdm.org (8.12.9/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h8H3C3tJ035505; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 21:12:03 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from ken@panzer.kdm.org) Received: (from ken@localhost) by panzer.kdm.org (8.12.9/8.12.5/Submit) id h8H3C2Rp035504; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 21:12:02 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from ken) Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 21:12:02 -0600 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" To: current@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20030917031202.GA35362@panzer.kdm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: sam@errno.com Subject: ath(4) driver problems with WEP... X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 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: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 03:12:20 -0000 I've got a Netgear WAG511 (Atheros 5212-based card) and a Netgear FWAG114 wireless router. I've been trying to get the card and the router talking under FreeBSD. (Both 802.11a and 802.11g work fine under Windows on the same machine.) I'm using -current from September 15th. Anyway, whenever I try to get the card talking to the router, which is running WEP (128 bit keys) on both the a and b/g sides, I get: ath0: authentication failed (reason 13) for [ base station MAC address ] ath0: authentication failed (reason 13) for [ base station MAC address ] ath0: authentication failed (reason 13) for [ base station MAC address ] ath0: authentication failed (reason 13) for [ base station MAC address ] ath0: authentication failed (reason 13) for [ base station MAC address ] Here's what the ifconfig looks like: ath0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 ether [ card mac address ] media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11a (OFDM/6Mbps) status: no carrier ssid [my ssid] 1:[my ssid] channel -1 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 wepmode MIXED weptxkey 1 wepkey 1:128-bit wepkey 2:128-bit wepkey 3:128-bit wepkey 4:128-bit I've verified and re-verified, via cut-and-paste from the router setup screen, that the WEP key is correct. Anyway, I can't get the ath(4) driver to talk to the router when it is running WEP. I have been able to get it to talk 802.11g to the router without WEP enabled, though. I tried setting the authmode to shared via ifconfig, but from looking at ieee80211_ioctl.c: #if 0 case IEEE80211_IOC_AUTHMODE: sc->wi_authmode = ireq->i_val; break; #endif i.e. I get EINVAL back. Is WEP supposed to work in -current? In a separate issue, the ath(4) driver can't see the 802.11a side of the wireless router at all when it is running in 108Mbps "turbo" mode. If I drop it down to 54Mbps, it sees it. (Works fine in Windows.) Is the ath(4) driver supposed to support the 108Mbps turbo mode? Thanks, Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org