Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:04:00 -0500 From: "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" <Alex.Kovalenko@verizon.net> To: Andrea Campi <andrea+freebsd_current@webcom.it> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WEP and 802.11 drivers Message-ID: <1103227440.972.6.camel@RabbitsDen> In-Reply-To: <20041216082355.GA58798@webcom.it> References: <41BBA812.2030006@errno.com> <1103166432.995.15.camel@RabbitsDen> <20041216082355.GA58798@webcom.it>
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On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 09:23 +0100, Andrea Campi wrote: > On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 10:07:12PM -0500, Alexandre Sunny Kovalenko wrote: > > Since adding wlan_wep to the kernel config, I do not have traps and > > double faults, but neither I have wireless connectivity -- card gets > > configured and claims to associate, occasionally I even get as far as > > obtaining address via DHCP, but that is all I can get. Intermittently I > > get 'host is down' from ping. At that point, ifconfig would show > > 'status' as 'no carrier'. > > Try playing with /usr/src/tools/tools/ath/80211debug and set different > flags until you get some more info. If you see it whining about invalid > transitions from INIT -> RUN, you are seeing the same issue I am. > Sam didn't reply to an email about this, so might be either too busy > or not interested on fixing wi (although at least a reply to that effect > would be nice). I'll probably start debugging this during the holidays, > or I'll have to go back to 5.STABLE, which I would hate. > > Bye, > Andrea > A little bit of update -- I have got my hands on the Linksys WPC55AG (Atheros based card) and it does not seem any happier then previous two -- shows stations in the vicinity and starts channel hopping. There is a lot more debugging information coming from this one as opposed to the 'wi' but end result seems to be the same. This same card is working in 5.3-stable from mid-November with the same setup (different laptop though). I have not had a chance to try it in non-WEP environment, maybe will get around to it tonight. -- Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko (Олександр Коваленко)
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