Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:08:30 +1000 From: Geoff Roberts <geoff@apro.com.au> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: Atheros 5212 based card causing system freeze - suggested replacement? Message-ID: <201108291308.30442.geoff@apro.com.au> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmokY0nRd3JTyJsxcnwyCiBxN-_T9jJcL-rtRakOQok7BUw@mail.gmail.com> References: <201108290134.50561.geoff@apro.com.au> <CAJ-VmokY0nRd3JTyJsxcnwyCiBxN-_T9jJcL-rtRakOQok7BUw@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Adrian, Thanks very much for getting back. On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:06:22 am you wrote: > Were you always running a 64 bit kernel? Are you able to please try > booting a 32 bit kernel? Yes, it was always a 64 bit kernel. I'll download the i386 8.2 R CD and give that a go. > > I need a card capable of running Multiple Base Stations or Virtual Access > > Points (VAP) - another reason for looking for a newer card. > > The NIC you have will do that just fine. Sorry I didn't explain that very well. I wanted to use hostapd to manage the access points. hostapd seems to need different MAC addresses for each virtual access point. I couldn't find a way to assign different MAC addresses for each virtual access point for hostapd with this particular card. Have I understood that correctly? I wasn't 100% sure of my reading of the hostap config file. Are there any Atheros based cards you know of that work with hostapd in this way? > Are you able to boot things on the older hardware and see what the > above debugging gives? > Eg what the attach line is on your amd64 box? I think I'll be lucky. The display system completely went on the old system - trying PCI or AGP graphics cards didn't make any difference. I'll see if I can rig a serial cable to another machine to watch the boot process. I'll try the i386 8.2 R download first and see if I have any luck with the old system before it goes out for permanent retirement (that'll take a few days). Kind regards, Geoff
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