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Date:      Sun, 5 Jan 2014 21:10:20 -0800
From:      Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
To:        Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org>, Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk>, "freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org" <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Thinkpad T60 with Atheros working only after restart from Windows
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Ok, can you provide me a dmesg please? That way I can see what the specific
chipset revision is.

Lemme go crack open my T60 and put an AR5418 in there :-)


-a



On 5 January 2014 14:10, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Adrian,
>
> I tried with 11.0-CURRENT as a livecd but no success (below is the
> wpa_supplicant after issuing 'ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0'):
> wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> ###remark - start of wpa_supplicant output
> Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
> wlan0: Trying to associate with 54:e6:fc:ae:6a:bc (SSID='aero-gate'
> freq=2432 MHz)
> wlan0: Authentication with 54:e6:fc:ae:6a:bc timed out.
> wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=54:e6:fc:ae:6a:bc reason=3
> locally_generated=1
> wlan0: Trying to associate with 54:e6:fc:ae:6a:bc (SSID='aero-gate'
> freq=2432 MHz)
> wlan0: Authentication with 54:e6:fc:ae:6a:bc timed out.
> wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=54:e6:fc:ae:6a:bc reason=3
> locally_generated=1
> wlan0: Trying to associate with 54:e6:fc:ae:6a:bc (SSID='aero-gate'
> freq=2432 MHz)
> wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=54:e6:fc:ae:6a:bc reason=3
> locally_generated=1
> ###remark - here I press Ctrl+C
> ioctl[SIOCS80211, op=20, val=0, arg_len=7]: Can't assign requested address
> ioctl[SIOCS80211, op=26, val=0, arg_len=0]: Operation not supported
> wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING
> ###remark - end of wpa_supplicant output
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Lyubo
>
>
> On 5 January 2014 23:57, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>> Ok, please do.
>>
>> I have a T60 with me and some AR5418 NICs, so I don't mind doing a
>> transplant and trying to make it work!
>>
>>
>> -a
>>
>>
>>
>> On 5 January 2014 08:53, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Not yet but I will give it a go these days.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Lyubomir
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5 January 2014 09:45, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Have you tried -11?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -a
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 30 December 2013 09:25, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Andrian,
>>>>>
>>>>> Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year!
>>>>> I would like to ask if there is something on the horizon with the
>>>>> Atheros time outs? Is there any chance in getting it working without
>>>>> restart to Windows (in my case)? Is there anything else I can try?
>>>>> Currently I am with 9.2-RELEASE #0 r255898.
>>>>>
>>>>> All the best,
>>>>>
>>>>> Lyubomir
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 17 July 2013 23:06, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> No problem, I fully understand you. If you manage to find something I
>>>>>> will be more than grateful. Anyway thanks for your time! I think you are
>>>>>> doing quite a god job!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Lyubo
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 16 July 2013 11:51, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm sorry, I don't have the time to try and debug this issue. If I
>>>>>>> had a T60 here that demonstrated this behaviour then I could try to fix it.
>>>>>>> But I unfortunately don't; all my T60 hardware has intel wifi. :(
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I can try putting an AR5418 in a T60 in a few weeks and see if it
>>>>>>> exhibits this behaviour. But don't hold your breath.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sorry :(
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -adrian
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 15 July 2013 13:30, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Adrian,
>>>>>>>> I tried with -HEAD liveCD as proposed by Vincent and ghostbsd live
>>>>>>>> cd but the situation is the same. I feel like I am missing something. On
>>>>>>>> one hand I can scan the wireless networks and the wifi card seems to be
>>>>>>>> working. On the other hand I cannot attach as the ath device times out
>>>>>>>> (which according to the ath man pages should not occur). I also tried to
>>>>>>>> encrypt the psk phrase with pwa_passphrase but with no success either. I
>>>>>>>> tested with Kali linux  live cd and the wireless was working fine. I also
>>>>>>>> noticed that if I shutdown Windows and then start FreeBSD then the wifi
>>>>>>>> also behaves the same way - ath0: device timed out. Only restart from
>>>>>>>> Windows or restart from FreeBSD with working wifi can make the wifi work
>>>>>>>> again.
>>>>>>>> Do you have any other proposals?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Lyubomir
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 24 June 2013 23:39, Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As an easy test if you arent keen on making the leap just yet I'd
>>>>>>>>> suggest getting a snapshot CD and just boot it as a liveCD to test.
>>>>>>>>> either a snapshot
>>>>>>>>> http://www.freebsd.org/snapshots/
>>>>>>>>> or one of the daily builds from
>>>>>>>>> https://pub.allbsd.org/FreeBSD-snapshots/
>>>>>>>>> (for example
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://pub.allbsd.org/FreeBSD-snapshots/amd64-amd64/10.0-HEAD-r252115-JPSNAP/iso/FreeBSD-10.0-HEAD-r252115-JPSNAP-amd64-amd64-release.iso
>>>>>>>>> )
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That said I run -CURRENT on my server at home (for the atheros
>>>>>>>>> driver)
>>>>>>>>> and dont have any problems with it.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Vince
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 24/06/2013 21:01, Lyubomir Yotov wrote:
>>>>>>>>> > Hi Adrian,
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > I will try to get -HEAD on my T60 and will report back.
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > Regards,
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > Lyubomir
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > On 24 June 2013 20:21, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >> Hi,
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> Would you be willing to try a -HEAD snapshot on your laptop?
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> Maybe I've fixed it as part of the other driver work that I've
>>>>>>>>> done as
>>>>>>>>> >> part of development in -HEAD.
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> But right now I really have no idea. I don't have a T60 here
>>>>>>>>> that has
>>>>>>>>> >> that chip in it. If all the T60 BIOSes allow AR5418 NICs then I
>>>>>>>>> can
>>>>>>>>> >> try it out, but all of the T60's I've played with thus far have
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> >> intel hardware in it.
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> Adrian
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> On 21 June 2013 02:02, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>> Hello Adrian,
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> Do you have any feedback on the matter?
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> Lyubomir
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> On 13 June 2013 10:09, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>> Hello Adrian,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> I enabled acpi_ibm.ko but this didn't help and after "halt"
>>>>>>>>> the wifi is
>>>>>>>>> >>>> not working again.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> Lyubomir
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> On 13 June 2013 08:03, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> Hello Adrian,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> I did some tests and discovered that the problem is related
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> "halt"/"shutdown" of system. If "reboot" is carried out than
>>>>>>>>> there is
>>>>>>>>> >> no
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> problem and the wifi works properly (even if done from Gnome
>>>>>>>>> - Gnome
>>>>>>>>> >> seems
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> to have no relation to the problem). So what could lead to
>>>>>>>>> "ath0: time
>>>>>>>>> >> out"
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> after shutting down or halting the system? I noticed that
>>>>>>>>> there are irq
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> storms on irq 17 which is the wifi irq (interrupt storm
>>>>>>>>> detected on
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> "irq17:"; throttling interrupt source). Something else that
>>>>>>>>> I am not
>>>>>>>>> >> sure to
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> have relevance - after shutdown during the start-up ath0 is
>>>>>>>>> reported
>>>>>>>>> >> to use
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> autoselect mode 11g:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> (below is from dmesg)
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>
>>>>>>>>> metric 0 mtu
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> 2290
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>         ether 00:19:7e:91:xx:xx
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>         nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode
>>>>>>>>> 11g
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>         status: associated
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> After the boot has finished the mode changes to 11a:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> #ifconfig ath0
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>
>>>>>>>>> metric 0 mtu
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> 2290
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>         ether 00:19:7e:91:xx:xx
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>         nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode
>>>>>>>>> 11a
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>         status: associated
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> Do you have any idea where to look for now?
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> Lyubomir
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> P.S. I will try to play with acpi_ibm.ko and see if things
>>>>>>>>> change if I
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> make it auto-load.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> On 10 June 2013 16:06, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Hello Adrian,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Attached are files with consecutive vmstat -i when the wlan
>>>>>>>>> is working
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> (vmstat-i_working.txt) and when the wlan is not working
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> (vmstat-i_not_working.txt). There is also output from
>>>>>>>>> ifconfig when
>>>>>>>>> >> the wlan
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> is not working (ifconfig.txt).
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> After some more deeper investigation it seems to me that
>>>>>>>>> the problem
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> appears after starting X with Gnome. I will continue
>>>>>>>>> investigating
>>>>>>>>> >> with
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> "reboot"/"halt -p" and inform you.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> BTW do you think that starting Gnome session (using startx,
>>>>>>>>> as I
>>>>>>>>> >> haven't
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> set auto start of X if this is of any importance) can cause
>>>>>>>>> problems
>>>>>>>>> >> - in
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Gnome I have no settings for the network in the
>>>>>>>>> "System->Network"
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> application and I start it with normal user?
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Lyubo
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> On 9 June 2013 18:28, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Can you please paste the vmstat -i output?
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> adrian
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 9 June 2013 06:53, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> After restart from Windows and working wireless the
>>>>>>>>> number of
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> interrupts
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> increases and the rate increases. After next restart (the
>>>>>>>>> ath0
>>>>>>>>> >> times
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> out)
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> the interrupts increase but the rate is going down.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I noticed that after restart from Windows and working
>>>>>>>>> wifi if I
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> restart
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> /etc/rc.d/netif the wifi is working again. If I shutdown
>>>>>>>>> wlan0 and
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> bring it
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> up again then I wlan0 doesn't get address but ath0 is not
>>>>>>>>> timing
>>>>>>>>> >> out.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I can
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> still get a list with the available APs around.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Lyubo
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 8 June 2013 18:28, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hm!
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Ok, this should be working. I frequently test (read:
>>>>>>>>> every other
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> day)
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> with the AR5416. But you're not the first person to
>>>>>>>>> report this
>>>>>>>>> >> bug.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Unfortunately when this happens, the interrupts aren't
>>>>>>>>> actually
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> making
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> it to the OS.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Can you check the output of vmstat -i whilst you're
>>>>>>>>> doing it? The
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> ath0
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> counter should be increasing.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> adrian
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 8 June 2013 06:49, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I have a Thinkpad T60 with dual boot between Windows XP
>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> FreeBSD
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> 9.1-Release:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> uname -a
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> FreeBSD T60.workgroup 9.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #0
>>>>>>>>> >> r243826:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Tue
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Dec
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> 4 06:55:39 UTC 2012
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> root@obrian.cse.buffalo.edu:
>>>>>>>>> /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> i386
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I am trying to use my wifi card which is:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> dmesg
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> ....
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> ath0: <Atheros 5416> mem 0xedf00000-0xedf0ffff irq 17
>>>>>>>>> at device
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> 0.0 on
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> pci3
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> ath0: AR5418 mac 12.10 RF5133 phy 8.1
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> ....
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> pciconf -lv
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> ....
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> ath0@pci0:3:0:0:        class=0x028000 card=0x0033168c
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> chip=0x0024168c
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>     vendor     = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>     device     = 'AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter'
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>     class      = network
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> .....
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I followed several HOW-TOs in order to make it work.
>>>>>>>>> >> Unfortunately
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I it
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> working only after I reboot from my Windows installation
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> (regardless of
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> position of the wifi switch on the front panel of the
>>>>>>>>> notebook).
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> After
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> restart from Windows everything is fine - the wifi
>>>>>>>>> associates
>>>>>>>>> >> with
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> AP
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> and I can use it. If I reboot the system during the
>>>>>>>>> boot and
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> afterwards
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> constantly get:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> ath0: device timeout
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> When I get the device status through ifconfig I can see
>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>> >> ath0
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> associated but wlan0 is not associated.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> ifconfig ath0
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> ath0:
>>>>>>>>> flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric
>>>>>>>>> >> 0
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> mtu
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> 2290
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>         ether 00:19:7e:91:xx:xx
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>         nd6
>>>>>>>>> options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect
>>>>>>>>> mode 11g
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>         status: associated
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> ifconfig wlan0
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> wlan0:
>>>>>>>>> flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>
>>>>>>>>> >> metric 0
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> mtu
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> 1500
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>         ether 00:19:7e:91:xx:xx
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>         nd6
>>>>>>>>> options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> (autoselect)
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>         status: no carrier
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>         ssid "" channel 5 (2432 MHz 11g)
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>         regdomain 98 indoor ecm authmode WPA privacy ON
>>>>>>>>> deftxkey
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> UNDEF
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>         txpower 20 bmiss 7 scanvalid 450 bgscan
>>>>>>>>> bgscanintvl 300
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> bgscanidle
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> 250
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>         roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode CTS wme burst
>>>>>>>>> roaming
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> MANUAL
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> In /var/log/messages I get:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Jun  8 16:39:16 PC wpa_supplicant[3463]: Trying to
>>>>>>>>> associate
>>>>>>>>> >> with
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> 54:e6:fc:ae:xx:xx (SSID='access1' freq=2432 MHz)
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Jun  8 16:39:20 PC kernel: ath0: device timeout
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Jun  8 16:39:26 PC wpa_supplicant[3463]: Authentication
>>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> 54:e6:fc:ae:xx:xx timed out.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> If I scan for wireless networks I get a list and my ap
>>>>>>>>> is in the
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> list
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> ifconfig wlan0 scan
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> SSID/MESH ID    BSSID              CHAN RATE   S:N
>>>>>>>>> INT CAPS
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> net1      00:11:11:01:xx:xx    6   54M -68:-96  100 EP
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> 5edf9c          70:71:bc:26:xx:xx   11   54M -68:-96
>>>>>>>>>  100 EP
>>>>>>>>> >> WPS
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> WPA
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> WME
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> access1       54:e6:fc:ae:xx:xx    5   54M -66:-96  100
>>>>>>>>> EP   WPA
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> HTCAP
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> WME
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> In rc.local I have:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> wlans_ath0="wlan0"
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> In wpa_supplicant I have:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> eapol_version=2
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> ap_scan=1
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> fast_reauth=1
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> network={
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>         ssid="access1"
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>         psk="secret1"
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>         priority=5
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> network={
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>         ssid="access2"
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>         psk="secret2"
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>         priority=5
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I searched the net for solution to my problem but I
>>>>>>>>> couldn't
>>>>>>>>> >> find
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> one.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Can
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> you help me with this?
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Lyubomir
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
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