Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:41:21 -0700 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ath device appears broken Message-ID: <4670C6F1.9060301@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <20070614043216.GA90909@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <20070614043216.GA90909@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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Steve Kargl wrote: > I updated a 23 May 07 kernel and world to today sources, > and ath0 no longer works. The first problem is that I > do not use modules and modules are not built. When I > boot up, the console shows > > ieee80211_load_module: load the wlan_scan_sta module by hand for now. > > Great, I don't have a wlan_scan_sta module. So, I can't get ath0 > to associate. Read UPDATING? > > The second problem is ifconfig appears to have lost channel > setting capabilities. I use this script to init my ath0 > connect > > #! /bin/sh > ifconfig ath0 inet 192.168.0.10 > ifconfig ath0 ssid "MySSID" mode 11g wepmode on > #ifconfig ath0 ssid "MySIDD" mode 11g channel 11 wepmode on > ifconfig ath0 wepkey 0xa_long_hex_number_goes_here deftxkey 1 > > Note I have to comment out the line with "channel 11" in it. > Furthermore, I see > > mobile:root[203] ifconfig ath0 > ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > ether 00:13:46:c4:5a:c1 > inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g (OFDM/12Mbps) > status: associated > ifconfig: unknown/undefined channel number 11 > What does ifconfig ath0 list chan show? What happens if you remove "mode 11g"? How did you get this far if you don't have wlan_scan_sta? Sam
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