Re: Ath0, netgear WG311T problem.

Yann Golanski <[email protected]> wrote:

> I've just installed a Netgear PCI WG311T card and while it works fine
> under windows, I cannot seem to get it to work under BSD at all.  I am
> just wondering what am I doing wrong?... 
> 
> Anyone has any idea?
> 
> # uname -a
> FreeBSD gridlinked.neverness.org 6.0-STABLE FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE #6: Fri Apr 21 10:49:57 BST 2006 [email protected]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/gridlinked  i386
> 
> # dmesg | grep -i ath    
> ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xeb000000-0xeb00ffff irq 19 at device 12.0 on pci0
> ath0: Ethernet address: 00:0f:b5:f8:3b:92
> ath0: mac 7.9 phy 4.5 radio 5.6
> 
> # ifconfig ath0 inet 192.168.0.14 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid NEVERNESS
> # tail -1 /var/log/messages
> May 10 07:55:27 gridlinked kernel: ath0: link state changed to UP
> 
> # ifconfig ath0
> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         inet6 fe80::20f:b5ff:fef8:3b92%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 
>         inet 192.168.0.14 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
>         ether 00:0f:b5:f8:3b:92
>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/1Mbps)
>         status: associated
>         ssid NEVERNESS channel 6 bssid 00:0f:b5:c1:09:18
>         authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpowmax 32 protmode CTS bintval 100
> 
> # ifconfig ath0 up scan
> SSID            BSSID              CHAN RATE  S:N   INT CAPS
> Sha linksys     00:12:17:c5:2d:2a    9   54M  4:0   100 EPS 
> OJS70           00:14:7c:b7:2d:84   11   54M 34:0   100 EPS 
> NEVERNESS       00:0f:b5:c1:09:18    6   54M 24:0   100 ES  
> 
> [Unplug Ethernet cable]
> # ping 192.168.0.14
> PING 192.168.0.14 (192.168.0.14): 56 data bytes
> ping: sendto: Host is down

This could be the result of a routing problem.
What's the output of ifconfig and netstat -rn?

Fabian
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