Re: ATHEROS -- 802.11a/b/g Wireless Lan Mini PCI Express -- 6459-CTO
Ian Smith <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Sat, 13 Sep 2008, [email protected] wrote: > MACHINE: THINKPAD T61P > MACHINE TYPE: 6459-CTO > NETWORK ADAPTER: 11a/b/g Wireless Lan Mini PCI Express (windows) > - > FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE i386 <== fresh install > - > ==> What FreeBSD see's: > ==> /var/run/dmesg.boot > > ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) > ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xd7df0000-0xd7dfffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci3 > ath0: [ITHREAD] > ath0: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface > ath0: Ethernet address: 00:1f:3a:4d:45:d1 > ath0: mac 10.3 phy 6.1 radio 10.2 > > ==> pciconf -l -v |grep -i atheros > vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' > device = 'AR5212 Atheros AR5212 802.11abg wireless' > > ==> kldstat > Id Refs Address Size Name > 1 4 0xc0400000 906518 kernel > 2 2 0xc0d07000 6a32c acpi.ko > 3 1 0xc70e9000 5000 acpi_ibm.ko > > ==> Attempting to get the wireless nic online: > ==> We're not sure what chipset is involved here. All > we have in the way of identification for this wireless > device is what we see from another machine with windows > installed. Looks rather like an Atheros AR5212 :) > ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > ether 00:1f:3a:4d:45:d1 > inet 192.168.1.111 netmask 0xe1ffff00 broadcast 222.168.1.255 For starters, this netmask (and thus, broadcast address) is rubbish. What's your ifconfig setup for this interface in /etc/rc.conf? cheers, Ian > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/54Mbps) > status: no carrier > ssid SORRY channel 34 (5170 Mhz 11a) > authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 31.5 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan > bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11a 7 roam:rate11a 12 burst [..] _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"