Re: After sys/net80211 changes in r198931 laptop is no longer associating with AP

On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Paul B Mahol <onemda_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> On 11/5/09, Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko <gaijin.k_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > It seems that 8.0 discussion is still going on on _at_current... if I
> > should have posted this on _at_stable, please, feel free to chastise me as
> > appropriate.
> >
> > After updating to r198831 my laptop no longer associates with either of
> > two APs I have. Rolling back just 'sys/net80211' to r198443 fixes the
> > problem.
> >
> > Working system:
> > FreeBSD RabbitsDen.RabbitsLawn.verizon.net 8.0-RC1 FreeBSD 8.0-RC1 #0
> > r198443M: Sat Oct 24 14:03:30 EDT 2009
> > root_at_RabbitsDen.RabbitsLawn.verizon.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TPX60  i386
> >
> > Non-working system:
> > FreeBSD RabbitsDen.RabbitsLawn.verizon.net 8.0-RC2 FreeBSD 8.0-RC2 #0
> > r198931: Wed Nov  4 20:56:16 EST 2009
> > root_at_RabbitsDen.RabbitsLawn.verizon.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TPX60  i386
> >
> > APs are is:
> > SSID/MESH ID    BSSID              CHAN RATE   S:N     INT CAPS
> > AP_SSID         00:1f:33:3b:xx:xx    3   54M -68:-96  100 EP   RSN WPS
> > WME
> > AP_SSID         00:1f:90:cb:xx:xx    8   54M -73:-96  100 EPS  RSN WPA
> > ATH
> >
> > Relevant piece of wpa_supplicant.conf is:
> >
> > ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> > ctrl_interface_group=wheel
> > eapol_version=2
> >
> > network={
> >   ssid="AP_SSID"
> >   scan_ssid=1
> >   priority=1
> >   proto=WPA
> >   key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> >   psk="Really secure something"
> > }
> >
> > APs are set not to broadcast SSID, but enabling broadcast does not
> > change much.
> >
> > Running wpa_supplicant with -d shows that it could not match AP_SSID.
> >
> > If there is anything else I can provide, please, let me know.
>
> What driver are you using?
> Looking into net80211 svn log for that time period I only see mesh hacks
> ...
>
I am using ath (I am away from my laptop ATM -- I could provide part number
later today).

I have seen mesh changes in there and that's when I gave up and posted -- I
am not
nearly enough qualified to figure out which ones could or could not impact
normal operation.

--
Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko.