Subject: Re: Problems with ath(4) under NetBSD-4
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.org>
From: David Young <dyoung@pobox.com>
List: current-users
Date: 10/15/2007 11:57:00
On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 06:53:37AM -0700, Brian Buhrow wrote:
> 	Hello.  I'm trying to use an Atheros based minicpi wireless card under
> NetBSD, PCI iD ID 0x001a, and I'm having some issues.
> 	The problem I'm having is that while I can apparently receive traffic
> from the network, I seem to be unable to transmit any data.  Turning on
> transmission debugging reveals that packets are attempting to be sent, but
> access points I hav in the vicinity report that they're not seeing any
> traffic, and the ath driverreports that it isn't hearing any responses to
> its pleas.
> 	My concern is that the hal layer isn't properly setting the transmit
> levels on the card and that transmissions just aren't happening.
> 	Does anyone have any suggestions about how I might go about resolving this
> issue?  I've tried turning on debugging in the driver, which is how I've
> gotten as far as I have, but what I can't tell is how well this particular
> product ID is supported.  I'm using the 9.17.2 version of the hal blob.
> 	Any ideas folks can suggest, or people I can contact for help would be
> greatly appreciated.  If anyone who is using this product ID
> successfully could speak up, that would be great as well.

Brian,

Are you joining a WEP or WPA network?  What's the media status?
Please send 'ifconfig -v ath0'.

Dave

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