Re: netbsd 4.0 iwi0 woes

[Petar Bogdanovic <petar%smokva.net@localhost>]

On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 08:29:47PM -0400, Jan Schaumann wrote:
> Michael van Elst <mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost> wrote:
>  
> > Looks like the signal is poor. wlanctl iwi0 will show among other values
> > the signal strength (rssi).
> 
> So the one I can connect to is:
> 
> iwi0: mac 00:11:24:63:0b:e1 bss 00:11:24:63:0b:e1
>         node flags 0004<scan>
>         ess <Apple Network 630be1>
>         chan 11 freq 2462MHz flags 04e0<cck,ofdm,2.4GHz,dynamic cck-ofdm>
>         capabilities 0001<ess>
>         beacon-interval 100 TU tsft 464073179341 us
>         rates 1.0 2.0 5.5 6.0 9.0 11.0 12.0 18.0 24.0 36.0 48.0 [54.0]
>         assoc-id 0 assoc-failed 0 inactivity 15s
>         rssi 52 txseq 0 rxseq 0
> 
> The one I can't connect to (and which I'm sitting right next to, and
> used to be able to keep a connection to for several years):
> 
> iwi0: mac 00:02:2d:3a:8a:e7 bss 00:02:2d:3a:8a:e7
>         node flags 0005<bss,scan>
>         ess <netmeister>
>         chan 3 freq 2422MHz flags 04e0<cck,ofdm,2.4GHz,dynamic cck-ofdm>
>         capabilities 0001<ess>
>         beacon-interval 100 TU tsft 409993 us
>         rates 1.0 2.0 5.5 [11.0]

Your AP tells you about OFDM (11a/11g) but only offers CCK (11b/11g)
rates. That's a bit weird. What are your AP settings?


Petar