Subject: ifconfig vs wlanctl bssid
To: , <current-users@NetBSD.org>
From: Konstantin KABASSANOV <Konstantin.Kabassanov@lip6.fr>
List: tech-net
Date: 10/24/2005 19:33:48
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Hi,

Using an atheros interface in ad-hoc mode I get the following information
with "wlanctl -a" concerning the host interface:

ath0: mac 00:02:6f:20:f7:ed bss 02:02:6f:20:f7:ed
        node flags 0000
        ess <TEST123>
        chan 36 freq 5180MHz flags 0140<ofdm,5GHz>
        capabilities 0002<ibss>
        beacon-interval 100 TU tsft 0 us
        rates [*6.0] 9.0 *12.0 18.0 *24.0 36.0 48.0 54.0
        assoc-id 0 assoc-failed 0 inactivity 300s
        rssi 23 txseq 2 rxseq 864


Perhaps ifconfig ath0 displays the following:

ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        ssid TEST123
        powersave off
        bssid 02:02:6f:20:f7:e7 chan 36
        address: 00:02:6f:20:f7:ed
        media: IEEE802.11 autoselect mode 11a adhoc
        status: active
        inet6 fe80::202:6fff:fe20:f7ed%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1

So I wonder if it is normal to have such different results about the bss...
In fact the correct bssid is the last one... So why does wlanctl report it
incorrectly? BTW, why does it display the default rate to be [*6.0]?

Thanks.

Konstantin

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