Getting wi(4) cards talking between -stable & -current ???

[Soeren Schmidt]

It seems M. Warner Losh wrote:
> : ifconfig from -stable:
> : 
> : wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> :         inet 194.192.25.157 netmask 0xfffffffc broadcast 194.192.25.159
> :         ether 00:02:2d:0d:27:8b
> :         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/2Mbps <adhoc>)
> :         status: associated
> :         ssid "FreeBSD IBSS" 1:""
> :         stationname "FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node"
> :         channel 3 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
> :         wepmode OFF weptxkey 1
> :
> : ifconfig from -current:
> : wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> :         inet 194.192.25.158 netmask 0xfffffffc broadcast 194.192.25.159
> :         ether 00:02:2d:01:7d:e9
> :         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/2Mbps <flag0,adhoc>)
> :         status: associated
> :         ssid ""
> :         stationname "FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node"
> :         channel 3 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
> :         wepmode OFF weptxkey 1
> 

> What are the firmware versions of these cards?  What kinds of adhoc
> modes are support differe between firmware versions.  The ethernet
> addresses suggest that about 700,000 cards were made between the two
> which suggests they might not be completely identical.

They where bougth together and looks like this:

wi0-stable: 802.11 address: 00:02:2d:0d:27:8b
wi0-stable: using Lucent Technologies, WaveLAN/IEEE
wi0-stable: Lucent Firmware: Station 4.52.01

wi0-current: 802.11 address: 00:02:2d:01:7d:e9
wi0-current: using Lucent Technologies, WaveLAN/IEEE
wi0-current: Lucent Firmware: Station (4.52.1)

Looks semilar to me ...

> I'd try the following:
> 
> 4.8% ifconfig wi0 media autoselect mediaopt ibss-master ssid \
>   "SosAtaDriverRocks" channel 3
> 
> 5.1% ifconfig wi0 media autoselect mediaopt adhoc ssid \
>   "SosAtaDriverRocks" channel 3

this fails with the following on -current:

ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA (mediaopt): Device not configured

So something is not right here, if its a bug or it really should
complain here I have no idea...

> 4.8% ifconfig wi0 media autoselect mediaopt adhoc ssid \
>   "SosAtaDriverRocks" channel 3
> 
> 5.1% ifconfig wi0 media autoselect mediaopt adhoc,flag0 ssid \
>   "SosAtaDriverRocks" channel 3

This gives no errors etc, but the cards cant see each other still...

> I don't know the distances between the cards, but you may want to wire
> down the speed by applying one of the following:
> 	s=autoselect=DS/2Mbps=g
> 	s=autoselect=DS/1Mbps=g
> 	s=autoselect=DS/5.5Mbps=g
> 	s=autoselect=DS/11Mbps=g
> 
> Finally, there have been many issues with the 5.1 wi driver with
> Lucent cards, which it doesn't look like you are hitting, but I
> thought I'd warn you.

Well, the cards are 2m apart so they should have no problems seeing
each other at all...

> I'm not sure what else to say.

Damn! I thought I was doing something stupid...

Anyhow it works with between 4.8-4.8 and 4.8-5.0 but the wi driver
has apparently regressed to being useless in 5.1 and -current :(

-Søren