ath card problem

[kalin mintchev]

now this is what i do:
both cards come up;
i turn xl0 down - if i don't and try to associate ath0 i get:
ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists ;
with the xl0 down i do:
ifconfig ath0 inet 192.168.1.21 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid apname; ping to
192.168.1.1 works;
ping to anywhere outside does NOT work i get:
ping: sendto: Network is down
!?!?
i don't know why..

then i bring the xl0 up ping outside works fine with it.

help?!


> some additional information from the log
>  kernel: arp: 192.168.1.3 is on ath0 but got reply from
00:0b:5f:32:72:48
> on xl0
> Jul 24 18:39:50 host kernel: ath0: hardware error; resetting
> Jul 24 18:39:50 host kernel: ath0: ath_reset: unable to reset hardware;
hal status 3
> Jul 24 18:39:53 host kernel: arp: 192.168.1.3 is on ath0 but got reply
from 00:0b:5f:32:72:48 on xl0
> Jul 24 18:40:23 host last message repeated 4 times
> Jul 24 18:42:23 host last message repeated 17 times
> output from arp -a returns only:
> ? (192.168.1.1) at 00:0f:66:8b:60:13 on xl0 [ethernet]
> and arp -i ath0 -a returns nothing
> both cards have the same irq 11 at boot. i took 11 out of the
pccard.conf
> but it still comes up as 11
> can anybody help please...
> thanks
> more:
> about xl0 from dmesg:
> xl0: <3Com 3c556B Fast Etherlink XL> port 0x1800-0x18ff mem
> 0xe8101000-0xe810107f,0xe8101400-0xe810147f irq 11 at device 3.0 on pci0
xl0: chip is in D3 power mode -- setting to D0
> xl0: Ethernet address: 00:00:86:43:54:46
> miibus0: <MII bus> on xl0
> about ath0 from dmesg:
> ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0x88000000-0x8800ffff irq 11 at device 0.0 on
cardbus0
> ath0: mac 5.6 phy 4.1 5ghz radio 1.7 2ghz radio 2.3
> ath0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps
24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
> ath0: turbo rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: 802.11 address: 00:80:c8:16:eb:4b
>> hi all..
>> i'm having trouble getting an ath card to work properly
>> ifconfig output:
>> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>> 	inet6 fe80::280:c8ff:fe16:eb4b%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
>> 	ether 00:80:c8:16:eb:4b
>> 	media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/11Mbps)
>> 	status: associated
>> 	ssid accesspoint 1:accesspoint
>> 	channel 6 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
>> 	wepmode OFF weptxkey 1
>> output of wicontrol:
>> C serial number:			[  ]
>> Station name:				[ myhost ]
>> SSID for IBSS creation:			[ accesspoint ]
>> Current netname (SSID):			[ accesspoint ]
>> Desired netname (SSID):			[ accesspoint ]
>> Current BSSID:				[ 00:0f:66:8b:60:13 ]
>> Channel list:				[ ffe 0 1510 1515 1 0 0 0 0 2320 23 ]
>> IBSS channel:				[ 6 ]
>> Current channel:			[ 6 ]
>> Comms quality/signal/noise:		[ 0 32 0 ]
>> Promiscuous mode:			[ Off ]
>> Intersil-Prism2 based card:		[ 1 ]
>> Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc):		[ 1 ]
>> MAC address:				[ 00:80:c8:16:eb:4b ]
>> TX rate (selection):			[ 0 ]
>> TX rate (actual speed):			[ 11 ]
>> RTS/CTS handshake threshold:		[ 2312 ]
>> Create IBSS:				[ Off ]
>> Access point density:			[ 1 ]
>> Power Mgmt (1=on, 0=off):		[ 0 ]
>> Max sleep time:				[ 100 ]
>> WEP encryption:				[ Off ]
>> TX encryption key:			[ 1 ]
>> Encryption keys:			[  ][  ][  ][  ]
>> it dies see the router because it has status: associated and the
channel
>> setting is the one off the accesspoint.
>> when i turn the nic off and try to ping out i get:
>> ping: sendto: Network is down.
>> network is not down because if i turn the nic on again i can do the ping.
>> the router is common syslink one and the wireless setup is the
>> basic/default one with no wep yet.
>> i should say that the card was able to ping th router when the nic card
didn't come up - that happens sometimes on this machine - t20 thinkpad.
freebsd 5.2.1
>> is it an irq thing between the two cards?
>> what else needs to be done in order to get the card working?
>> thanks...
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