Atheros wireless can't find 11b modes on 5.3-BETA5

Guy Middleton guy at obstruction.com
Thu Sep 23 09:08:21 PDT 2004


I just installed 5.3-BETA5 on an IBM T41 with an Atheros wireless card.  Boot
message shows 11a and 11g rates, but no 11b:


Sep 23 11:58:14 distopia kernel: ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xc0210000-0xc021ffff irq 11 at device 2.0 on pci2
Sep 23 11:58:14 distopia kernel: ath0: mac 5.6 phy 4.1 5ghz radio 1.7 2ghz radio 2.3
Sep 23 11:58:14 distopia kernel: ath0: Ethernet address: 00:05:4e:48:d2:b7
Sep 23 11:58:14 distopia kernel: ath0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
Sep 23 11:58:14 distopia kernel: ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps


"ifconfig -m" shows autoselect, 11a and 11g, but no 11b.


Is there some config parameter I can fix?  Should I wait for 5.3-RELEASE?
Should I grab -CURRENT instead?  Should I apply Sam Leffler's patch?


 -Guy Middleton


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