ath0 doesn't associate with AP

Petr Holub hopet at ics.muni.cz
Thu Aug 11 13:05:39 GMT 2005 

Hi,

I've encoutered interesting behavior of ath card with Linksys WAP-54g
acting as a wireless repeater that doesn't broadcast SSID. The ath0
device doesn't want to associate with it with the following debug
messages when debugging is turned on via sysctl:

(...device scans channels though it is set to channel 6 via ifconfig...)
Aug 11 08:21:17 kloboucek kernel: ath_chan_set: 5 (2432 MHz) -> 6 (2437 MHz)
Aug 11 08:21:17 kloboucek kernel: ath_newstate: RX filter 0x117 bssid
ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Aug 11 08:21:18 kloboucek kernel: ath_newstate: SCAN -> AUTH
Aug 11 08:21:18 kloboucek kernel: ath_chan_set: 6 (2437 MHz) -> 6 (2437 MHz)
Aug 11 08:21:18 kloboucek kernel: ath_newstate: RX filter 0x117 bssid
00:12:17:70:df:93
Aug 11 08:21:18 kloboucek kernel: ath_tx_start: m 0xc1baa300 len 34
Aug 11 08:21:18 kloboucek kernel: ath_tx_start: 0: 00000000 1f15e3e0 013c0022
0000001e 000b0000 0000001b
Aug 11 08:21:18 kloboucek kernel: ath_tx_start: TXDP0 = 0x1ef4f260 (0xe6970260)
Aug 11 08:21:18 kloboucek kernel: ath_start: ignore data packet, state 2
Aug 11 08:21:18 kloboucek kernel: ath_start: ignore data packet, state 2
Aug 11 08:21:18 kloboucek kernel: ath_newstate: AUTH -> ASSOC
Aug 11 08:21:18 kloboucek kernel: ath_chan_set: 6 (2437 MHz) -> 6 (2437 MHz)
Aug 11 08:21:18 kloboucek kernel: ath_newstate: RX filter 0x117 bssid
00:12:17:70:df:93
Aug 11 08:21:18 kloboucek kernel: ath_tx_start: m 0xc1bab200 len 58
Aug 11 08:21:18 kloboucek kernel: ath_tx_start: 0: 00000000 1f15f230 033c003a
00000036 000b0000 0000001b
Aug 11 08:21:18 kloboucek kernel: ath_tx_start: TXDP0 = 0x1ef4f680 (0xe6970680)
Aug 11 08:21:18 kloboucek kernel: ath_start: ignore data packet, state 3
Aug 11 08:21:18 kloboucek kernel: ath_start: ignore data packet, state 3
Aug 11 08:21:18 kloboucek kernel: ath0: association failed (reason 12) for
00:12:17:70:df:93
Aug 11 08:21:22 kloboucek kernel: ath_newstate: ASSOC -> SCAN
Aug 11 08:21:22 kloboucek kernel: ath_chan_set: 6 (2437 MHz) -> 6 (2437 MHz)
Aug 11 08:21:22 kloboucek kernel: ath_newstate: RX filter 0x117 bssid
ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Aug 11 08:21:22 kloboucek kernel: ath_newstate: SCAN -> SCAN
Aug 11 08:21:22 kloboucek kernel: ath_chan_set: 6 (2437 MHz) -> 7 (2442 MHz)
Aug 11 08:21:22 kloboucek kernel: ath_newstate: RX filter 0x117 bssid
ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Aug 11 08:21:23 kloboucek kernel: ath_newstate: SCAN -> SCAN
(...device goes on scannig channels...)

dmesg can be found below. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Petr

================================================================
                            Petr Holub
CESNET z.s.p.o.                       Supercomputing Center Brno
Zikova 4                             Institute of Compt. Science
162 00 Praha 6, CZ                            Masaryk University
Czech Republic                     Botanicka 68a, 60200 Brno, CZ
e-mail: Petr.Holub at cesnet.cz               phone: +420-549493944
                                             fax: +420-541212747
                                       e-mail: hopet at ics.muni.cz


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FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p1 #4: Mon Jun  6 13:32:43 CEST 2005
    toor at kloboucek.ics.muni.cz:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/KLOBOUCEK
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1700MHz (1694.51-MHz 686-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x695  Stepping = 5

Features=0xa7e9f9bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CLF
LUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,TM,PBE>
real memory  = 536215552 (511 MB)
avail memory = 515047424 (491 MB)
npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
acpi0: <IBM TP-1R> on motherboard
acpi_ec0: <Embedded Controller: GPE 0x1c, ECDT> port 0x66,0x62 on acpi0
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x1008-0x100b on acpi0
cpu0: <ACPI CPU (3 Cx states)> on acpi0
acpi_throttle0: <ACPI CPU Throttling> on cpu0
acpi_lid0: <Control Method Lid Switch> on acpi0
acpi_button0: <Sleep Button> on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
agp0: <Intel 82855 host to AGP bridge> mem 0xd0000000-0xdfffffff at device 0.0
on pci0
pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
pci1: <display, VGA> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
uhci0: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-A> port 0x1800-0x181f irq 11 at
device 29.0 on pci0
usb0: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-A> on uhci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci1: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-B> port 0x1820-0x183f irq 11 at
device 29.1 on pci0
usb1: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-B> on uhci1
usb1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci2: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-C> port 0x1840-0x185f irq 11 at
device 29.2 on pci0
usb2: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-C> on uhci2
usb2: USB revision 1.0
uhub2: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
pci0: <serial bus, USB> at device 29.7 (no driver attached)
pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
cbb0: <PCI-CardBus Bridge> mem 0xb0000000-0xb0000fff irq 11 at device 0.0 on
pci2
cardbus0: <CardBus bus> on cbb0
pccard0: <16-bit PCCard bus> on cbb0
cbb1: <PCI-CardBus Bridge> mem 0xb1000000-0xb1000fff irq 11 at device 0.1 on
pci2
cardbus1: <CardBus bus> on cbb1
pccard1: <16-bit PCCard bus> on cbb1
em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection, Version - 1.7.35> port 0x8000-0x803f
mem 0xc0200000-0xc020ffff,0xc0220000-0xc023ffff irq 11 at device 1.0 on pci2
em0: Ethernet address: 00:0d:60:89:a1:da
em0:  Speed:N/A  Duplex:N/A
ndis0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter> mem
0xc0210000-0xc0210fff irq 11 at device 2.0 on pci2
ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.1
ndis0: Ethernet address: 00:0c:f1:1c:bf:83
ndis0: 11b rates: 11Mbps 2Mbps 1Mbps 5.5Mbps
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <Intel ICH4 UDMA100 controller> port
0x1860-0x186f,0x376,0x170-0x177,0x3f6,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device 31.1 on pci0
ata0: channel #0 on atapci0
ata1: channel #1 on atapci0
pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
pcm0: <Intel ICH4 (82801DB)> port 0x18c0-0x18ff,0x1c00-0x1cff mem
0xc0000800-0xc00008ff,0xc0000c00-0xc0000dff irq 11 at device 31.5 on pci0
pcm0: <Analog Devices AD1981B AC97 Codec>
pci0: <simple comms, generic modem> at device 31.6 (no driver attached)
acpi_tz0: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x64,0x60 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0
fdc0: <floppy drive controller (FDE)> port 0x3f7,0x3f0-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on
acpi0
sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio0: port may not be enabled
sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
sio0: type 8250 or not responding
ppc0: <Standard parallel printer port> port 0x3bc-0x3be irq 7 on acpi0
ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio1: port may not be enabled
acpi_cmbat0: <Control Method Battery> on acpi0
acpi_acad0: <AC Adapter> on acpi0
sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio1: port may not be enabled
orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem 0xdc000-0xdffff,0xd1000-0xd1fff,0xd0000-0xd0fff
on isa0
pmtimer0 on isa0
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio1: port may not be enabled
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1694511023 Hz quality 800
Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
em0: Link is up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
ad0: 53959MB <HTS726060M9AT00/MH4OA6BA> [109632/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100
acd0: CDRW <TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R9012/1121> at ata1-master PIO4
cd0 at ata1 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
cd0: <TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R9012 1121> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device
cd0: 16.000MB/s transfers
cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s2a
em0: Link is up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xc0240000-0xc024ffff irq 11 at device 0.0 on cardbus1
ath0: mac 5.6 phy 4.1 5ghz radio 1.7 2ghz radio 2.3
ath0: Ethernet address: 00:20:a6:4c:5e:d9
ath0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
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

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