xbox 360 + atheros 5212 connection issues

[Rui Paulo]

On 20 Feb 2010, at 21:55, Jake Baillie wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm having trouble getting an Xbox 360 to connect to my newly upgraded
> FreeBSD based wireless access point. The Xbox 360 can successfully
> locate the AP in a scan, but when trying to connect it simply fails. If
> you've never used an Xbox 360 before it is quite useless in reporting
> debugging information, so all debugging will either have to come from
> the FreeBSD box or perhaps another computer set to monitor mode.
> 
> I'd like to request some help in debugging this as I have no idea where
> to start.

First try enabling hostapd debugging.

Then use wlandebug and athdebug to help diagnosing net80211 problems and ath problems, respectively.

If that doesn't help, you need to look at the packet traces with wireshark.

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Rui Paulo