trouble connecting to wifi
Adrian Chadd
adrian at freebsd.org
Wed Jul 1 15:17:27 UTC 2015
Let me go and see what the erm, "blessed" way in net80211 is to
disable ht40, then we can go from there.
(I really should default 2GHz to HT/20..)
-adrian
On 1 July 2015 at 00:33, Zsolt SZASZ <zsolty_szasz at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Its working stable!
> I try to contact the pfsense core team about this option to be added in the
> future.
> Shall I install 11-Current and continue from there with the testing?
>
>
> On 6/30/2015 12:19 AM, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>>
>> hi,
>>
>> you can do that. but I'm surprised there's no way in pfsense to
>> explicitly configure the channel as being ht/20 only.
>>
>> You may find some devices won't let you tune to channel 13. It's all
>> very regulatory-y restricted.
>>
>>
>> -a
>>
>>
>> On 29 June 2015 at 13:14, zsolty szasz <zsolty_szasz at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I checked all the wireless channels which my adapter supports.
>>>
>>> #ifconfig -v ath0_wlan0 list channel
>>> Channel 1 : 2412 MHz 11b Channel 7 : 2442 MHz
>>> 11g
>>> Channel 1 : 2412 MHz 11g Channel 7 : 2442 MHz
>>> 11g
>>> ht/20
>>> Channel 1 : 2412 MHz 11g ht/20 Channel 7 : 2442 MHz 11g
>>> ht/40+
>>> Channel 1 : 2412 MHz 11g ht/40+ Channel 7 : 2442 MHz 11g
>>> ht/40-
>>> Channel 2 : 2417 MHz 11b Channel 8 : 2447 MHz
>>> 11b
>>> Channel 2 : 2417 MHz 11g Channel 8 : 2447 MHz
>>> 11g
>>> Channel 2 : 2417 MHz 11g ht/20 Channel 8 : 2447 MHz 11g
>>> ht/20
>>> Channel 2 : 2417 MHz 11g ht/40+ Channel 8 : 2447 MHz 11g
>>> ht/40-
>>> Channel 3 : 2422 MHz 11b Channel 9 : 2452 MHz
>>> 11b
>>> Channel 3 : 2422 MHz 11g Channel 9 : 2452 MHz
>>> 11g
>>> Channel 3 : 2422 MHz 11g ht/20 Channel 9 : 2452 MHz 11g
>>> ht/20
>>> Channel 3 : 2422 MHz 11g ht/40+ Channel 9 : 2452 MHz 11g
>>> ht/40-
>>> Channel 4 : 2427 MHz 11b Channel 10 : 2457 MHz
>>> 11b
>>> Channel 4 : 2427 MHz 11g Channel 10 : 2457 MHz
>>> 11g
>>> Channel 4 : 2427 MHz 11g ht/20 Channel 10 : 2457 MHz 11g
>>> ht/20
>>> Channel 4 : 2427 MHz 11g ht/40+ Channel 10 : 2457 MHz 11g
>>> ht/40-
>>> Channel 5 : 2432 MHz 11b Channel 11 : 2462 MHz
>>> 11b
>>> Channel 5 : 2432 MHz 11g Channel 11 : 2462 MHz
>>> 11g
>>> Channel 5 : 2432 MHz 11g ht/20 Channel 11 : 2462 MHz 11g
>>> ht/20
>>> Channel 5 : 2432 MHz 11g ht/40+ Channel 11 : 2462 MHz 11g
>>> ht/40-
>>> Channel 5 : 2432 MHz 11g ht/40- Channel 12 : 2467 MHz 11b
>>> Channel 6 : 2437 MHz 11b Channel 12 : 2467 MHz
>>> 11g
>>> Channel 6 : 2437 MHz 11g Channel 12 : 2467 MHz
>>> 11g
>>> ht/20
>>> Channel 6 : 2437 MHz 11g ht/20 Channel 13 : 2472 MHz 11b
>>> Channel 6 : 2437 MHz 11g ht/40+ Channel 13 : 2472 MHz 11g
>>> Channel 6 : 2437 MHz 11g ht/40- Channel 13 : 2472 MHz 11g
>>> ht/20
>>> Channel 7 : 2442 MHz 11b
>>>
>>> I changed my settings to channel 13 since that is using only ht/20. Is
>>> that
>>> ok for further testing?
>>>
>>> #ifconfig
>>> ath0_wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0
>>> mtu
>>> 1500
>>> ether 30:b5:c2:63:51:77
>>> inet6 fe80::32b5:c2ff:fe63:5177%ath0_wlan0 prefixlen 64 scopeid
>>> 0x8
>>> inet 192.168.2.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
>>> nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11ng
>>> <hostap>
>>> status: running
>>> ssid freebsdap channel 13 (2472 MHz 11g ht/20) bssid
>>> 30:b5:c2:63:51:77
>>> regdomain ETSI country RO indoor ecm authmode WPA2/802.11i
>>> privacy MIXED deftxkey 2 AES-CCM 2:128-bit txpower 30 scanvalid
>>> 60
>>> protmode OFF ampdulimit 64k ampdudensity 8 shortgi wme burst
>>> -apbridge
>>> dtimperiod 1 -dfs
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Monday, June 29, 2015 12:45 AM, Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> no, you'll have to ask the pfsense people if they provided a UI to set
>>> the channel to HT/20 only.
>>>
>>>
>>> -a
>>>
>>>
>>> On 28 June 2015 at 14:37, Zsolt SZASZ <zsolty_szasz at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> with ifconfig ath0_wlan0 -ampdu ? or default?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 6/28/2015 11:41 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Ok, it's doing HT/40 in 11n mode, and you're on channel 3.
>>>>>
>>>>> Try HT/20.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -a
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 28 June 2015 at 13:37, Zsolt SZASZ <zsolty_szasz at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ifconfig returns this (ifconfig ath0_wlan0 -ampdu is setup):
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu
>>>>>> 2290
>>>>>> ether 30:b5:c2:63:51:77
>>>>>> nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>>>>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11ng
>>>>>> <hostap>
>>>>>> status: running
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ath0_wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric
>>>>>> 0
>>>>>> mtu
>>>>>> 1500
>>>>>> ether 30:b5:c2:63:51:77
>>>>>> inet6 fe80::32b5:c2ff:fe63:5177%ath0_wlan0 prefixlen 64
>>>>>> scopeid
>>>>>> 0x8
>>>>>> inet 192.168.2.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
>>>>>> nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>>>>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11ng
>>>>>> <hostap>
>>>>>> status: running
>>>>>> ssid freebsdap channel 3 (2422 MHz 11g ht/40+) bssid
>>>>>> 30:b5:c2:63:51:77
>>>>>> regdomain ETSI country RO indoor ecm authmode WPA2/802.11i
>>>>>> privacy MIXED deftxkey 3 AES-CCM 2:128-bit AES-CCM 3:128-bit
>>>>>> txpower 30 scanvalid 60 protmode OFF -ampdu ampdulimit 64k
>>>>>> ampdudensity 8 shortgi wme burst -apbridge dtimperiod 1 -dfs
>>>>>>
>>>>>> stable 11g is:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu
>>>>>> 2290
>>>>>> ether 30:b5:c2:63:51:77
>>>>>> nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>>>>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g
>>>>>> <hostap>
>>>>>> status: running
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ath0_wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric
>>>>>> 0
>>>>>> mtu
>>>>>> ether 30:b5:c2:63:51:77
>>>>>> inet6 fe80::32b5:c2ff:fe63:5177%ath0_wlan0 prefixlen 64
>>>>>> scopeid
>>>>>> 0x8
>>>>>> inet 192.168.2.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
>>>>>> nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>>>>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g
>>>>>> <hostap>
>>>>>> status: running
>>>>>> ssid freebsdap channel 3 (2422 MHz 11g) bssid
>>>>>> 30:b5:c2:63:51:77
>>>>>> regdomain ETSI country RO indoor ecm authmode WPA2/802.11i
>>>>>> privacy MIXED deftxkey 2 AES-CCM 2:128-bit txpower 30
>>>>>> scanvalid
>>>>>> 60
>>>>>> protmode OFF wme burst -apbridge dtimperiod 1 -dfs
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 6/27/2015 8:28 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ok, so you have to use no-11n in order for it to be tsable, ok.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> when you test, can you just verify that it's always using the same
>>>>>>> channel?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> are you using HT/20 or HT/40 when you're in 11n mode?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -a
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 25 June 2015 at 08:10, zsolty szasz <zsolty_szasz at yahoo.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No joy!
>>>>>>>> Besides that I had also a lot of these: ath0_wlan0: discard frame
>>>>>>>> w/o
>>>>>>>> leading ethernet header (len 6 pkt len 6).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> One night when WiFi stopped working then I came with my laptop in my
>>>>>>>> hand
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> sit in front of my router to do the usual ifconfig ath0 down/up but
>>>>>>>> before
>>>>>>>> doing that I observed that while I was near to the wifi antenna with
>>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>>> laptop the wifi started to work fine again without doing anything
>>>>>>>> (on
>>>>>>>> laptop
>>>>>>>> the connection went from 15Mbps to 280Mbps automatically). I don't
>>>>>>>> know
>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>> this information is usefully to you. Of course this happened only
>>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>>> time,
>>>>>>>> I tried next day the same and it wasn't enough.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Monday, June 22, 2015 11:07 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That's fine. Ok, try this:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ifconfig ath0_wlan0 -ampdu
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> .. then reassociate evryone.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -adrian
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>
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