Don't do up scan. Just do
ifconfig wlan0 up ifconfig wlan0 list scan There may be some stupid race conditions there. -a On 30 December 2013 10:36, Toomas Aas <toomas....@raad.tartu.ee> wrote: > Hello! > > I posted a request on the FreeBSD forums on this topic, but got no > responses: > http://forums.freebsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=43895 > > So, I'll repeat it here hoping that it may catch the attention of some > experts who are maybe not following the forums. > > I'm trying to get TP-Link TL-WN727N V3 USB wifi adapter working with my > FreeBSD 9.2-STABLE amd64 system (r259472). It seems to me that this adapter > uses Ralink RT5370 chipset, and support for this was merged to 9-STABLE in > r259457. > > I plug in the adapter and it seems to be recognized: > > Dec 18 18:13:15 kernel: ugen2.2: <TPlink> at usbus2 > Dec 18 18:13:15 kernel: run0: <1.0> on usbus2 > Dec 18 18:13:15 kernel: run0: MAC/BBP RT5390 (rev 0x0502), RF RT5370 (MIMO > 1T1R), address f8:1a:67:19:40:24 > > I create the wlan device: > > # ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev run0 > > Then I try to scan, but both of the below commands return immediately > without any result: > > # ifconfig wlan0 up scan > # ifconfig wlan0 list scan > > I tried running wlandebug -i wlan0 +scan, and an endless supply of following > is recorded in /var/log/messages: > > Dec 18 21:47:26 kernel: wlan0: ieee80211_check_scan: active scan, append > Dec 18 21:47:26 kernel: wlan0: ieee80211_scanreq: flags 0x1b duration > 0x7fffffff mindwell 0 maxdwell 0 nssid 0 > Dec 18 21:47:26 kernel: wlan0: scan_update_locked: current scanner is > <none:none>, switch to <wlan0:STA> > Dec 18 21:47:26 kernel: wlan0: start_scan_locked: active scan, duration > 2147483647 mindwell 0 maxdwell 0, desired mode auto, flush > Dec 18 21:47:26 kernel: wlan0: scan set 1g, 6g, 11g, 7g, 2g, 3g, 4g, 5g, 8g, > 9g, 10g dwell min 20ms max 200ms > Dec 18 21:47:26 kernel: wlan0: start_scan_locked: active scan already in > progress > Dec 18 21:47:26 kernel: wlan0: scan_task: chan 1b -> 1g [active, dwell > min 20ms max 200ms] > Dec 18 21:47:26 kernel: wlan0: scan_task: chan 1g -> 6g [active, dwell > min 20ms max 200ms] > Dec 18 21:47:27 kernel: wlan0: scan_task: chan 6g -> 11g [active, dwell > min 20ms max 200ms] > Dec 18 21:47:27 kernel: wlan0: scan_task: chan 11g -> 7g [active, dwell > min 20ms max 200ms] > Dec 18 21:47:27 kernel: wlan0: scan_task: chan 7g -> 2g [active, dwell > min 20ms max 200ms] > Dec 18 21:47:27 kernel: wlan0: scan_task: chan 2g -> 3g [active, dwell > min 20ms max 200ms] > Dec 18 21:47:27 kernel: wlan0: scan_task: chan 3g -> 4g [active, dwell > min 20ms max 200ms] > Dec 18 21:47:28 kernel: wlan0: scan_task: chan 4g -> 5g [active, dwell > min 20ms max 200ms] > Dec 18 21:47:28 kernel: wlan0: scan_task: chan 5g -> 8g [active, dwell > min 20ms max 200ms] > Dec 18 21:47:28 kernel: wlan0: scan_task: chan 8g -> 9g [active, dwell > min 20ms max 200ms] > Dec 18 21:47:28 kernel: wlan0: scan_task: chan 9g -> 10g [active, dwell > min 20ms max 200ms] > Dec 18 21:47:29 kernel: wlan0: sta_pick_bss: no scan candidate > Dec 18 21:47:29 kernel: wlan0: scan_task: done, restart [ticks 1706420, > dwell min 20 scanend 2149187524] > Dec 18 21:47:29 kernel: wlan0: scan_task: chan 10g -> 1g [active, dwell > min 20ms max 200ms] > Dec 18 21:47:29 kernel: wlan0: scan_task: chan 1g -> 6g [active, dwell > min 20ms max 200ms] > Dec 18 21:47:29 kernel: wlan0: scan_task: chan 6g -> 11g [active, dwell > min 20ms max 200ms] > Dec 18 21:47:29 kernel: wlan0: scan_task: chan 11g -> 7g [active, dwell > min 20ms max 200ms] > > I've watched this output for 10 minutes and it just seems to go on > indefinitely. I'm not sure what to think of this. There are several access > points near me that the scan should find, but it doesn't. When I plug in the > same adapter to a laptop with Windows 7, it successfully shows the nearby > access points and allows me to connect to one, so the adapter is not broken. > Any ideas for further troubleshooting are welcome. > > -- > Toomas Aas > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
