I don't know off-hand how to do monitor mode "right" with macosx anymore. I'm sure it's something you can google. :)
We should try and fix that RSSI thing first because incorrect RSSI makes everything difficult :( -a On 17 September 2016 at 16:32, Larry Rosenman <l...@lerctr.org> wrote: > On 2016-09-17 18:27, Adrian Chadd wrote: >> >> Ok, eg: >> >> LERCTR NETWORK 2.5 e4:8d:8c:ba:14:ea 2 54M >> -168:-127 100 EPS SSID<LERCTR NETWORK 2.5> >> RATES<B2,B4,B11,B22,12,18,24,36> DSPARMS<2> ERP<0x0> HTCAP<cap 0x106e >> param 0x3 mcsset[0-15] extcap 0x0 txbf 0x0 antenna 0x0> RSN<v1 >> mc:AES-CCMP uc:AES-CCMP km:8021X-PSK> XRATES<48,72,96,108> HTINFO<ctl >> 2, 5,0,0,0 basicmcs[]> VEN<dd2a000c42000000011e00100000226325-> WPA<v1 >> mc:AES-CCMP uc:AES-CCMP >> >> Ok, it advertises 1M as a basic rate, but it doesn't allow 6 or 12 or >> 18mb rates, only 24, 36, 48, 54 for 11g. Very amusing. >> >> It works fine(tm) at home, where I associate various devices to >> freebsd APs (and tplinks running vendor code) in 11bg mode. Yeah, >> those RSSI values look wrong, but it at least does associate. >> >> So hm, I wonder whether you're actually sending out the frame, or >> whether it's goign out but you can't hear the ACK, or the other end >> isn't ACKing. Do you have some other NIC? eg a urtwn USB NIC? That way >> we could put it into monitor mode and see what's actually going on >> when it associates. >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> -adrian > > the "better" one from where I'm sitting is: > LERCTR NETWORK 2.5 bc:ee:7b:6f:41:b8 10 54M -164:-127 100 > EP SSID<LERCTR NETWORK 2.5> RATES<B2,B4,B11,B22,36,48,72,108> DSPARMS<10> > ERP<0x4> ???<2f0104> RSN<v1 mc:AES-CCMP uc:AES-CCMP km:8021X-PSK> > XRATES<12,18,24,96> BSSLOAD<sta count 5, chan load 30, aac 0> HTCAP<cap > 0x19ad param 0x17 mcsset[0-23] extcap 0x0 txbf 0x0 antenna 0x0> HTINFO<ctl > 10, 8,4,0,0 basicmcs[]> ???<4a0e14000a002c01c800140005001900> > ???<7f080500080000000040> WPS<v:1.0 st:C > uuid-e:dc-d8-d6-0f-f5-3b-35-a7-1e-b0-66-95-b1-99-15-c8> > VEN<dd090010180205001c0000> WME<qosinfo 0x84 BE[aifsn 3 cwmin 4 cwmax 10 > txop 0] BK[aifsn 7 cwmin 4 cwmax 10 txop 0] VO[aifsn 2 cwmin 3 cwmax 4 txop > 94] VI[aifsn 2 cwmin 2 cwmax 3 txop 47]> ???<46057208010000> > VEN<dd1e00904c0408bf0cb259820feaff0000-> > > which is an ASUS RT-AC68U running the Merlin Firmware. > > The one you listed is a Mikrotik AP. > > I don't have any USB WiFi NIC's. ( I might be able to go over to BestBuy > and get one, but you'd need to tell me a manufacturer / model. > > I am on a Mac sitting next to it, if that can work (running MacOS Sierra) > > -- > Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler > Phone: +1 214-642-9640 E-Mail: l...@lerctr.org > US Mail: 17716 Limpia Crk, Round Rock, TX 78664-7281 _______________________________________________ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"