Hi, Stuart, It should be duplicate with bug 6548772,which has been fixed in snv_b64. iwi-0.5 on opensolaris doesn't enable 802.11a scan, so that 2915ABG adapter running under bg modes only.
Thanks, Michael Stuart F. Biggar wrote: > Am I correct in inferring that recent versions of the ath driver > work with 802.11a access points? I just plugged in an IBM Cardbus > abg wifi card based on an atheros chipset and wificonfig -i ath0 scan > showed our 802.11a network whereas the the iwi interface built > into the machine doesn't: > > [t43p:/]# wificonfig -i iwi0 scan > essid bssid type encryption signallevel > RSG-b 00:06:25:0e:e8:b0 access point wep 13 > 00:16:b6:c8:6f:ef access point wep 11 > [t43p:/]# wificonfig -i ath0 scan > essid bssid type encryption signallevel > RSG-b 00:06:25:0e:e8:b0 access point wep 10 > gcapba 00:02:2d:64:4e:0a access point none 4 > RSG-a 00:06:25:0e:ce:53 access point wep 10 > [t43p:/]# > > Machine is running snv_62 with the OpenSolaris v0.5 > iwi driver as the one included in snv_61 and snv_62 > fails to work with the built-in Intel 2915ABG. > > If 802.11a is now working with ath, will it (and WPA2) soon > work with iwi? > > Thanks for all the wifi work - it makes using a notebook with > Solaris MUCH better (as does Cardbus). Now if the ACPI > interpreter would allow interrupt assignment to the PATA > interface in the docking station, just about everything would > work. Hopefully accelerated graphics for the ATI FireGL > chipset will be coming sometime :-) > > Stuart > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > laptop-discuss mailing list > laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org >
