Better luck now. Things started working better when I got an
off-list email suggesting to upgrade to 1.1.1/1.8.2. I tried
1.1.1/1.8.0, 1.1.1/1.8.2, and 1.1.1/1.8.4 and this was the result:
Aug 6 18:47:43 grits /bsd: wi0 at pcmcia0 function 0 "INTERSIL,
HFA384x/IEEE, Version 01.02" port 0xa000/64
Aug 6 18:47:43 grits /bsd: wi0: PRISM2.5 ISL3873, Firmware 1.1.1
(primary), 1.8.0 (station), address 00:02:6f:08:0d:85
Aug 6 18:50:05 grits /bsd: wi0: init failed
Aug 6 18:50:05 grits /bsd: wi0: failed to allocate 1594 bytes on NIC
Aug 6 18:50:05 grits /bsd: wi0: tx buffer allocation failed
Aug 6 18:50:05 grits /bsd: wi0: failed to allocate 1594 bytes on NIC
Aug 6 18:50:05 grits /bsd: wi0: mgmt. buffer allocation failed
Aug 6 18:50:05 grits /bsd: wi0: wi_start: xmit failed
Full dmesg is still below. And this is on 3.7-stable. I ended up
using 1.1.1/1.7.4 and everything is working very well now.
Anybody else having trouble with 1.8.0 and up?
Thanks,
Greg
On 8/6/05, Greg Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I switched the wireless card in my home AP from a Netgear MA401 to a 200mW
> card with external antenna from Netgate in the hopes of getting better
> performance to my way upstairs bedroom. But I'm having trouble with a
> couple of things including just getting it to run at 11Mbps.
>
> 1st, as you can see it's running 1.1.0/1.4.9 but when I had it in my
> Windows laptop the firmware utility was showing 1.8.0 station firmware
> (can't remember the primary). I assume that's a problem with the Windows
> utility since this card shipped with 1.1.0/1.4.9 and I don't recall
> flashing it. I've had it laying around for some time.
>
> 2nd, there are a number of APs in my complex so I've been getting better
> luck just running on channel 11. But I get the following using ifconfig:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ethant# sudo ifconfig wi0 chan 11
> ifconfig: SIOCS80211CHANNEL: Invalid argument
>
> If I use wicontrol it works but I know wicontrol is deprecated.
>
> 3rd, if I let the card autoselect it always starts up at DS2 or DS1.
> Actually, I just restarted the box and it came up into DS2 even though I
> have some wicontrol lines in my /etc/hostname.wi0:
>
> wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> address: 00:02:6f:08:0d:85
> ieee80211: nwid homeap nwkey <not displayed> 20dBm
> media: IEEE802.11 autoselect hostap (DS2)
> status: active
> inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
> inet6 fe80::202:6fff:fe08:d85%wi0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ethant# cat /etc/hostname.wi0
> inet 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 NONE nwid homeap \
> nwkey 0xnotreal mediaopt hostap
> wicontrol -f 11 -t 11
>
> If I want to run on channel 11 I have to do a wicontrol -f 11 after boot up.
>
> Any performance help would be much appreciated.
>
> wicontrol if needed:
>
> NIC serial number: [ SN028051036
> ]
> Station name: [ WaveLAN/IEEE node ]
> SSID for IBSS creation: [ homeap ]
> Current netname (SSID): [ homeap ]
> Desired netname (SSID): [ homeap ]
> Current BSSID: [ 00:02:6f:08:0d:85 ]
> Channel list: [ 2047 ]
> IBSS channel: [ 11 ]
> Current channel: [ 11 ]
> Comms quality/signal/noise: [ 0 81 27 ]
> Promiscuous mode: [ Off ]
> Process 802.11b Frame: [ Off ]
> Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc, 6=Host AP): [ 6 ]
> MAC address: [ 00:02:6f:08:0d:85 ]
> TX rate (selection): [ 11 ]
> TX rate (actual speed): [ 2 ]
> Maximum data length: [ 2304 ]
> RTS/CTS handshake threshold: [ 2347 ]
> Create IBSS: [ Off ]
> Antenna diversity (0=auto,1=pri,2=aux): [ ]
> Microwave oven robustness: [ On ]
> Roaming mode(1=firm,3=disable): [ 1 ]
> Access point density: [ 1 ]
> Power Management: [ Off ]
> Max sleep time: [ 100 ]
> Enhanced Security mode: [ ]
> Intersil Prism2-based card: [ 1 ]
> Card info: [ PRISM2.5 ISL3873, Firmware 1.4.9 ]
> Encryption: [ On ]
> Encryption algorithm: [ Firmware WEP ]
> Authentication type
> (1=OpenSys, 2=Shared Key): [ 1 ]
> TX encryption key: [ 1 ]
> Encryption keys: [ ][ ][ ][ ]
>
>
> OpenBSD 3.7 (GENERIC) #0: Thu Jul 14 17:59:16 PDT 2005
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
> cpu0: Intel Pentium III ("GenuineIntel" 686-class, 128KB L2 cache) 1 GHz
> cpu0:
> FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MM
> X,FXSR,SSE
> real mem = 65052672 (63528K)
> avail mem = 51933184 (50716K)
> using 819 buffers containing 3354624 bytes (3276K) of memory
> mainbus0 (root)
> bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(77) BIOS, date 01/03/02, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfd7b0
> pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xfd7b0/0x850
> pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfdf40/160 (8 entries)
> pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:31:0 ("Intel 82371FB ISA" rev 0x00)
> pcibios0: PCI bus #2 is the last bus
> bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x8000 0xd0000/0x8000!
> cpu0 at mainbus0
> pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios)
> pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82810E" rev 0x03
> vga1 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82810E Graphics" rev 0x03: aperture
> at 0xf8
> 000000, size 0x4000000
> wsdisplay0 at vga1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
> wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
> ppb0 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801AA Hub-to-PCI" rev 0x02
> pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
> ahc1 at pci1 dev 11 function 0 "Adaptec AHA-2940U" rev 0x01: irq 3
> scsibus0 at ahc1: 16 targets
> st0 at scsibus0 targ 4 lun 0: <WangDAT, Model 3400DX, 5.0j> SCSI2
> 1/sequential r
> emovable
> st0: drive empty or not ready
> cbb0 at pci1 dev 13 function 0 "Ricoh 5C475 CardBus" rev 0x81: irq 9
> xl0 at pci1 dev 14 function 0 "3Com 3c905B 100Base-TX" rev 0x00: irq 10,
> address
> 00:10:5a:02:3d:8f
> exphy0 at xl0 phy 24: 3Com internal media interface
> cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0
> cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 2 device 0 cacheline 0x0, lattimer 0x20
> pcmcia0 at cardslot0
> ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801AA LPC" rev 0x02
> pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1 "Intel 82801AA IDE" rev 0x02: DMA,
> channel 0 w
> ired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to compatibility
> wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <ST320410A>
> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 19092MB, 39102336 sectors
> wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 4
> atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0
> scsibus1 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets
> cd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <SAMSUNG, CD-ROM SC-148, B100> SCSI0 5/cdrom
> remov
> able
> cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2
> uhci0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801AA USB" rev 0x02: irq 11
> usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
> uhub0 at usb0
> uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
> uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
> "Intel 82801AA SMBus" rev 0x02 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 not configured
> auich0 at pci0 dev 31 function 5 "Intel 82801AA AC97" rev 0x02: irq 9, ICH
> AC97
> ac97: codec id 0x41445361 (Analog Devices AD1886)
> ac97: codec features headphone, Analog Devices Phat Stereo
> audio0 at auich0
> isa0 at ichpcib0
> isadma0 at isa0
> pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
> pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
> pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
> wskbd0 at pckbd0 (mux 1 ignored for console): console keyboard, using
> wsdisplay0
> mpu0 at isa0 port 0x300/2: generic MPU-401 compatible
> midi0 at mpu0: <MPU-401 MIDI UART>
> pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
> midi1 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
> sysbeep0 at pcppi0
> lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7
> npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16
> pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
> pccom0: console
> fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2
> fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
> biomask fb6d netmask ff6d ttymask ffef
> pctr: 686-class user-level performance counters enabled
> mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support
> wi0 at pcmcia0 function 0 "INTERSIL, HFA384x/IEEE, Version 01.02" port
> 0xa000/64
> wi0: PRISM2.5 ISL3873, Firmware 1.1.0 (primary), 1.4.9 (station), address
> 00:02:
> 6f:08:0d:85
> uhub1 at uhub0 port 2
> uhub1: vendor 0x109f product 0x7148, class 9/0, rev 1.10/0.00, addr 2
> uhub1: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
> dkcsum: wd0 matched BIOS disk 80
> root on wd0a
> rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302
>
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