Dirk Mast wrote: > Adam Retter wrote: > >> Hi there I am hoping someone can help me with a weird wireless problem... >> >> I have a Soekris net4801 with an Atheros AR5212 mini-PCI card and >> OpenBSD 4.2 installed - I am trying to use the Soekris as an Access >> Point amongst other things. >> >> I setup the Atheros card with the hostname.ath0 file, containing - >> >> up inet 192.168.0.254 netmask 255.255.255.0 media autoselect mediaopt >> hostap mode 11a nwid MY_NET nwkey mykey12345678 >> >> Now from my laptop (192.168.0.251) I can see the MY_NET Wireless >> network and connect to it fine (excellent signal strength), however at >> a first glance I dont seem to be to send any data forwards or >> backwards?!? I cant ping either machine from the other. >> >> However "route show" on the Soekris does show an entry for the laptops >> 192.168.0.251 address so there must of been an interchange of arp >> traffic, and the arp table (arp -a) shows the laptops IP address and >> MAC address - >> ? (192.168.0.251) at 00:1b:77:a8:66:f4 on ath0 >> >> On the laptop (Windows XP), the arp table does have the Soekris IP in >> it but its marked as invalid - >> 192.168.0.254 00-00-00-000000 invalid >> >> Now I dont understand how I can connect to the wireless network and >> have the arp tables on each machine know about the others IP addresses >> but yet am unable to send any tcp/ip traffic forwards and backwards. I >> have disabled pf with "pfctl -d" to test this as well, with no change >> in result. >> >> Is there some configuration I have missed to enable tcp/ip on the ath0 >> interface? or any suggestions about what the problem may be? >> >> Thanks >> > > AR5212 is not well supported in 4.2, try a newer OpenBSD version.
Oh mixed it with AR2413, might not be the issue then... Anyway upgrading gives you WPA, which you'd surely want and some other fixes, too...
