Hmm the manual page doesnt metion AR2413 at all - http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+4.4&arch=i386&format=html
It also mentions that some WPA stuff is unsupported - is the manual page out of date? 2009/1/29 Dirk Mast <condo...@gmail.com>: > 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... > > -- Adam Retter
