Re: Can't seem to use 5GHz APs with Intel wireless
On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 08:29:06AM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: > hm. Which country are you in? india? > > It seems to think you're in the FCC4 regdomain and DE country, which > if I read it right won't give you 5G. So somehow it determined you're > in the "wrong" country? No it was entirely my fault. I had "country DE regdomain FCC4" set in my rc.conf. I don't remmeber why I set regulatory domain or why I explicitly chose FCC4. :-( I was travelling around a bit when this thread was active, thats why my replies had different country code in them. - dbalan ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Can't seem to use 5GHz APs with Intel wireless
hm. Which country are you in? india? It seems to think you're in the FCC4 regdomain and DE country, which if I read it right won't give you 5G. So somehow it determined you're in the "wrong" country? -adrian On Mon, 4 Jun 2018 at 07:15, Adam wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 9:50 PM, Dhananjay Balan wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 03, 2018 at 07:33:30PM +0200, Christoph Moench-Tegeder wrote: > > > > > Is the regdomain/country setting correct for your area and matches your > > > AP? Especially in the 5GHz band there are some "gaps" - not all channels > > > may be used in all countries (because of possible interference with > > > radar equipment and other stuff). See: > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels#5_GHz_( > > 802.11a/h/j/n/ac/ax) > > > > > > > Thanks for taking time to explain. > > > > Turns out PEBKAC. I had this offending line burried in rc.conf > > > > create_args_wlan0="country DE regdomain FCC4" > > > > According to regdomain(5) > > > > So I was forcing my card to do 2.4Ghz it seems, removed it - everything > > worked like charm. I can see and connect to 5GHz 11a aps. > > > > wlan0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu > > 1500 > > ether > > inet 192.168.1.13 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > > nd6 options=29 > > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet MCS mode 11na > > status: associated > > ssid channel 36 (5180 MHz 11a ht/40+) bssid > > regdomain FCC country US authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON > > deftxkey UNDEF TKIP 2:128-bit txpower 17 bmiss 10 mcastrate 6 > > mgmtrate 6 scanvalid 60 ampdulimit 64k ampdudensity 4 -amsdutx > > amsdurx > > shortgi -stbc -ldpc wme roaming MANUAL > > > > > Thanks for the posting. It appears I made some errors in my previous > response. I'm using an iwm, not iwn. And after your pointer I changed my > country to NO which then allows me to see, but not associate to 5gz. > > Good yours is working. > > -- > Adam > ___ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Can't seem to use 5GHz APs with Intel wireless
On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 9:50 PM, Dhananjay Balan wrote: > On Sun, Jun 03, 2018 at 07:33:30PM +0200, Christoph Moench-Tegeder wrote: > > > Is the regdomain/country setting correct for your area and matches your > > AP? Especially in the 5GHz band there are some "gaps" - not all channels > > may be used in all countries (because of possible interference with > > radar equipment and other stuff). See: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels#5_GHz_( > 802.11a/h/j/n/ac/ax) > > > > Thanks for taking time to explain. > > Turns out PEBKAC. I had this offending line burried in rc.conf > > create_args_wlan0="country DE regdomain FCC4" > > According to regdomain(5) > > So I was forcing my card to do 2.4Ghz it seems, removed it - everything > worked like charm. I can see and connect to 5GHz 11a aps. > > wlan0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu > 1500 > ether > inet 192.168.1.13 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > nd6 options=29 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet MCS mode 11na > status: associated > ssid channel 36 (5180 MHz 11a ht/40+) bssid > regdomain FCC country US authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON > deftxkey UNDEF TKIP 2:128-bit txpower 17 bmiss 10 mcastrate 6 > mgmtrate 6 scanvalid 60 ampdulimit 64k ampdudensity 4 -amsdutx > amsdurx > shortgi -stbc -ldpc wme roaming MANUAL > > Thanks for the posting. It appears I made some errors in my previous response. I'm using an iwm, not iwn. And after your pointer I changed my country to NO which then allows me to see, but not associate to 5gz. Good yours is working. -- Adam ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Can't seem to use 5GHz APs with Intel wireless
On Sun, Jun 03, 2018 at 07:33:30PM +0200, Christoph Moench-Tegeder wrote: > Is the regdomain/country setting correct for your area and matches your > AP? Especially in the 5GHz band there are some "gaps" - not all channels > may be used in all countries (because of possible interference with > radar equipment and other stuff). See: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels#5_GHz_(802.11a/h/j/n/ac/ax) > Thanks for taking time to explain. Turns out PEBKAC. I had this offending line burried in rc.conf create_args_wlan0="country DE regdomain FCC4" According to regdomain(5) So I was forcing my card to do 2.4Ghz it seems, removed it - everything worked like charm. I can see and connect to 5GHz 11a aps. wlan0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 ether inet 192.168.1.13 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 nd6 options=29 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet MCS mode 11na status: associated ssid channel 36 (5180 MHz 11a ht/40+) bssid regdomain FCC country US authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF TKIP 2:128-bit txpower 17 bmiss 10 mcastrate 6 mgmtrate 6 scanvalid 60 ampdulimit 64k ampdudensity 4 -amsdutx amsdurx shortgi -stbc -ldpc wme roaming MANUAL - dbalan ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Can't seem to use 5GHz APs with Intel wireless
In message <20180603174401.rbxa3fcnuopro...@squirrel.exwg.net>, Christoph Moenc h-Tegeder writes: > ## Adam (amvandem...@gmail.com): > > > > 3. ifconfing wlan0 scan still doesn't show my 5Ghz only APs (at least som > e > > > I tested) > > > > I don't believe the iwn driver is capable of 5gz. At least mine doesn't > > work on CURRENT. > > The iwn driver has code for 5GHz (I've no idea if that's complete). > But looking at that reminded me: there are many "iwn" devices, including > some having "BGN" appended to their names - I'd guess those devices > don't support 5GHz aka 11a mode. My iwn device (iwn0: ) supports 5 GHz. I just disabled my 2.4 GHz APs and reassociated: wlan0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 ether nd6 options=29 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet MCS mode 11na status: associated ssid -5G channel 153 (5765 MHz 11a ht/40-) bssid regdomain FCC country US authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF AES-CCM 2:128-bit txpower 23 bmiss 120 mcastrate 6 mgmtrate 6 scanvalid 16959 ampdulimit 64k ampdudensity 8 -amsdutx amsdurx shortgi -stbc -ldpc wme roaming MANUAL groups: wlan Some devices do and others don't. For example, I have an ath card for this same laptop (I swapped out my iwn card for an ath card for a short while) that supports station mode (BTW iwn firmware doesn't), discovering my ath device firmware does not support 5 GHz. I suspect that some iwn devices may be similarly "crippled", though the driver supports 5 GHz the firmware does not. My point is it's not a binary issue. You may need to Google your particular card to determine if the manufacturer has implemented the feature or not. I did for my ath card discovering not all implementations are equal. I wouldn't be surprised this might be true of iwn as well. -- Cheers, Cy Schubert FreeBSD UNIX: Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few. ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Can't seem to use 5GHz APs with Intel wireless
## Adam (amvandem...@gmail.com): > > 3. ifconfing wlan0 scan still doesn't show my 5Ghz only APs (at least some > > I tested) > > I don't believe the iwn driver is capable of 5gz. At least mine doesn't > work on CURRENT. The iwn driver has code for 5GHz (I've no idea if that's complete). But looking at that reminded me: there are many "iwn" devices, including some having "BGN" appended to their names - I'd guess those devices don't support 5GHz aka 11a mode. Regards, Christoph -- ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Can't seem to use 5GHz APs with Intel wireless
## Dhananjay Balan (m...@dbalan.in):
> On Sat, Jun 02, 2018 at 12:37:12AM +0200, Christoph Moench-Tegeder wrote:
> > Did you try adding "mode 11a" to select 5GHz band? (This might be
> > out-of-date, as my WiFi stuff is all on 11) (currently I'm also
> > using 2.4GHz only, for compatibility with some devices and the fact
> > that I have quite some trouble running 2.4GHz and 5GHz from the same
> > interface at the same time).
>
> I did a bit more testing, I have to admit that I am not well versed in
> wifi internals.
Here's the non-technical overview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11
(The real details can be really gory, but this should be good enough).
> 1. ifconfig wlan0 list aps shows my aps having rate 54M (Im not entirely
>sure what this means).
>But however when I connect to it, it shows up as 11g
A data rate of 54 MBit/s would be perfectly in sync with 11g - 20MHz
channel width, OFDM modulation, 2.4 GHz. And we see that in this line:
> ssid LA03 channel 6 (2437 MHz 11g ht/20) bssid 52:d9:e7:47:c0:c2
And this shows that even MIMO ("Multiple Input, Multiple Output" has
been activated (that's the "n" in "11ng"):
> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet MCS mode 11ng
The 5GHz part of 802.11 is 802.11a (and related, like ac), there's no
5GHz band in 11g.
I'm a little puzzled about this:
> regdomain FCC4 country DE authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON
Is the regdomain/country setting correct for your area and matches your
AP? Especially in the 5GHz band there are some "gaps" - not all channels
may be used in all countries (because of possible interference with
radar equipment and other stuff). See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels#5_GHz_(802.11a/h/j/n/ac/ax)
Regards,
Christoph
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Re: Can't seem to use 5GHz APs with Intel wireless
On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 9:53 AM, Dhananjay Balan wrote: > On Sat, Jun 02, 2018 at 12:37:12AM +0200, Christoph Moench-Tegeder wrote: > > Did you try adding "mode 11a" to select 5GHz band? (This might be > > out-of-date, as my WiFi stuff is all on 11) (currently I'm also > > using 2.4GHz only, for compatibility with some devices and the fact > > that I have quite some trouble running 2.4GHz and 5GHz from the same > > interface at the same time). > > I did a bit more testing, I have to admit that I am not well versed in > wifi internals. > > 1. ifconfig wlan0 list aps shows my aps having rate 54M (Im not entirely > sure what this means). >But however when I connect to it, it shows up as 11g > > wlan0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu > 1500 > ether a4:4e:31:02:70:3c > inet 192.168.23.111 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.23.255 > nd6 options=29 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet MCS mode 11ng > status: associated > ssid LA03 channel 6 (2437 MHz 11g ht/20) bssid 52:d9:e7:47:c0:c2 > regdomain FCC4 country DE authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON > deftxkey UNDEF AES-CCM 2:128-bit txpower 30 bmiss 10 scanvalid 60 > protmode CTS ampdulimit 64k ampdudensity 8 -amsdutx amsdurx shortgi > -stbc -ldpc wme roaming MANUAL > groups: wlan > I do not believe the response you are replying to actually addressed 5gz which is different than mode. You may be able to achieve better speeds using channel parameters. man ifconfig. A simple test is to have your AP present SSID of 2.4 and 5 as different names. If the 5 doesn't show in the above command, 5 isn't working. > 2. Adding mode 11a to rc.conf didn't change anything. Still connects to > 2.4Ghz band. > Yup > 3. ifconfing wlan0 scan still doesn't show my 5Ghz only APs (at least some > I tested) > I don't believe the iwn driver is capable of 5gz. At least mine doesn't work on CURRENT. > Also, what does 11a mean? shouldn't it be 11n? > - > dbalan > ___ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > -- Adam ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Can't seem to use 5GHz APs with Intel wireless
On Sat, Jun 02, 2018 at 12:37:12AM +0200, Christoph Moench-Tegeder wrote: > Did you try adding "mode 11a" to select 5GHz band? (This might be > out-of-date, as my WiFi stuff is all on 11) (currently I'm also > using 2.4GHz only, for compatibility with some devices and the fact > that I have quite some trouble running 2.4GHz and 5GHz from the same > interface at the same time). I did a bit more testing, I have to admit that I am not well versed in wifi internals. 1. ifconfig wlan0 list aps shows my aps having rate 54M (Im not entirely sure what this means). But however when I connect to it, it shows up as 11g wlan0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 ether a4:4e:31:02:70:3c inet 192.168.23.111 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.23.255 nd6 options=29 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet MCS mode 11ng status: associated ssid LA03 channel 6 (2437 MHz 11g ht/20) bssid 52:d9:e7:47:c0:c2 regdomain FCC4 country DE authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF AES-CCM 2:128-bit txpower 30 bmiss 10 scanvalid 60 protmode CTS ampdulimit 64k ampdudensity 8 -amsdutx amsdurx shortgi -stbc -ldpc wme roaming MANUAL groups: wlan 2. Adding mode 11a to rc.conf didn't change anything. Still connects to 2.4Ghz band. 3. ifconfing wlan0 scan still doesn't show my 5Ghz only APs (at least some I tested) Also, what does 11a mean? shouldn't it be 11n? - dbalan ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Can't seem to use 5GHz APs with Intel wireless
## Dhananjay Balan (m...@dbalan.in): > From reading man pages, I can see that iwn(4) supports 11n. Is it > really supprted? What can I do to enable 11n? The wlan system will auto-select 11n (wide channels, MIMO) as supported by interface and network. See "ht" flag in ifconfig(8). > wlans_iwn0="wlan0" > ifconfig_wlan0="ssid SSID WPA SYNCDHCP" Did you try adding "mode 11a" to select 5GHz band? (This might be out-of-date, as my WiFi stuff is all on 11) (currently I'm also using 2.4GHz only, for compatibility with some devices and the fact that I have quite some trouble running 2.4GHz and 5GHz from the same interface at the same time). Regards, Christoph -- Spare Space ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Can't seem to use 5GHz APs with Intel wireless
On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 2:10 AM, Dhananjay Balan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> (Apologies if this is the wrong list, please point me at the right one if
> you know)
>
> I run 12-CURRENT (r334442) on a Thinkpad X230. This machine has an Intel
> Centrino Advanced N 6205. But freebsd only uses in in 11g mode. When I
> try to scan, it won't even display 5GHz aps.
>
>
> wlan0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu
> 1500
> ether a4:4e:31:02:70:3c
> inet 192.168.1.108 netmask 0x broadcast 192.168.255.255
> nd6 options=29
> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet MCS mode 11ng
> status: associated
> ssid SSID channel 7 (2442 MHz 11g ht/20) bssid bc:8a:e8:0b:a9:3f
> regdomain FCC4 country DE authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON
> deftxkey UNDEF AES-CCM 2:128-bit txpower 30 bmiss 10 scanvalid 60
> protmode CTS ampdulimit 32k ampdudensity 16 -amsdutx amsdurx
> shortgi
> -stbc -ldpc wme roaming MANUAL
> groups: wlan
>
>
>
> From reading man pages, I can see that iwn(4) supports 11n. Is it
> really supprted? What can I do to enable 11n?
>
>
> Here are my configs
>
> /etc/rc.conf
> wlans_iwn0="wlan0"
> ifconfig_wlan0="ssid SSID WPA SYNCDHCP"
>
>
> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> eapol_version=2
> ap_scan=1
> fast_reauth=1
>
> network={
> ssid="SSID"
> scan_ssid=0
> psk="PSK"
> priority=5
> }
>
>
> /boot/loader.conf
> # wifi
> if_iwn_load="YES"
> iwn1000fw_load="YES"
> iwn100fw_load="YES"
> iwn105fw_load="YES"
> iwn135fw_load="YES"
> iwn2000fw_load="YES"
> iwn2030fw_load="YES"
> iwn4965fw_load="YES"
> iwn5000fw_load="YES"
> iwn5150fw_load="YES"
> iwn6000fw_load="YES"
> iwn6000g2afw_load="YES"
> iwn6000g2bfw_load="YES"
> iwn6050fw_load="YES"
> ___
>
First, if you are using GENERIC, the driver and firmware are either in the
kernel (driver) or auto-loaded. Yo should not have anything about this in
your loader.conf.
As far as other configuration goes, rc.local should not need (or want) the
SSID. That is why it is in wpa_supplicant.conf. All global wpa_supplicant
global definition is not needed except for eapol_version=2 as 1 is default.
Normally teh default works, but some APs insist on V2. Still, it should not
hurt to define everything.
I do find the iwn driver to be pretty poor and sometimes a bit unstable,
but it does work. I have 11n and 54 MHz working. what do you see with
'ifconfig wlan0 list aps'? If 54M is available, it should show up.
--
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Can't seem to use 5GHz APs with Intel wireless
Hi,
(Apologies if this is the wrong list, please point me at the right one if you
know)
I run 12-CURRENT (r334442) on a Thinkpad X230. This machine has an Intel
Centrino Advanced N 6205. But freebsd only uses in in 11g mode. When I
try to scan, it won't even display 5GHz aps.
wlan0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500
ether a4:4e:31:02:70:3c
inet 192.168.1.108 netmask 0x broadcast 192.168.255.255
nd6 options=29
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet MCS mode 11ng
status: associated
ssid SSID channel 7 (2442 MHz 11g ht/20) bssid bc:8a:e8:0b:a9:3f
regdomain FCC4 country DE authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON
deftxkey UNDEF AES-CCM 2:128-bit txpower 30 bmiss 10 scanvalid 60
protmode CTS ampdulimit 32k ampdudensity 16 -amsdutx amsdurx shortgi
-stbc -ldpc wme roaming MANUAL
groups: wlan
>From reading man pages, I can see that iwn(4) supports 11n. Is it
really supprted? What can I do to enable 11n?
Here are my configs
/etc/rc.conf
wlans_iwn0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="ssid SSID WPA SYNCDHCP"
/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
eapol_version=2
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1
network={
ssid="SSID"
scan_ssid=0
psk="PSK"
priority=5
}
/boot/loader.conf
# wifi
if_iwn_load="YES"
iwn1000fw_load="YES"
iwn100fw_load="YES"
iwn105fw_load="YES"
iwn135fw_load="YES"
iwn2000fw_load="YES"
iwn2030fw_load="YES"
iwn4965fw_load="YES"
iwn5000fw_load="YES"
iwn5150fw_load="YES"
iwn6000fw_load="YES"
iwn6000g2afw_load="YES"
iwn6000g2bfw_load="YES"
iwn6050fw_load="YES"
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