From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.44.28]:3458 "EHLO yx-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751228AbZDQUCX (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:02:23 -0400 Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 3so198641yxj.1 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:02:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49E8E046.2070004@gmail.com> (sfid-20090417_220227_086205_39540F7F) Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:02:14 -0400 From: Will Keaney MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linux Wireless Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Trouble Associating with ath5k on AR5212] References: <49DCA8E3.3060603@gmail.com> <49DCC641.4010405@gmail.com> <49DCD05B.9050802@gmail.com> <49DCE23B.7010400@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49DCE23B.7010400@gmail.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig2C5A01FC20E87A06B5F2B4C7" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig2C5A01FC20E87A06B5F2B4C7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Will Keaney wrote: > Will Keaney wrote: > =20 >> Bob Copeland wrote: >> =20 >> =20 >>>> I also have to manually set the reg domain to US every time I load t= he >>>> ath5k module. =EF=BF=BDI tried configuring wpa_supplicant.conf to do= this >>>> itself, but that doesn't seem to work. =EF=BF=BDIt would be nice to = have a >>>> module parameter for setting this at load time. >>>> =20 >>>> =20 >>>> =20 >>> I may be wrong but I think that only works in wpa_supplicant if you >>> use -Dnl80211 (instead of -Dwext). >>> >>> FWIW in the default world roaming domain you can still connect to mos= t >>> APs. Besides iw/wpa_supplicant, pending patches to ath5k will set th= e >>> default regdomain automatically based on the value stored in the eepr= om. >>> =20 >>> =20 >>> =20 >> Ahh, interesting. I didn't see nl80211 documented in the wpa_supplica= nt >> example configs or man page. I'll give that a shot. >> I seem to get much better scanning results with the region set properl= y, >> than on the world roaming domain. >> =20 >> =20 > I don't know if it's relevant or not, but when using -Dnl80211 I see a > bit of odd behavior: > - wpa_supplicant is able to set the region automatically. Yay! > - scanning produces quite an extensive list of APs, but most of them > don't have SSIDs listed. This isn't in itself too strange, since I kno= w > that there are 2 networks nearby each with several repeaters that do no= t > broadcast SSID. However, one of them (chmc_guest) is identified in the= > scanning output when using -Dwext. > - All of the networks show a signal strength of 0. -Dwext shows varyin= g > signal strengths for each network. Considering that I am unable to > associate with any of them, I have to wonder which driver is producing > spurious output. > > I would also like to note that the maximum Tx Power of the card is > significantly different between madwifi and ath5k. In madwifi, it maxe= s > at 17dBm; in ath5k, it maxes at 27dBm. I don't know if it actually is > using these values, or if one or both drivers are reporting Tx power > incorrectly. > > Will > =20 Is there any other information or testing I can provide to assist with diagnosing/resolving this? Will --------------enig2C5A01FC20E87A06B5F2B4C7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkno4EsACgkQjfayWCA8dDGrFQCbBczhGQTWnwjApjvJIJOVs9Hh e48AmwWx9ZHEB/NzUhLVwiXpVyybw89S =g01u -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig2C5A01FC20E87A06B5F2B4C7--