[CUWiN-Dev] CUWin at 5 GHz

[David Young]

On Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 01:31:14PM -0400, jbrink at sympatico.ca wrote:
> 
> I'm wondering if anyone has a pair of nodes running at 5 GHz.  I've 
> hacked around the configuration files (specifically cuw_config for the 
> channel and ifconfig.wireless.tmpl).
> 
> I've set the channel in the cuw_config in to a valid 802.11a channel, 
> and changed the line "media auto mediaopt adhoc mode 11b" to "media auto 
> mediaopt adhoc mode 11a".  I made the changes on /permanent/etc by 
> temporarily making the cf r/w, and rebooted the node.

Jef,

Maybe there is a driver bug.  Today I am committing to NetBSD some
work that brings the wireless drivers, especially the Atheros driver,
up to date with what is in FreeBSD.  If you will send me your patches,
I will produce an upgrade file with the new drivers.

Dave

> When the nodes reboot they come up clean and the interfaces start up.
> 
> ifconfig -a
> 
> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         ssid mymesh
>         powersave off
>         bssid 02:02:6f:21:e3:cd chan 60
>         address: 00:02:6f:21:e3:cd
>         media: IEEE802.11 autoselect mode 11a adhoc
>         status: active
>         inet 10.0.140.238 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 10.0.140.238
>         inet alias 169.254.34.209 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 
> 169.254.255.255
>         inet6 fe80::202:6fff:fe21:e3cd%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
>         inet6 fec0::202:6fff:fe21:e3cd prefixlen 64
> sip0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         address: 00:00:24:c3:fc:a4
>         media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX full-duplex)
>         status: active
>         inet 10.216.103.254 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.216.103.255
>         inet6 fe80::200:24ff:fec3:fca4%sip0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
>         inet6 fec0::d867:200:24ff:fec3:fca4 prefixlen 64
> lo0: flags=8009<UP,LOOPBACK,MULTICAST> mtu 33196
>         inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
>         inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
>         inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
> 
> I can see the nodes at 5 GHz on channel 60 with the survey tool, but the 
>   "non-gateway" node cannot resolve (when the nodes are configured with 
> the normal 2.4 GHz config they work great).
> 
> Is there something else I need to look at ?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Jef
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