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Hi,
I've a AR5213 card. It's actually a Wistron CM9 card.

I've read the man page and tried setting media to OFDM54. The man page
shows no mention of my model AR5213. Should I update the kernel? I'm
running OpenBSD 3.9 Generic i386 on a Wrap embedded pc from pcengines.
"OpenBSD 3.9 (GENERIC) #617: Thu Mar 2 02:26:48 MST 2006"

I tried "inet 192.168.0.3 255.255.255.0 NONE media OFDM54 nwid bubbles-networks"
I have tried to get 802.11g working but have had no sucess.

my /etc/hostname.ath0 is:
"inet 192.168.0.3 255.255.255.0 NONE media autoselect nwid bubbles-networks"

ifconfig ath0 shows:
"ath0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX ,MULTICAST> mtu
1500
lladdr 00:0b:6b:4d:50:26
groups: egress
media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (DS11 mode 11b)
status: active
ieee80211: nwid bubbles-networks chan 11 bssid 00:18:4d:10:fe:ee
inet 192.168.0.3 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
inet6 fe80::20b:6bff:fe4d:5026%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
"


dmesg shows:
"ath0 at pci0 dev 13 function 0 "Atheros AR5212" rev 0x01: irq 12
ath0: AR5213 5.9 phy 4.3 rf5112 3.6, FCC2A*, address 00:0b:6b:4d:50:26
sis0 at pci0 dev 14 function 0 "NS DP83815 10/100" rev 0x00, DP83816A: irq
10, a
ddress 00:0d:b9:04:a3:28
"



Any clues other than it doesn't work yet?

Thanks

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Just tried putting into /etc/hostname.ath0
"inet 192.168.0.3 255.255.255.0 NONE media autoselect mode 11g nwid bubbles-networks"

Interface will not join network in that mode. But all my other devices are
11g. Bit of a pain.


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On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Khalid Schofield wrote:

> Hi,
> I've a AR5213 card. It's actually a Wistron CM9 card.
>
> I've read the man page and tried setting media to OFDM54. The man page shows
> no mention of my model AR5213. Should I update the kernel? I'm running
> OpenBSD 3.9 Generic i386 on a Wrap embedded pc from pcengines.
> "OpenBSD 3.9 (GENERIC) #617: Thu Mar 2 02:26:48 MST 2006"
>
> I tried "inet 192.168.0.3 255.255.255.0 NONE media OFDM54 nwid
> bubbles-networks"
> I have tried to get 802.11g working but have had no sucess.
>
> my /etc/hostname.ath0 is:
> "inet 192.168.0.3 255.255.255.0 NONE media autoselect nwid bubbles-networks"
>
> ifconfig ath0 shows:
> "ath0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX ,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> lladdr 00:0b:6b:4d:50:26
> groups: egress
> media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (DS11 mode 11b)
> status: active
> ieee80211: nwid bubbles-networks chan 11 bssid 00:18:4d:10:fe:ee
> inet 192.168.0.3 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
> inet6 fe80::20b:6bff:fe4d:5026%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
> "
>
>
> dmesg shows:
> "ath0 at pci0 dev 13 function 0 "Atheros AR5212" rev 0x01: irq 12
> ath0: AR5213 5.9 phy 4.3 rf5112 3.6, FCC2A*, address 00:0b:6b:4d:50:26
> sis0 at pci0 dev 14 function 0 "NS DP83815 10/100" rev 0x00, DP83816A: irq
> 10, a
> ddress 00:0d:b9:04:a3:28
> "
>
>
>
> Any clues other than it doesn't work yet?
>
> Thanks
>
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On 01/22/07 12:51 PM, Khalid Schofield wrote:

> Any clues other than it doesn't work yet?

Have you tried forcing the card to use mode 11b and media DS11? I have a
D-Link DWL-G650 running OpenBSD 3.9 that seems to only work if I do
that. Of course, you lose the higher speeds...

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On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:53:13 +0000, Khalid Schofield wrote:

> Just tried putting into /etc/hostname.ath0
> "inet 192.168.0.3 255.255.255.0 NONE media autoselect mode 11g nwid
> bubbles-networks"
>
> Interface will not join network in that mode. But all my other devices
> are 11g. Bit of a pain.

There have been many updates to the atheros driver and to the chipset ic
software as well. Most of these seem to have occurred beyond 4.0-release.

I would try a -current bsd.rd, and see if you can use the device as
desired.

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yeh all working in 11b. actually it's worked in 11b for months and is very
stable. The background is the wrap currently has an 802.11b connection to
my router. The wrap is a nat gateway for my solaris 10 machine running my
websites upstairs. It is a real pain getting data on and off of the sun
going via an 11mbit connection. It's not even true 11mbit. The only reason
I use wireless is that I can not drill though the walls as it's not my
house. As soon as I move the drills coming out and gigabit networking is
going it. But until then I need 54g wireless.

thanks for your speedy reply though.

khalid

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On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Chris Odorjan wrote:

> On 01/22/07 12:51 PM, Khalid Schofield wrote:
>
>> Any clues other than it doesn't work yet?
>
> Have you tried forcing the card to use mode 11b and media DS11? I have a
> D-Link DWL-G650 running OpenBSD 3.9 that seems to only work if I do
> that. Of course, you lose the higher speeds...
>
> --
> Chris Odorjan - codorjan@gmail.com - http://www.execulink.com/~bobnet/
>

How do you update a the openbsd kernel to the latest? How do I update the
current bsd.rd? I'm running openbsd 3.9 i386. If I just get
the kernel source for openbsd 4.0 and compile it will it work under 3.9 or
will I get a nasty mess? I wanted to try it but was not
brave enough with our first asking someone who knows

thanks for your fast reply.

Khalid

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On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Josh Grosse wrote:

> On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:53:13 +0000, Khalid Schofield wrote:
>
>> Just tried putting into /etc/hostname.ath0
>> "inet 192.168.0.3 255.255.255.0 NONE media autoselect mode 11g nwid
>> bubbles-networks"
>>
>> Interface will not join network in that mode. But all my other devices
>> are 11g. Bit of a pain.
>
> There have been many updates to the atheros driver and to the chipset ic
> software as well. Most of these seem to have occurred beyond 4.0-release.
>
> I would try a -current bsd.rd, and see if you can use the device as
> desired.
>
> --
> Replying directly will get you locally blacklisted.
> Change the address; use my first name in front of the @ if you want to
> communicate privately.
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>

On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:45:34 +0000, Khalid Schofield wrote:

> How do you update a the openbsd kernel to the latest? How do I update the
> current bsd.rd? I'm running openbsd 3.9 i386. If I just get
> the kernel source for openbsd 4.0 and compile it will it work under 3.9 or
> will I get a nasty mess? I wanted to try it but was not
> brave enough with our first asking someone who knows

I will explain. I'd written:

>> I would try a -current bsd.rd, and see if you can use the device as
>> desired.

By that, I meant that if this computer can be rebooted, that you first
*test* the hardware with the latest ramdisk kernel. This is a simple
test; the bsd.rd ramdisk kernels have Atheros drivers for PCI and Cardbus
connections in them -- this won't work if your Atheros is USB connected.

Step 1. Go to a major mirror of ftp.openbsd.org, and obtain
/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/<arch>/bsd.rd from it.

Step 2. Copy the file to your root directory, *renamed*:

eg: "# cp bsd.rd /bsd.test

Step 3. Boot the /bsd.test kernel. Drop into the shell. See what you
can do with ifconfig/route/dhclient or other tools to get 802.11g
connected.

Step 4. Success or failure? Either way, delete the /bsd.test file from
your root directory.

----

You can make the same test with the bsd.rd kernel from 4.0-release,
just by downloading it from the /pub/OpenBSD/4.0/... directory. It may
work, but I think you'll have more success with the snapshot.

If you wish to upgrade, you can conduct binary upgrades and manually
change /etc (or use the mergemaster package). Just use the
.../snapshots/<arch> and ../4.0/<arch> directories from your nearby mirrors.
The 3.9 -> 4.0 guide is at http://openbsd.rt.fm/faq/upgrade40.html --
The 4.0 -> 4.1 guide has not yet been written; until then, you will find
http://openbsd.rt.fm/faq/current.html very helpful.

I would NOT upgrade directly to -current, I would first upgrade
from 3.9 to 4.0, then upgrade from 4.0 to 4.0-current (which will likely
be renamed 4.1-current within the next several weeks, if history is a
guide).

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well tried an updated snapshot kernel. This time it seemed to try to work
in 802.11a mode by default. No joy at all in 802.11g mode. Got a device
error instead. Seems like support is still not there for this device.

thanks

khalid

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On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Josh Grosse wrote:

> On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:45:34 +0000, Khalid Schofield wrote:
>
>> How do you update a the openbsd kernel to the latest? How do I update the
>> current bsd.rd? I'm running openbsd 3.9 i386. If I just get
>> the kernel source for openbsd 4.0 and compile it will it work under 3.9 or
>> will I get a nasty mess? I wanted to try it but was not
>> brave enough with our first asking someone who knows
>
> I will explain. I'd written:
>
>>> I would try a -current bsd.rd, and see if you can use the device as
>>> desired.
>
> By that, I meant that if this computer can be rebooted, that you first
> *test* the hardware with the latest ramdisk kernel. This is a simple
> test; the bsd.rd ramdisk kernels have Atheros drivers for PCI and Cardbus
> connections in them -- this won't work if your Atheros is USB connected.
>
> Step 1. Go to a major mirror of ftp.openbsd.org, and obtain
> /pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/<arch>/bsd.rd from it.
>
> Step 2. Copy the file to your root directory, *renamed*:
>
> eg: "# cp bsd.rd /bsd.test
>
> Step 3. Boot the /bsd.test kernel. Drop into the shell. See what you
> can do with ifconfig/route/dhclient or other tools to get 802.11g
> connected.
>
> Step 4. Success or failure? Either way, delete the /bsd.test file from
> your root directory.
>
> ----
>
> You can make the same test with the bsd.rd kernel from 4.0-release,
> just by downloading it from the /pub/OpenBSD/4.0/... directory. It may
> work, but I think you'll have more success with the snapshot.
>
> If you wish to upgrade, you can conduct binary upgrades and manually
> change /etc (or use the mergemaster package). Just use the
> ../snapshots/<arch> and ../4.0/<arch> directories from your nearby mirrors.
> The 3.9 -> 4.0 guide is at http://openbsd.rt.fm/faq/upgrade40.html --
> The 4.0 -> 4.1 guide has not yet been written; until then, you will find
> http://openbsd.rt.fm/faq/current.html very helpful.
>
> I would NOT upgrade directly to -current, I would first upgrade
> from 3.9 to 4.0, then upgrade from 4.0 to 4.0-current (which will likely
> be renamed 4.1-current within the next several weeks, if history is a
> guide).
>
> --
> Replying directly will get you locally blacklisted.
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> communicate privately.
>
>