>> I'm also having problems with two PCMCIA wireless cards (I disabled >>any type of encryption from my AP) ; both cards work well with >>different OSes and/or machines. >> >> [snip] >> >># ifconfig ath0 192.168.0.2 >># ifconfig ath0 >>ath0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >> lladdr 00:0f:b5:23:cb:27 >> ieee80211: nwid "" >> media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (DS1) >> status: no network >> inet 192.168.0.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 >> inet6 fe80::20f:b5ff:fe23:cb27%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6 > >Full dmesg, please. Please see below. > > Support for the Atheros 5212 chipset is still in development. Currently, it >only works in 802.11b mode ("media autoselect mode 11b"). > > Here's how I got mine to work: > > >Configure the card: >ifconfig ath0 chan 6 media autoselect mode 11b nwid your_network_id > > >hostname.ath0: >192.168.3.115 up I tried that with no success:
# ifconfig ath0 chan 11 media autoselect mode 11b nwid NETGEAR # ifconfig ath0 192.168.0.3 # ifconfig ath0 ath0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 lladdr 00:0f:b5:23:cb:27 ieee80211: nwid NETGEAR chan 11 media: IEEE802.11 autoselect mode 11b (DS1 mode 11b) status: no network inet 192.168.0.3 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 inet6 fe80::20f:b5ff:fe23:cb27%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6 I have various problems with 4 different PCMCIA cards. I wonder if my PCMCIA slot is OK. But the point is that the ath card work well under e.g. linux on the same machine. Are there some tests that I may run to check my PCMCIA slot? Regards, Thierry. Full dmesg: OpenBSD 3.7-current (GENERIC) #108: Sat Apr 30 11:57:16 MDT 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC cpu0: Mobile Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.40GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 2.40 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,CNXT-ID real mem = 200318976 (195624K) avail mem = 175980544 (171856K) using 2470 buffers containing 10117120 bytes (9880K) of memory mainbus0 (root) bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(76) BIOS, date 09/15/03, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfd750 pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xfd750/0x8b0 pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfdf30/176 (9 entries) pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:07:0 ("Acer Labs M1533 ISA" rev 0x00) pcibios0: PCI bus #2 is the last bus bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xf000 0xcf000/0x800 0xdb000/0x1000! 0xdc000/0x4000! cpu0 at mainbus0 pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "ATI RS200 AGP" rev 0x02 ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "ATI RS200 PCI" rev 0x00 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 vga1 at pci1 dev 5 function 0 "ATI Mobility M6" rev 0x00 wsdisplay0 at vga1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) ohci0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Acer Labs M5237 USB" rev 0x03: irq 10, version 1.0, legacy support usb0 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0 at usb0 uhub0: Acer Labs OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered autri0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 "Acer Labs M5451 Audio" rev 0x02: irq 5 ac97: codec id 0x43585429 (Conexant CX20468 rev 1) ac97: codec features reserved, headphone, 18 bit DAC, 18 bit ADC, No 3D Stereo audio0 at autri0 midi0 at autri0: <4DWAVE MIDI UART> pcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "Acer Labs M1533 ISA" rev 0x00 "Acer Labs M5457 Modem" rev 0x00 at pci0 dev 8 function 0 not configured cbb0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0 "O2 Micro OZ69[17]2 CardBus" rev 0x00: irq 11 pciide0 at pci0 dev 16 function 0 "Acer Labs M5229 UDMA IDE" rev 0xc4: DMA, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <ST93012A> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 28615MB, 58605120 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <QSI, CDRW/DVD SBW-241, VH04> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 "Acer Labs M7101 Power Mgmt" rev 0x00 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 not configured sis0 at pci0 dev 18 function 0 "NS DP83815 10/100" rev 0x00: DP83816A, irq 10, address 00:0d:9d:85:98:b7 nsphyter0 at sis0 phy 0: DP83815 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0 (mux 1 ignored for console): console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pmsi0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pmsi0 mux 0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 midi1 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> sysbeep0 at pcppi0 lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16 pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0 cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 2 device 0 cacheline 0x0, lattimer 0x20 pcmcia0 at cardslot0 biomask ef4d netmask ef4d ttymask ffcf pctr: user-level cycle counter enabled ath0 at cardbus0 dev 0 function 0 "Atheros Communications, Inc., AR5001-0000-0000, Wireless LAN Reference Card": irq 11 ath0: mac 80.9 phy 4.3 radio 4.6, 802.11a/b/g, FCC1A, address 00:0f:b5:23:cb:27 gpio at ath0 not configured uhidev0 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 uhidev0: Cypress Sem PS2/USB Browser Combo Mouse, rev 1.00/0.00, addr 2, iclass3/1 ums0 at uhidev0: 5 buttons and Z dir. wsmouse1 at ums0 mux 0 dkcsum: wd0 matched BIOS disk 80 root on wd0a rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302