On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 05:19:34PM +0100, Stefan Sperling wrote:
>On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 09:09:57AM -0500, rea...@catastrophe.net wrote:
[..]
>> # ifconfig iwm0 mediaopt monitor mode 11n
>> # ifconfig iwm0 chan 132
>> # ifconfig iwm0 up
[..]
>
>> Next I'll try join the network using the 5Ghz ssid on channel 132
>>
>> # ifconfig iwm0 -mediaopt monitor
>
>Internally, the channel set for monitor mode is tracked in a different
>variable than in the other modes (yet another thing that should probably
>be fixed).
>
>So try clearing and setting the channel again at this point.
[..]
>
>Please enable: ifconfig iwm0 debug
>
>Now watch for scan results with: tail -f /var/log/messages
>The scan result entries should show a ! next to attributes that did
>not match and prevented an AP from being selected. And it should
>print some messages about association frames being exchanged with an AP
>that it is trying to use. With this information we might be able to tell
>why it is not associating.
Ok, please see the following. The card is cleared of its monitor config then
put onto channel 132 in debug mode.
# ifconfig iwm0 -chan
# ifconfig iwm0 -mediaopt monitor
# ifconfig iwm0
iwm0: flags=8806<BROADCAST,DEBUG,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
lladdr 80:19:34:ab:ab:ab
index 5 priority 4 llprio 3
groups: wlan
media: IEEE802.11 autoselect mode 11n (HT-MCS0 mode 11n)
status: no network
ieee80211: nwid ""
# ifconfig iwm0 chan 132
# ifconfig iwm0 debug
# ifconfig iwm0
iwm0: flags=8847<UP,BROADCAST,DEBUG,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
lladdr 80:19:34:ab:ab:ab
index 5 priority 4 llprio 3
groups: wlan
media: IEEE802.11 autoselect mode 11n (HT-MCS0 mode 11n)
status: no network
ieee80211: nwid "" chan 132
# date
Mar 15 14:39:48 CDT 2022
# tail -f /var/log/messages
Mar 15 14:39:50 admiralty /bsd: iwm0: SCAN -> SCAN
Mar 15 14:39:54 admiralty /bsd: iwm0: end passive scan
Mar 15 14:39:54 admiralty /bsd: iwm0: - 04:d4:c4:XX:ab:24 44! +12 54M ess
privacy! no "FOREIGN-NET-A"!
Mar 15 14:39:54 admiralty /bsd: iwm0: - 3c:28:6d:XX:6d:dc 11! +14 54M ess
privacy! no "FOREIGN-NET-B"!
Mar 15 14:39:54 admiralty /bsd: iwm0: - 3c:7c:3f:XX:99:a8 6! +12 54M ess
privacy! no "FOREIGN-NET-C"!
Mar 15 14:39:54 admiralty /bsd: iwm0: - 60:45:cb:XX:99:c0 9! +22 54M ess
privacy! no "GJMD"!
Mar 15 14:39:54 admiralty /bsd: iwm0: - 60:45:cb:XX:99:c4 165! +24 54M ess
privacy! no "GJMD_5G"!
Mar 15 14:39:54 admiralty /bsd: iwm0: - 6a:db:f5:XX:c9:2e 165! +29 54M ess
privacy! no "DIRECT-As-FireTV_1353"!
Mar 15 14:39:54 admiralty /bsd: iwm0: - 6c:70:9f:AA:BB:CC 1! +11 54M ess
privacy! no "WIFI-NET"!
Mar 15 14:39:54 admiralty /bsd: iwm0: - 70:4f:57:XX:0d:b3 9! +16 54M ess
privacy! no "Taffi"!
Mar 15 14:39:54 admiralty /bsd: iwm0: - fc:15:b4:XX:78:1f 11! +25 54M ess
privacy! no "HP-Print-1F-ENVY 5530 series"!
Mar 15 14:39:54 admiralty /bsd: iwm0: SCAN -> SCAN
Only WIFI-NET still comes in the scan results on channel 1. While I do see
foreign networks on 5Ghz channels, nothing shows for the ssid WIFI-NET-5G
A linux machine connected to WIFI-NET-5G shows:
linux$ iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"WIFI-NET-5G"
Mode:Managed Frequency:5.66 GHz Access Point: 6C:70:9F:AA:BB:CD
Bit Rate=195 Mb/s Tx-Power=31 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
Link Quality=41/70 Signal level=-69 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:37 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
linux$ iwlist wlan0 channel | grep Current
Current Frequency:5.66 GHz (Channel 132)
