Atheros (ath0) no RX traffic

[Николай Мирин]

If you do not build kernel modules there are several things to include 
in 6.0 kernel when
you migrate from 5.4. The reason for the error in your case is probably 
missing wlan_wep device.

#5.4
device          wlan            # 802.11 support
device          ath
device          ath_hal

#6.0
device          wlan            # 802.11 support
device          wlan_wep
device          ath
device          ath_hal
device          ath_rate_onoe




And actually, I had to change rc.conf line for my ath card a little bit.
For some reason in 6.0 it doesn't work without wepkey number specified.

in 5.4 it was:
ifconfig_ath0="inet 192.168.0.99 ssid MirinNET channel 1 wep wepkey 
0x000000000000000000000 authmode open"

in 6.0 it became
ifconfig_ath0="inet 192.168.0.99 ssid MirinNET channel 1 wep wepkey 
0x00000000000000000000 authmode open weptxkey 1"


-Nikolay

Richard Arends said the following on 06.11.2005 15:15:

>On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 02:52:23PM -0600, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
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>Stephen,
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>>You are doing better than me.  I try this:
>>ifconfig ath0 wepkey 12345
>>and get
>>ifconfig: SIOCS80211: Invalid argument
>>
>>(Actually maybe that is happening to you as well, but since you are 
>>setting ifconfig_ath0 from within rc.conf, you might be missing this 
>>error message as it flies by in your start up.)
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> 
>Nope, my atheros card is comming up perfectly with WEP. When I do the
>configuration with ifconfig, I also don't get any error's. The only 
>thing is, 802_11 frame's with WEP are dropped.
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>>I get this error on other wireless cards as well.
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>An other card (Lucent Gold) (wi) is working perfect with WEP, so I
>think you have a totaly different problem than me.
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