Atheros (ath0) no RX traffic

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith]

Николай Мирин wrote:
> 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

Thank you.  That fixed it.

Stephen