wlan0 media setting resets after ifconfig wlan0 up

[Monthadar Al Jaberi]

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've noticed this before. It seems the rate settings are reset
> whenever the PHY mode is changed. This occurs at startup and during
> things like bg/a -> n promotion.
>
> It's worth (further) investigation but i personally don't have the time atm. :(

Is there a preffered work around?

>
>
>
> Adrian
>
>
> On 14 May 2012 09:42, Monthadar Al Jaberi <monthadar at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am running current @ RSPRO with an XR2 wifi (AR5414). I am trying to
>> fix the media to one specific setting, but the moment I bring wlan up
>> it changes back to autoselect any idea why?
>>
>> This is how I do it:
>>
>> ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0 wlanmode hostap
>> ifconfig wlan0 media OFDM/12Mbps mode 11g mediaopt hostap channel 7 ssid tnap100
>> ifconfig wlan0 up
>>
>>
>> before I bring wlan0 up, ifconfig shows:
>> wlan0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
>>        ether 00:15:6d:xx:xx:xx
>>        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/12Mbps mode 11g
>> <hostap> (autoselect <hostap>)
>>        status: no carrier
>>        ssid tnap100 channel 7 (2442 MHz 11g)
>>        country US ecm authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 21 scanvalid 60
>>        protmode CTS wme burst dtimperiod 1 bintval 0
>>
>> after wlan0 up:
>> wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
>>        ether 00:15:6d:xx:xx:xx
>>        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>
>>        status: running
>>        ssid tnap100 channel 7 (2442 MHz 11g) bssid 00:15:6d:67:21:73
>>        country US ecm authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 21 scanvalid 60
>>        protmode CTS wme burst dtimperiod 1
>>
>>
>> thnx!
>>
>> --
>> Monthadar Al Jaberi
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Monthadar Al Jaberi