Problems mit ath as a hostap

[Tom Müller-Kortkamp]

A Dlink DWL-G520 and
FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT #11: Wed Sep 17 01:10:14 CEST 2003

Boot:
ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xd8000000-0xd800ffff irq 10 at device 9.0 on 
pci0
ath0: [MPSAFE]
ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 
24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: 802.11 address: 00:40:05:2a:1e:7d
~
rc.conf-entry:
ifconfig_ath0="inet 10.10.254.254 netmask 255.255.0.0 ssid Leuchtfeuer 
mode 11b media DS/11Mbps mediaopt hostap wepmode off"

ifconfig ath0:
ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
         inet 10.10.254.254 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 10.10.255.255
         inet6 fe80::240:5ff:fe2a:1e7d%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xd
         ether 00:40:05:2a:1e:7d
         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet DS/11Mbps <hostap> 
(autoselect <hostap>)
         status: associated
         ssid Leuchtfeuer 1:Leuchtfeuer
         channel 1 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
         wepmode OFF weptxkey 1

tmueko at mueko:/home/tmueko/> wicontrol -i ath0 -l
0 stations:
tmueko at mueko:/home/tmueko/>

I testet with an ApplePowerbook-667 (thats why I used mode 11b);
I configured my Book to connect to "Leuchtfeuer"; here is part of a 
tcpdump.

...
08:48:34.587745 Probe Response (Leuchtfeuer)  [1.0 2.0 5.5 11.0 Mbit] 
CH: 0
08:48:37.659890 Probe Request (Leuchtfeuer) [1.0 2.0 5.5 11.0 Mbit]
08:48:37.659928 Probe Response (Leuchtfeuer)  [1.0 2.0 5.5 11.0 Mbit] 
CH: 0
08:48:37.695092 Probe Request (Leuchtfeuer) [1.0 2.0 5.5 11.0 Mbit]
08:48:37.695123 Probe Response (Leuchtfeuer)  [1.0 2.0 5.5 11.0 Mbit] 
CH: 0
...


Did anybody had the same Problems (or solved them)?

Tom Müller-Kortkamp
kommunity GmbH & Co. KG
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30159 Hannover

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