6.0 BETA1 if_ath problems

[Toni Schmidbauer]

hi,

i'm using an ibm x40 with a built in ath card (5212). problem is,
i can associate with my ap, but pinging the ap or another
notebook in my wlan doesn't work.

when i try to ping the x40 from a powerbook in the same wlan,
tcpdump -y IEEE802_11 show's the following:

21:42:31.738373 Beacon () [1.0* 2.0* 5.5* 11.0* 18.0 24.0 36.0 54.0 Mbit] ESS CH: 6, PRIVACY
21:42:31.741746 Data IV:f56aa6 Pad 0 KeyID 0
21:42:31.743005 Data IV:285d95 Pad 3 KeyID 1
21:42:31.744328 Data IV:285d95 Pad 3 KeyID 1
21:42:31.745938 Data IV:285d95 Pad 3 KeyID 1
21:42:31.747294 Data IV:285d95 Pad 3 KeyID 1
21:42:31.748760 Data IV:285d95 Pad 3 KeyID 1
21:42:31.753347 Data IV:285d95 Pad 3 KeyID 1
21:42:31.755550 Data IV:285d95 Pad 3 KeyID 1
21:42:31.840772 Beacon () [1.0* 2.0* 5.5* 11.0* 18.0 24.0 36.0 54.0 Mbit] ESS CH: 6, PRIVACY
21:42:31.841604 arp who-has 192.168.170.37 tell 192.168.170.36
21:42:31.841660 arp reply 192.168.170.37 is-at 00:0e:9b:c6:8a:79 (oui Unknown)

192.168.170.37 is the x40
192.168.170.36 is the powerbook

the x40 sends an arp reply, which never reaches the powerbook.

pinging the ap from the powerbook works and i can see the
echo-request and reply packets via tcpdump on the x40.

here's my ifconfig ath0 output:

ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.170.37 netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast 192.168.170.39
        inet6 fe80::20e:9bff:fec6:8a79%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 
        ether 00:0e:9b:c6:8a:79
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/54Mbps)
        status: associated
        ssid stderror channel 6 bssid 00:0f:66:c7:82:66
        authmode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF
        wepkey 1:104-bit <11111111111111111111111111>
        txpowmax 50 protmode CTS bintval 100

dmesg:

ath_hal: 0.9.14.9 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413)
ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xd0200000-0xd020ffff irq 11 at device 2.0 on pci2
ath0: Ethernet address: 00:0e:9b:c6:8a:79
ath0: mac 5.9 phy 4.3 radio 3.6

i already reported problems with ath under 5.4, 

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile/2005-July/006742.html

so it seems things are getting better under 6.0.

thanks for your time + help
 
regards
toni
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