Hello Bjoern!
/etc/rc.conf:
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wlans_iwlwifi0="wlan0"
create_args_wlan0="wlanmode sta regdomain ETSI country PT"
ifconfig_wlan0_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP"
rtsold_enable="YES"
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`ifconfig wlan0`:
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wlan0: flags=8c43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,OACTIVE,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0
mtu 1500
ether 6c:6a:77:df:09:21
inet6 fe80::6e6a:77ff:fedf:921%wlan0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
groups: wlan
ssid "" channel 6 (2437 MHz 11g)
regdomain ETSI country PT authmode WPA1+WPA2/802.11i privacy MIXED
deftxkey UNDEF txpower 30 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 protmode CTS wme
roaming MANUAL bintval 0
parent interface: iwlwifi0
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
status: no carrier
nd6 options=23<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
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(a) this is unlikely related to IPv6? The only thing that would do
> is pass down more multicast addresses than with just IPv4 (and that's
> after assoc normally). I run some on IPv6-only.
> Let me ask you anyway, so we can be sure. If you remove the IPv6 config,
> does wpa_supplicant associate fine? (could also be a different
> tooling issue).
With ipv4 wireless work ok and wpa_supplicant associate ok.
> (b) does `ifconfig wlan0 list scan` show your AP when it doesn't?
> If it doesn't that is more likely the problem. And that remains a problem
> for some conditions I am also facing. More on 11a than 11g.
`ifconfig wlan0 list scan`:
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SSID/MESH ID BSSID CHAN RATE S:N
INT CAPS
MEO-3637C0 00:06:91:36:37:c0 11 54M -53:-96
100 EP RSN BSSLOAD HTCAP WPS WME
MEO-WiFi 00:06:91:36:37:c2 11 54M -53:-96
100 E BSSLOAD HTCAP WME
MEO-3637C0 00:06:91:36:37:c1 60 54M -61:-96
100 EP RSN BSSLOAD HTCAP VHTCAP VHTOPMODE VHTPWRENV WPS WME
MEO-WiFi 00:06:91:36:37:c6 60 54M -60:-96
100 E BSSLOAD HTCAP VHTCAP VHTOPMODE VHTPWRENV WME
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(c) Then the question is if wpa_supplicant blacklists the network;
> `wpa_cli blacklist` would show. If it does try the following sequence
> to make it try more often:
> CMD=wpa_cli
> SSID=<your ssid>
> ${CMD} blacklist clear
> ${CMD} disable ${SSID}
> ${CMD} enable ${SSID}
> ${CMD} list_networks
>
`wpa_cli blacklist`:
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Failed to connect to non-global ctrl_ifname: (nil) error: Inappropriate
ioctl for device
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> (d) given you didn't say, what does `freebsd-version -r -u`
> say, just to rule out you are missing the latest wpa fixes.
>
`freebsd-version -r -u`:
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14.0-CURRENT
14.0-CURRENT
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@1ffd352bc25b
(e) what you can do is enable more wpa_supplicant logging; I often use
> wpa_supplicant_flags="-sdd" in /etc/rc.conf which will log to syslog
> instead
> of the debug file but it'll increase debugging a lot (and warning, it
> may also log keying material).
>
Ok.
Cheers,
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Nuno Teixeira
FreeBSD Committer (ports)
