On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 02:50:29PM -0500, rea...@catastrophe.net wrote: > Ok, please see the following. The card is cleared of its monitor config then > put onto channel 132 in debug mode. > > # ifconfig iwm0 -chan > # ifconfig iwm0 -mediaopt monitor > # ifconfig iwm0 > iwm0: flags=8806<BROADCAST,DEBUG,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > lladdr 80:19:34:ab:ab:ab > index 5 priority 4 llprio 3 > groups: wlan > media: IEEE802.11 autoselect mode 11n (HT-MCS0 mode 11n) > status: no network > ieee80211: nwid "" > # ifconfig iwm0 chan 132 > # ifconfig iwm0 debug > > # ifconfig iwm0 > iwm0: flags=8847<UP,BROADCAST,DEBUG,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > lladdr 80:19:34:ab:ab:ab > index 5 priority 4 llprio 3 > groups: wlan > media: IEEE802.11 autoselect mode 11n (HT-MCS0 mode 11n) > status: no network > ieee80211: nwid "" chan 132 > > # date > Mar 15 14:39:48 CDT 2022 > > # tail -f /var/log/messages > Mar 15 14:39:50 admiralty /bsd: iwm0: SCAN -> SCAN > Mar 15 14:39:54 admiralty /bsd: iwm0: end passive scan > Mar 15 14:39:54 admiralty /bsd: iwm0: - 04:d4:c4:XX:ab:24 44! +12 54M > ess privacy! no "FOREIGN-NET-A"! > Mar 15 14:39:54 admiralty /bsd: iwm0: - 3c:28:6d:XX:6d:dc 11! +14 54M > ess privacy! no "FOREIGN-NET-B"! > Mar 15 14:39:54 admiralty /bsd: iwm0: - 3c:7c:3f:XX:99:a8 6! +12 54M > ess privacy! no "FOREIGN-NET-C"! > Mar 15 14:39:54 admiralty /bsd: iwm0: - 60:45:cb:XX:99:c0 9! +22 54M > ess privacy! no "GJMD"! > Mar 15 14:39:54 admiralty /bsd: iwm0: - 60:45:cb:XX:99:c4 165! +24 54M > ess privacy! no "GJMD_5G"! > Mar 15 14:39:54 admiralty /bsd: iwm0: - 6a:db:f5:XX:c9:2e 165! +29 54M > ess privacy! no "DIRECT-As-FireTV_1353"! > Mar 15 14:39:54 admiralty /bsd: iwm0: - 6c:70:9f:AA:BB:CC 1! +11 54M > ess privacy! no "WIFI-NET"! > Mar 15 14:39:54 admiralty /bsd: iwm0: - 70:4f:57:XX:0d:b3 9! +16 54M > ess privacy! no "Taffi"! > Mar 15 14:39:54 admiralty /bsd: iwm0: - fc:15:b4:XX:78:1f 11! +25 54M > ess privacy! no "HP-Print-1F-ENVY 5530 series"! > Mar 15 14:39:54 admiralty /bsd: iwm0: SCAN -> SCAN > > Only WIFI-NET still comes in the scan results on channel 1. While I do see > foreign networks on 5Ghz channels, nothing shows for the ssid WIFI-NET-5G > > A linux machine connected to WIFI-NET-5G shows: > > linux$ iwconfig wlan0 > wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"WIFI-NET-5G" > Mode:Managed Frequency:5.66 GHz Access Point: 6C:70:9F:AA:BB:CD > Bit Rate=195 Mb/s Tx-Power=31 dBm > Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Power Management:on > Link Quality=41/70 Signal level=-69 dBm > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 > Tx excessive retries:37 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 > > linux$ iwlist wlan0 channel | grep Current > Current Frequency:5.66 GHz (Channel 132) > >
Looks like a firwmare or driver issue to me. Sorry, without having a reproducible test case in front of me, there is nothing I could do fix this from afar. You could try moving the AP to a different channel as a workaround.
