> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 2:47 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Association Problem with Multiple APs > > > > Hello list, > > I am running the 4.9 release of FreeBSD on an embedded > net4521 box and my problem is: > > Recently a wireless ISP put up an antenna in our apartment > complex. Now for some reason, my 4521 (and my iBook with > regular AirPort, also BSD based??) favor the wireless ISP's > connection over my own LinkSys access point. The ISP's > antenna runs on channel 1 and consistently has a stronger > signal than my own AP (channel 6). I have tried changing my > own AP's channel to no avail. > > Each time I issue the commands to associate with my AP the > 4521 merely connects to the ISP rather than my specified > SSID. If I check wicontrol or ifconfig it reports that the > desired netname is my AP, but the current netname always ends > up to be the ISP's AP. This is extremely irritating. > > I recently got a wireless card (NL-2511CD Plus EXT2 802.11b > PCMCIA by SENAO) w/ the prism 2.5 chipset, and the > aforementioned problem is only with this card. My older card > (a 3com 3CRWE737A PCMCIA) works > *relatively* well, but I wanted to upgrade so... > > > Has anyone had this problem, and does anyone have a > suggestion to fix it? Any insight into the BSD or the OS X > problem would be greatly appreciated! > > Thanks.. Tyler > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Below is specific info if anyone cares to peruse it: > --------------------------------------------------------- > > ---> The Senao Card Initalizes: > > pccard: card inserted, slot 0 > Mar 15 22:30:14 soekrismini1 pccardd[58]: Card > "INTERSIL"("HFA384x/IEEE") [Version 01.02] [] matched > "INTERSIL" ("HFA384x/IEEE") [(null)] [(null)] wi0 at port > 0x240-0x27f irq 10 slot 0 on pccard0 > wi0: 802.11 address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx > wi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 MAC:ISL3873 > wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary 1.01.00, Station 1.04.09 > Mar 15 22:30:19 soekrismini1 pccardd[58]: wi0: INTERSIL > (HFA384x/IEEE) inserted > > ---> I try to join my desired access point: > > ifconfig wi0 inet ssid "My Access Point" media DS/11Mbps > > ---> and the card joins the access point of the wireless ISP > (Which has > ---> a > stronger signal) instead... > > wi0: flags=8842<BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet DS/11Mbps > status: associated > ssid StupidAssISP 1:"My Access Point" > stationname "FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node" > channel 1 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 > wepmode OFF weptxkey 1 > > ---> wicontrol -L lists: > > NIC serial number: [ ] > Station name: [ FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node ] > SSID for IBSS creation: [ My Access Point ] > Current netname (SSID): [ StupidAssISP ] > Desired netname (SSID): [ My Access Point ] > Current BSSID: [ xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xy ] > Channel list: [ 2047 ] > IBSS channel: [ 3 ] > Current channel: [ 1 ] > Comms quality/signal/noise: [ 92 154 11 ] > Promiscuous mode: [ Off ] > Process 802.11b Frame: [ Off ] > Intersil-Prism2 based card: [ 1 ] > Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc): [ 1 ] > MAC address: [ xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx ] > TX rate (selection): [ 11 ] > TX rate (actual speed): [ 2 ] > RTS/CTS handshake threshold: [ 2347 ] > Create IBSS: [ Off ] > Access point density: [ 1 ] > Power Mgmt (1=on, 0=off): [ 0 ] > Max sleep time: [ 100 ] > WEP encryption: [ Off ] > TX encryption key: [ 1 ] > Encryption keys: [ ][ ][ ][ ] > Available APs: > StupidAssISP [ xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xy ] [ 1 ] [ 46 60 14 ] 100 > [ ess ] [ 1.0 2.0 5.5 11.0 ] * 11.0 * > My Access Point [ xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xz ] [ 6 ] [ 31 42 > 11 ] 100 [ ess ] [ 1.0 2.0 5.5 11.0 ] * 1.0 * > > ---> Incidentally, it works correctly with the above process with the > ---> card > below: > > soekrismini1 pccardd[58]: Card "3Com"("3CRWE737A AirConnect > Wireless LAN PC > Card") [1.00] [[none]] matched "3Com" ("3CRWE737A AirConnect > Wireless LAN PC Card") [(null)] [(null)] wi0 at port > 0x280-0x2c7 iomem 0xd5000-0xd53ff irq 10 slot 0 on pccard0 > wi0: 802.11 address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx > wi0: using RF:PRISM2 MAC:HFA3841 > wi0: Symbol Firmware: Primary 2.01.02, Station 2.51.04 > Mar 15 22:41:21 soekrismini1 pccardd[58]: wi0: 3Com > (3CRWE737A AirConnect Wireless LAN PC Card) inserted.
Have you tried forcing the channel? ifconfig wi0 inet ssid "My Access Point" media DS/11Mbps channel 6 dave _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
