On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 6:18 AM, Brian Prodoehl <bprodoehl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 6:00 AM, Brian Prodoehl <bprodoehl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> On 05/23/2011 11:39 AM, Ben Greear wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On 05/23/2011 09:54 AM, Ben Greear wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On 05/23/2011 04:28 AM, Mohammed Shafi wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 3:52 AM, Ben Greear<greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This is on 2.6.39-wl+ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> All the 5Ghz channels are showing as passive scanning, which >>>>>>>> makes them unusable for APs if nothing else. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> for me channels 36,40,44,48 are ok in 5ghz. used the latest >>>>>>> wireless-testing just brought the card up as station mode. >>>>>> >>>>>> Most of my systems show the same, at least most of the time. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>> Any idea why this is happening? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> don't know, may be regulatory. >>>>>> >>>>>> After a reboot and an idle weekend, mine also look normal. >>>>>> So, it's something transient it appears. >>>>> >>>>> Err, I mis-spoke..the 9380 system still shows passive >>>>> scanning everywhere... >>>> >>>> Busted one: >>>> >>>> ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x6a >>>> ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map >>>> ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00 >>>> ath: Regpair used: 0x6a >>>> >>>> cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US >>>> cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: US >>>> cfg80211: Â Â (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, >>>> max_eirp) >>>> cfg80211: Â Â (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2700 mBm) >>>> cfg80211: Â Â (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 1700 mBm) >>>> cfg80211: Â Â (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) >>>> cfg80211: Â Â (5490000 KHz - 5600000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) >>>> cfg80211: Â Â (5650000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) >>>> cfg80211: Â Â (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 3000 mBm) >>>> >>>> >>>> Bleh, seems my Sparklan 127 NIC is set to world-roam :( >>>> >>>> What a total pain in the arse! >>>> Ben >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> Candela Technologies Inc Âhttp://www.candelatech.com >>> >>> >>> Strange. ÂThis is what I get out of my WPEA-127N: >>> >>> ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x0 >>> ath: EEPROM indicates default country code should be used >>> ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search >>> ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a >>> ath: Country alpha2 being used: US >>> ath: Regpair used: 0x3a >>> >>> Here's how my 5GHz channels look: >>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ÂFrequencies: >>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â* 5180 MHz [36] (17.0 dBm) >>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â* 5200 MHz [40] (17.0 dBm) >>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â* 5220 MHz [44] (17.0 dBm) >>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â* 5240 MHz [48] (17.0 dBm) >>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â* 5260 MHz [52] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â* 5280 MHz [56] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â* 5300 MHz [60] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â* 5320 MHz [64] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â* 5500 MHz [100] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â* 5520 MHz [104] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â* 5540 MHz [108] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â* 5560 MHz [112] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â* 5580 MHz [116] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â* 5600 MHz [120] (disabled) >>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â* 5620 MHz [124] (disabled) >>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â* 5640 MHz [128] (disabled) >>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â* 5660 MHz [132] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â* 5680 MHz [136] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â* 5700 MHz [140] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) >>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â* 5745 MHz [149] (30.0 dBm) >>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â* 5765 MHz [153] (30.0 dBm) >>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â* 5785 MHz [157] (30.0 dBm) >>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â* 5805 MHz [161] (30.0 dBm) >>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â* 5825 MHz [165] (30.0 dBm) >>> >>> This is running 2.6.37 with compat-wireless from sometime in March, >>> probably. ÂI'll try with 2.6.39 and latest compat-wireless when I get >>> a chance. >> >> What's the problem? You ahve DFS requirements on the channels listed >> with DFS. You can initiate radiation on the others. We lack master >> support for DFS yet so you cannot initiate radiation on those >> channels. >> >> ÂLuis > > What I'm seeing is exactly what I would expect. ÂWhat Ben is seeing, > with the same model card, is different (he has passive scanning set on > all 5GHz channels). ÂIt looks like SparkLan changed the EEPROM > regdomain on the WPEA-127N from 0 to 0x6a (I bought my cards a month > or so before he did). Call and complain? Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
