WiFi suddenly gone (ath0 beacon stuck)

fireodo

@JonathanLee said in WiFi suddenly gone (ath0 beacon stuck):

sysctl -a | grep dev.ath.0.txantenna

dev.ath.0.txantenna: 0

sysctl -a | grep dev.ath.0.rxantenna

dev.ath.0.rxantenna: 1

sysctl dev.ath

EDIT:
From what I know is if the WiFi-Card has 2 slots for antennas that should be 0 or 1.
If there are 3 Antenna slots then it can be 0,1, or 2 ...

johnpoz

Why would you not just get an AP? Why go through all of this for shitty wifi. When you could pick up most likely a some cheap $20 AC wifi router and using it as an AP, shoot you could put dd-wrt or openwrt on it and have vlan support..

provels

@johnpoz Sometimes we do things just because we can!

johnpoz

@provels yeah get that. I might see it more if it was an actual viable solution. But best your going to get is N and when is router in optimal location for Wi-Fi coverage. And more than likely it’s going to be shit for stable - which sometimes you can overlook fast if it’s rock solid.

I just don’t get the point of this - let me see if I can get this crap setup to function??

For a few bucks you could have AC Wi-Fi rock solid stable and able to place the ap where it makes sense vs where my edge router is.

Good luck I guess. Getting say OpenWrt running on some hardware is because we can as well and that would actually have a productive outcome

provels

@johnpoz Why ask why?

fireodo

@provels

provels

That said, I just ordered a Compex WLE600VX in the hope that I live long enough that FreeBSD someday supports AC.

LOL, and I just saw the main thread here is almost 3 years old!

fireodo

@provels said in WiFi suddenly gone (ath0 beacon stuck):

I live long enough that FreeBSD someday supports AC.

I'm with you ...

fireodo

@provels said in WiFi suddenly gone (ath0 beacon stuck):

I just ordered a Compex WLE600NX

You can search for AR5BXB112 (thanks @stephenw10 ) that is also very good for experiments ...

JonathanLee

@johnpoz I do it because it's very educational from a code programing perspective. Plus it works great, the firewall now controls traffic at a more graingular level. I was amazed it worked this well. The GUI has no antenna options anymore fyi, the old PfSense version did.

https://m.facebook.com/DudeDadVlog/videos/couple-more-days-construction-were-always-almost-done-with-a-lot-of-things/3391960031077578/

JonathanLee

@provels three years old? It just needed a couple more days/years of programming and configuration to get it to run right.

JonathanLee

@fireodo will it run with the AR5BXB112??

fireodo

@JonathanLee said in WiFi suddenly gone (ath0 beacon stuck):

@fireodo will it run with the AR5BXB112??

Yepp - i have one in a Lab Enclosure (APU2C0 with pfsense+ 23.05.1) and it runs well ...

JonathanLee

@fireodo I am gonna order one too

provels

@fireodo Thanks, I have one of those (Apple), too! It will come out when the 600 gets here.

fireodo

@JonathanLee said in WiFi suddenly gone (ath0 beacon stuck):

I am gonna order one too

Happy testing & experimenting ...

johnpoz

@JonathanLee said in WiFi suddenly gone (ath0 beacon stuck):

Plus it works great

1 stream N is works great? Let’s just agree we have different standards for great ;)

JonathanLee

@johnpoz if we pretend AC doesn't exist

fireodo

@johnpoz said in WiFi suddenly gone (ath0 beacon stuck):

1 stream N is works great? Let’s just agree we have different standards for great ;)

You're right BUT ... let the people enjoy experimenting - I'm shure they dont use it in professional environment ...

provels

As long as we all replying to an obsolete thread, I suppose threadjacking is OK...

I don't really understand why anyone actually needs more than 640k, JK. Really though, I'm on a 70Mb cable line and most of my internal net is 54Mb wifi or 100Mb wired. I do have a few machines that are hooked together by a gig switch, but my user (me) has no issues. TV takes about 16Mb tops, Internet radio is in the KB range, and how much do I really need to browse and read email? I used to have a 400Mb line and have noticed no difference other than to my checkbook. Who besides a business is using a gig or better line? And i see so much coverage of 2.5Gb. Why? Gamers?

like this

2.5? 10G??? Bragging rights?