5MHz and 10MHz channel bandwidth on atheros chipset

saso

Hi all,

I'm trying to setup quarter and half (5 and 10mhz) channels on atheros wireless card, but what I see from the console messages in pf2.0 RC1 I can only setup 20 and 40 MHz.
5 and 10 MHz seem not be accepted. Any idea about that?
Please any help or suggestion is highly apperciated.

thanks
Saso

jimp

Are you sure the card actually supports them?

Look at the output of "ifconfig -m" - I think it shows valid channel width settings for cards that support them.

saso

Thanks Jimp for the answer,

I'll verify, but it sounds very strange because it's a mikrotik mini-pci and when is fitted in the routerboard can support 5 and 10 MHz. So it shouldn't a hw limitation. Anywhere I'll have a look in to this command to find some more information.

thanks again

jimp

But is the mikrotik board running FreeBSD?

It may also be a driver limitation.

saso

Hi Jimp,

sorry for my late answer but I was outside for business trip. Pf is running on Alix board and only the mini-pci comes from mikrotik R52. What I get from ifconfig -m is here below, but I don't see anythyng about half and quarter mode:

ath0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 2290
ether 00:0c:42:63:7f:f7
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
status: no carrier
supported media:
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media DS/11Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt wds
media DS/11Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt monitor
media DS/11Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc
media DS/11Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt hostap
media DS/11Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt adhoc
media DS/11Mbps mode autoselect
media DS/5.5Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt mesh
media DS/5.5Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt wds
media DS/5.5Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt monitor
media DS/5.5Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc
media DS/5.5Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt hostap
media DS/5.5Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt adhoc
media DS/5.5Mbps mode autoselect
media DS/2Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt mesh
media DS/2Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt wds
media DS/2Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt monitor
media DS/2Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc
media DS/2Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt hostap
media DS/2Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt adhoc
media DS/2Mbps mode autoselect
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media DS/1Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt wds
media DS/1Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt monitor
media DS/1Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc
media DS/1Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt hostap
media DS/1Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt adhoc
media DS/1Mbps mode autoselect
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media OFDM/54Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt wds
media OFDM/54Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt monitor
media OFDM/54Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc
media OFDM/54Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt hostap
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media OFDM/54Mbps mode autoselect
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media OFDM/48Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt wds
media OFDM/48Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt monitor
media OFDM/48Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc
media OFDM/48Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt hostap
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media OFDM/36Mbps mode autoselect mediaopt monitor
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media OFDM/54Mbps mode 11g mediaopt hostap mediaopt turbo
media OFDM/54Mbps mode 11g mediaopt adhoc mediaopt turbo
media OFDM/54Mbps mode 11g mediaopt turbo
media OFDM/48Mbps mode 11g mediaopt turbo mediaopt mesh
media OFDM/48Mbps mode 11g mediaopt wds mediaopt turbo
media OFDM/48Mbps mode 11g mediaopt turbo mediaopt monitor
media OFDM/48Mbps mode 11g mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc mediaopt turbo
media OFDM/48Mbps mode 11g mediaopt hostap mediaopt turbo
media OFDM/48Mbps mode 11g mediaopt adhoc mediaopt turbo
media OFDM/48Mbps mode 11g mediaopt turbo
media OFDM/36Mbps mode 11g mediaopt turbo mediaopt mesh
media OFDM/36Mbps mode 11g mediaopt wds mediaopt turbo
media OFDM/36Mbps mode 11g mediaopt turbo mediaopt monitor
media OFDM/36Mbps mode 11g mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc mediaopt turbo
media OFDM/36Mbps mode 11g mediaopt hostap mediaopt turbo
media OFDM/36Mbps mode 11g mediaopt adhoc mediaopt turbo
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media OFDM/24Mbps mode 11g mediaopt turbo mediaopt monitor
media OFDM/24Mbps mode 11g mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc mediaopt turbo
media OFDM/24Mbps mode 11g mediaopt hostap mediaopt turbo
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media OFDM/6Mbps mode 11g mediaopt turbo mediaopt monitor
media OFDM/6Mbps mode 11g mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc mediaopt turbo
media OFDM/6Mbps mode 11g mediaopt hostap mediaopt turbo
media OFDM/6Mbps mode 11g mediaopt adhoc mediaopt turbo
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media DS/11Mbps mode 11g mediaopt turbo mediaopt mesh
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media DS/5.5Mbps mode 11g mediaopt turbo mediaopt monitor
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media OFDM/18Mbps mode 11a mediaopt wds
media OFDM/18Mbps mode 11a mediaopt monitor
media OFDM/18Mbps mode 11a mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc
media OFDM/18Mbps mode 11a mediaopt hostap
media OFDM/18Mbps mode 11a mediaopt adhoc
media OFDM/18Mbps mode 11a
media OFDM/12Mbps mode 11a mediaopt mesh
media OFDM/12Mbps mode 11a mediaopt wds
media OFDM/12Mbps mode 11a mediaopt monitor
media OFDM/12Mbps mode 11a mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc
media OFDM/12Mbps mode 11a mediaopt hostap
media OFDM/12Mbps mode 11a mediaopt adhoc
media OFDM/12Mbps mode 11a
media OFDM/9Mbps mode 11a mediaopt mesh
media OFDM/9Mbps mode 11a mediaopt wds
media OFDM/9Mbps mode 11a mediaopt monitor
media OFDM/9Mbps mode 11a mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc
media OFDM/9Mbps mode 11a mediaopt hostap
media OFDM/9Mbps mode 11a mediaopt adhoc
media OFDM/9Mbps mode 11a
media OFDM/6Mbps mode 11a mediaopt mesh
media OFDM/6Mbps mode 11a mediaopt wds
media OFDM/6Mbps mode 11a mediaopt monitor
media OFDM/6Mbps mode 11a mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc
media OFDM/6Mbps mode 11a mediaopt hostap
media OFDM/6Mbps mode 11a mediaopt adhoc
media OFDM/6Mbps mode 11a
media autoselect mode 11a mediaopt mesh
media autoselect mode 11a mediaopt wds
media autoselect mode 11a mediaopt monitor
media autoselect mode 11a mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc
media autoselect mode 11a mediaopt hostap
media autoselect mode 11a mediaopt adhoc
media autoselect mode 11a
media autoselect mode autoselect mediaopt mesh
media autoselect mode autoselect mediaopt wds
media autoselect mode autoselect mediaopt monitor
media autoselect mode autoselect mediaopt flag0 mediaopt adhoc
media autoselect mode autoselect mediaopt hostap
media autoselect mode autoselect mediaopt adhoc
media autoselect mode autoselect
pfsync0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1460
syncpeer: 224.0.0.240 maxupd: 128</up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>

What do you think about the output? It seems like not supported!!!!

thanks

jimp

Looks like I was wrong about it being listed there. It should be able to be specified along with the channel in the same way:

From ifconfig(8):

channel number
Set a single desired channel. Channels range from 1 to 255, but
the exact selection available depends on the region your adaptor
was manufactured for. Setting the channel to any, or - will
clear any desired channel and, if the device is marked up, force
a scan for a channel to operate on. Alternatively the frequency,
in megahertz, may be specified instead of the channel number.

When there are several ways to use a channel the channel num-
ber/frequency may be appended with attributes to clarify. For
example, if a device is capable of operating on channel 6 with
802.11n and 802.11g then one can specify that g-only use should
be used by specifying 6:g''. Similarly the channel width can be specified by appending it with /''; e.g. 6/40'' specifies a 40MHz wide channel, These attributes can be combined as in: 6:ht/40''. The full set of flags specified following a `:''
are: a (802.11a), b (802.11b), d (Atheros Dynamic Turbo mode), g
(802.11g), h or n (802.11n aka HT), s (Atheros Static Turbo
mode), and t (Atheros Dynamic Turbo mode, or appended to st'' and dt''). The full set of channel widths following a '/' are:
5 (5MHz aka quarter-rate channel), 10 (10MHz aka half-rate chan-
nel), 20 (20MHz mostly for use in specifying ht20), and 40 (40MHz
mostly for use in specifying ht40), In addition, a 40MHz HT chan-
nel specification may include the location of the extension chan-
nel by appending +'' or -'' for above and below, respec-
tively; e.g. ``2437:ht/40+'' specifies 40MHz wide HT operation
with the center channel at frequency 2437 and the extension chan-
nel above.

jimp

It doesn't show for me, but you can also look at:

ifconfig ath0_wlan0 list chan

I haven't tried to set the lower widths by hand though.

saso

The result of

ifconfig wlan0 list chan
Channel 1 : 2412 MHz 11g Channel 48 : 5240 MHz 11a Turbo
Channel 2 : 2417 MHz 11g Channel 50 : 5250 MHz 11a Turbo
Channel 3 : 2422 MHz 11g Channel 52 : 5260 MHz 11a
Channel 4 : 2427 MHz 11g Channel 56 : 5280 MHz 11a Turbo
Channel 5 : 2432 MHz 11g Channel 58 : 5290 MHz 11a Turbo
Channel 6 : 2437 MHz 11g Turbo Channel 60 : 5300 MHz 11a
Channel 7 : 2442 MHz 11g Channel 64 : 5320 MHz 11a
Channel 8 : 2447 MHz 11g Channel 149 : 5745 MHz 11a
Channel 9 : 2452 MHz 11g Channel 152 : 5760 MHz 11a Turbo
Channel 10 : 2457 MHz 11g Channel 153 : 5765 MHz 11a Turbo
Channel 11 : 2462 MHz 11g Channel 157 : 5785 MHz 11a
Channel 36 : 5180 MHz 11a Channel 160 : 5800 MHz 11a Turbo
Channel 40 : 5200 MHz 11a Turbo Channel 161 : 5805 MHz 11a Turbo
Channel 42 : 5210 MHz 11a Turbo Channel 165 : 5825 MHz 11a
Channel 44 : 5220 MHz 11a

When I try to setup a smaller chennel bandwidth, I get this message (even with 10MHz )

ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0 channel 40/5
ifconfig: unknown/undefined channel number 40 flags 0x8000

Really I don't know if it's a pfsense driver limitation or are not supported by this card.
Regards

jimp

Try using 40:a/5

saso

Hi Jimp,

really thanks for your help, but executing the

ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0 channel 40:a/5

I get the following error
ifconfig: unknown/undefined channel number 40 flags 0x8140

I don't know if it's some bug or limitation related to the driver included in the freebsd 8.x

regards

jimp

If the variations with 20 and 40 work for width, but 5/10 do not, then I'd guess it's a driver limitation for that card

saso

Hi Jimp,

I was guessing the same thing. From your experience (I don't know if you have tested many wifi cards), can you suggest me one mini-pci card supporting 5 and 10 MHz?

Thanks for your help

jimp

To be honest, I didn't even know it was an option until you mentioned it, so I have no more ideas.