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From: Alexandr <alexandr.miasnikov@gmail.com>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: assus-WL167G rum driver
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>Number:         140742
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       rum(4) Two asus-WL167G adapters cannot talk to each other
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-net
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Nov 21 09:40:00 UTC 2009
>Closed-Date:    
>Last-Modified:  Sun Nov 22 12:11:19 UTC 2009
>Originator:     Alexandr
>Release:        8.0RC2
>Organization:
Personal
>Environment:
FreeBSD FBSD80RC2 8.0-RC2 FreeBSD 8.0-RC2 #0: Sun Oct 25 08:55:51 UTC 2009     root@almeida.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386

>Description:
I am trying to configure 2 usb Asus WL-167g adapters
One - on FreeBSD in Hostapd mode
Other - in Windows as a client.

ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev rum0 wlanmode ap

/etc/hostapd:
interface=wlan0
driver=bsd
logger_syslog=-1
logger_syslog_level=0
logger_stdout=-1
logger_stdout_level=0
debug=3
dump_file=/tmp/hostapd.dump
ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
ssid=MyWiFi
wpa=2
wpa_passphrase=mypassfp
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
wpa_pairwise=TKIP
rsn_pairwise=CCMP
............

I can connect to this AP from intel/broadcom/etc... adapters from windows.
works fine.
But, if I connect from WL-167G from Windows or Other Freebsd host to this AP,
both adapters cannot see each other. Or if manually change radio channel

ifconfig wlan0 channel 9

connection seem established but unstable
up/down
up/down
etc....


There was the same problem on two Windows machines with drivers from BOX shipped with adapters. When I download last drivers from chipset manufacturer (www.ralinktech.com) everething works fine on two Windows machines.

I suppose rum driver must be updated...
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-i386->freebsd-net 
Responsible-Changed-By: gavin 
Responsible-Changed-When: Sun Nov 22 12:08:40 UTC 2009 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Over to maintainer(s) 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=140742 
>Unformatted:
