From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1O4LQM-0003zg-2q for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:56:06 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 93068E0863; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:55:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44734E0863 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:55:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyj26 with SMTP id 26so3554280wyj.40 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:55:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=y0ggsQ9xG137cvGa3uKLh0iz3cevk9K27HbMyq7IQR0=; b=n/fasD1VsJBX5LaJAXH5WKtYzCsMrWrTRvkm9rXtNBBlYa0Hh1y8qUFpapNs0hcqY8 OBFhzM3v3FwJM2oYbp4yLlx9uXdSXKpc4lHmoET/VCn6pNhZxe8TKTHTdXltd9lp1ani 0g3eOAUIBm7fHTD5RTbcMJY2d6f5ZgafIPjSg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=P3/hhr1Vk26Mm+a2lYxJBMCzpb9JML9b2C/GjVhzfj9LRsTSydaabp+vmCQGjnjUjH 2pgy6Xb0Tzrjo+GnycownXPp5wMVp5tWuB3MEnzopwXgKuIznUZND9TpfD345Qxvb7tX ea+txR3R0o+EFeEHD89Sd4kF1miTccKMZy6/U= Received: by 10.216.86.196 with SMTP id w46mr6301225wee.201.1271800536591; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:55:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id z34sm60937674wbv.14.2010.04.20.14.55.35 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:55:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Where's my wireless AP? Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:54:12 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.4 (Linux/2.6.33-gentoo-r1; KDE/4.3.5; x86_64; ; ) References: <201004182228.10580.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <201004202225.03557.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201004202225.03557.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1577207.WjmIB3mKdk"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201004202255.34767.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 7bf2291a-e68b-4090-aa7c-2d3c3b73fff7 X-Archives-Hash: 5c279957707be989051927f0a35b22a7 --nextPart1577207.WjmIB3mKdk Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tuesday 20 April 2010 22:24:41 Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 20 April 2010 15:25:14 Paul Hartman wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 5:21 AM, Mick wrote: > > > Hmm, it's stuck in US mode for some reason. Firmware? > > > > Maybe you're right, I googled and found some info that the old > > broadcom driver didn't support channels 12 and 13 for some reason with > > certain hardware. However, it appears b43 is the "old" driver, and the > > new one which should support those channels and setting regulatory > > domain is the Broadcom STA driver, which is in portage for ~x86 and > > ~amd64 (net-wireless/broadcom-sta). Try to emerge it, blacklist your > > old b43 driver and hope it works. :) >=20 > Thanks Paul. This is confusing me ... I thought that the b43 (as opposed > to the legacy bcm43xx) is the latest in kernel driver and that's why I > chose it. It is probably still under development. >=20 > I am just emerging gentoo-sources-2.6.33-r1 and I'll see if the situation > improves. Otherwise I will have to remove it and emerge the proprietary > drivers instead, until the b43 matures a bit more. OK, the 2.6.33-r1 seems better so far: # iwlist wlan0 freq wlan0 14 channels in total; available frequencies : Channel 01 : 2.412 GHz Channel 02 : 2.417 GHz Channel 03 : 2.422 GHz Channel 04 : 2.427 GHz Channel 05 : 2.432 GHz Channel 06 : 2.437 GHz Channel 07 : 2.442 GHz Channel 08 : 2.447 GHz Channel 09 : 2.452 GHz Channel 10 : 2.457 GHz Channel 11 : 2.462 GHz Channel 12 : 2.467 GHz Channel 13 : 2.472 GHz Channel 14 : 2.484 GHz Current Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1) and=20 # iw list Wiphy phy0 Band 1: Frequencies: * 2412 MHz [1] (20.0 dBm) * 2417 MHz [2] (20.0 dBm) * 2422 MHz [3] (20.0 dBm) * 2427 MHz [4] (20.0 dBm) * 2432 MHz [5] (20.0 dBm) * 2437 MHz [6] (20.0 dBm) * 2442 MHz [7] (20.0 dBm) * 2447 MHz [8] (20.0 dBm) * 2452 MHz [9] (20.0 dBm) * 2457 MHz [10] (20.0 dBm) * 2462 MHz [11] (20.0 dBm) * 2467 MHz [12] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IB= SS) * 2472 MHz [13] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IB= SS) * 2484 MHz [14] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IB= SS) # iw reg get country 00: (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (6, 20) (2457 - 2482 @ 20), (6, 20), PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS (2474 - 2494 @ 20), (6, 20), NO-OFDM, PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (6, 20), PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS (5735 - 5835 @ 40), (6, 20), PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS I guess country 00 means no country code? =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart1577207.WjmIB3mKdk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkvOItYACgkQVTDTR3kpaLZ5tgCgpmEV+aBN2yE0vv8xlV1rOq8b jwUAnRkeTlkkEXKwAISt6gn2yVvyHvVY =5lGi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1577207.WjmIB3mKdk--