I'm replying to misc@ (instead of tech@). You did not send a dmesg and even basic version info is missing.
[email protected] (Austin Bentley), 2017.01.26 (Thu) 03:43 (CET): > Interesting. It seems that on OpenBSD the reception is quite weak. Yes, the change from X200 to X220 made my wlan experience at home worse. But I have USB3 now ;-) > I've connected, HOWEVER, I have to be in the same room as my router! > On Linux I can be anywhere in my house. > > I tried disabling powersave (-powersave), and still I have to be very > close to my router. My phone can connect to it no problem anywhere in > the house. Does anyone have any clue what's going on? Is it possible > that the driver is permanently set on a power save mode? It doesn't feel as bad as you describe it but in priciple the same experience here, see above. I never tested with other operating systems. I thought wlan on X220 was just far worse than on X200. > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 7:37 PM, Austin Bentley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've got a ThinkPad x220 with a Centrino Ultimate-N 6300, and I'm here: iwn0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300" rev 0x35: msi, MIMO 3T3R, MoW, address 00:24:d7:XX:YY:ZZ running: OpenBSD 6.0-current (GENERIC.MP) #150: Tue Jan 17 17:41:15 MST 2017 [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP pkg_info|grep firm iwn-firmware-5.11p1 firmware binary images for iwn(4) driver > > trying to get it to connect to a WPA1 WiFi network. Network has a > > password. > > > > Steps taken thus far: > > Tested WiFi on Linux > > > > Update WiFi drivers with fw_update via ethernet > > > > Verified /etc/firmware/iwn-6000 exists (it does) > > > > dmesg: > > dmesg | grep iwn > > iwn0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300" > > rev 0x3e: msi, MIM0 3T3R, MoW, address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx > > > > Scanning networks works: > > ifconfig iwn0 scan > > iwn0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > lladdr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx > > index 2 priority 4 llprio 3 > > groups: wlan > > media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (DS1 mode 11g) > > status: no network > > ieee80211: nwid MYSSID chan 6 bssid yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy -58dBm I got only slightly better reception but have a working connection with it: ieee80211: nwid foobar chan 1 bssid aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff -57dBm > > wpakey 0x.... wpaprotos wpa1,wpa2 wpaakms psk wpacipchers > > tkip,ccmp wpagroupcipher tkip > > nwid MYSSID chan 6 bssid yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy -58dBm HT-MCS15 > > privacy,short_slottime,wpa1 > > ... #other networks > > ... > > > > Of course, I attempted `dhclient iwn0` with both /etc/hostname.iwn0, > > and `ifconfig iwn0 nwid MYSSID wpa wpakey xxxx up`, and both > > achieved this: > > dhclient iwn0 > > iwn0: no link ........... sleeping > > > > The WiFi light on my laptop is constantly blinking too. > > Does this indicate anything? yes, it blinks when ifconfig status is "status: no carrier". What comes to mind: $ ifconfig iwn0 debug # these are stolen from messages by stsp@ $ tcpdump -y IEEE802_11 -n -l -i iwn0 $ tcpdump -y IEEE802_11_RADIO -n -l -i iwn0 $ tcpdump -n -s 1500 -y IEEE802_11_RADIO -v type mgt subtype beacon -i \ iwn0 Marcus > !DSPAM:588962c9131785286646962!
