I updated my WiFi hotspot firmware recently and FreeBSD PC cannot see it anymore.
some info/things I've tried:
- ifconfig wlan0 list scan (doesn't show anything)
- ifconfig wlan0 up list scan (doesn't show anything)
- Booted from a USB installer and tried to see if somehow my configuration got messed up. Still cannot see the hotspot. I've reinstalled FreeBSD the last 4 days and it was always able to connect to my hotspot before the firmware upgrade.
- When I booted using the FreeBSD installer, I changed the WiFi thingy from FCC/US to ROW/my-country and it doesn't make a difference. using FCC/US was not an issue previously.
- When booting from the USB installer, I can see the other hotspots in the neighborhood. just not mine.
- I checked my other devices (MBPs, iPhones, iPads, Windows PCs and a PC running Ubuntu server) and no issue with connecting to my hotspot.
- I am only running FreeBSD console. No X here.
- I have a crossover cable connected to an Ubuntu server PC and no network problems between the two.
- MAC filtering is disabled on the hotspot.
- using Intel wireless AC which I believe uses the iwn driver
- I just booted from an Ubuntu USB installer and I have no problems connecting to my hotspot and browsing Youtube via Firefox.
Any ideas on how to fix? Thanks
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some info/things I've tried:
- ifconfig wlan0 list scan (doesn't show anything)
- ifconfig wlan0 up list scan (doesn't show anything)
- Booted from a USB installer and tried to see if somehow my configuration got messed up. Still cannot see the hotspot. I've reinstalled FreeBSD the last 4 days and it was always able to connect to my hotspot before the firmware upgrade.
- When I booted using the FreeBSD installer, I changed the WiFi thingy from FCC/US to ROW/my-country and it doesn't make a difference. using FCC/US was not an issue previously.
- When booting from the USB installer, I can see the other hotspots in the neighborhood. just not mine.
- I checked my other devices (MBPs, iPhones, iPads, Windows PCs and a PC running Ubuntu server) and no issue with connecting to my hotspot.
- I am only running FreeBSD console. No X here.
- I have a crossover cable connected to an Ubuntu server PC and no network problems between the two.
- MAC filtering is disabled on the hotspot.
- using Intel wireless AC which I believe uses the iwn driver
- I just booted from an Ubuntu USB installer and I have no problems connecting to my hotspot and browsing Youtube via Firefox.
Any ideas on how to fix? Thanks
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Code:
➜ sudo cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf (This is wpa_supplicant.conf that was generated by the installer.)
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
eapol_version=2
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1
network={
ssid="myhotspot"
scan_ssid=0
psk="mypassword"
priority=5
}
network={
priority=0
key_mgmt=NONE
}
➜ ifconfig wlan0 (a few hours ago it wasn't connecting to anything. but I guess the card is now trying to connect to my neighbor's hotspot.)
wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
ether 34:13:e8:63:3d:cd
groups: wlan
ssid "Fon WiFi" channel 10 (2457 MHz 11g) bssid da:d7:75:52:a5:11
regdomain FCC country US authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 30
bmiss 10 scanvalid 60 protmode CTS wme roaming MANUAL
parent interface: iwm0
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/24Mbps mode 11g
status: associated
nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
➜ kldstat
Id Refs Address Size Name
1 38 0xffffffff80200000 227ad00 kernel
2 1 0xffffffff8247b000 27ce8 fuse.ko
3 1 0xffffffff824a3000 3bad38 zfs.ko
4 2 0xffffffff8285e000 a448 opensolaris.ko
5 1 0xffffffff82e11000 16bf0 if_iwm.ko
6 1 0xffffffff82e28000 2698 intpm.ko
7 1 0xffffffff82e2b000 b40 smbus.ko
8 1 0xffffffff82e2c000 1ba77f iwm8265fw.ko
9 1 0xffffffff82fe7000 1860 uhid.ko
10 1 0xffffffff82fe9000 2908 ums.ko
11 1 0xffffffff82fec000 1a40 wmt.ko
12 1 0xffffffff82fee000 acf mac_ntpd.ko
➜ ifconfig wlan0 list scan (the hotspots around me started showing up several hours after my initial post)
SSID/MESH ID BSSID CHAN RATE S:N INT CAPS
neighborspot1 da:d7:75:52:a5:10 10 54M -71:-96 100 E BSSLOAD HTCAP WME
Fon WiFi da:d7:75:52:a5:11 10 54M -71:-96 100 E BSSLOAD HTCAP WME
neighborspot2 d8:d7:75:52:a5:13 10 54M -70:-96 100 EP RSN BSSLOAD HTCAP WPS WME