ifconfig ral0 problems on 8.0-RELEASE

Seeker

Seeker

What used to work in /etc/rc.conf, for 7.2, fails for 8.0
ral0 can not be assigned IP
Even manually:
Code: 
ifconfig ral0 inet 192.168.0.1...
Gives some sioctl error, syntax, error, etc.
It is NOT typo 100%
 
Hey thanks!
But hm...
Why did it worked on 7.2
That is..., a step of creating a wlan interface never existed
 
You are using a new major release. The listed number of changes and new functionality is longer than your street!
 
Ok, then.
To stick to this issue.

I've succesfully created wlan0
I can't assign IP to wlan0, as I get:
Code: 
ral0: need multicast update callback

I wana also have another aliased IP
How to do it(rc.conf)
 
Ok, so, here is a problem:
I wana wlan0(which works like AP) to NOT use media autoselect
I set media OFDM/54Mbps, but as soon as I make it UP it shifts from:
Code: 
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/54Mbps mode 11g <hostap> (autoselect <hostap>)
to:
Code: 
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>
So hostap is shifting it on it's own!
 
Come one guys. How do I change this:
Code: 
(autoselect <hostap>)
to this:
Code: 
(OFDM/54Mbps <hostap>)
while down
 
Code: 
# ifconfig wlan create wlandev ral0 wlanmode ap media OFDM/54Mbps mode 11g
MAKES
Code: 
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/54Mbps mode 11g <hostap> (autoselect <hostap>)
So as soon as I:
Code: 
# ifconfig wlan0 up
I get:
Code: 
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>
And do you know which speed I get?
54Kb/s max!!!

OFDM/54Mbps was solution on 7.2, but I can't get it running here on 8.0 in AP mode.
 
I am totally frustrated with being ignored and for a 7 hours unable to make it work, except at minimal speed.
After this:
Code: 
# ifconfig wlan0 media OFDM/54Mbps
It remains at:
Code: 
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet [color="Red"]autoselect[/color] mode 11g <hostap>
 
Code: 
# ifconfig wlan0 list sta
ADDR               AID CHAN RATE RSSI IDLE  TXSEQ  RXSEQ CAPS FLAG   
00:18:4d:b2:52:1f    1    6  48M  9.0    0   2790    176 EPS  AE      WPA
00:1f:e1:71:1a:b9    2    6   1M 18.5    0   4070  47216 EPS  AE      WPA
and a little later look this:
Code: 
# ifconfig wlan0 list sta
ADDR               AID CHAN RATE RSSI IDLE  TXSEQ  RXSEQ CAPS FLAG   
00:18:4d:b2:52:1f    1    6   [color="Red"]2M[/color]  8.0    0   4674  21488 EPS  AE      WPA
00:1f:e1:71:1a:b9    2    6   [color="#ff0000"]1M[/color] 20.5    0   6179   1040 EPS  AE      WPA
It is simply forcing speed to the minimum! :p
 
Why are you using WPA? better switch to RSN.

I think you are looking for 'ucastrate' and 'mcastrate'

Note that driver may not have support for fixed rate(in hostap).
 
richardpl said:
Why are you using WPA? better switch to RSN.
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You think on WPA2, also called RSN (Robust Security Network)?
That is easy as shifting wep=1 to wep=2 in hostapd.conf
I will, as soon as I fix this speed issue. To isolate all possible causes.
richardpl said:
I think you are looking for 'ucastrate' and 'mcastrate'
Click to expand...
That was solution! :e
Now I am getting around 622.190 KB/s with:
Code: 
# ifconfig wlan0 ucastrate 54 mcastrate 54
Tell me, what is an ideal number for those 2? :stud
How can I know max?
 
And look it now:
Code: 
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet [color="Red"]OFDM/54Mbps[/color] mode 11g <hostap>
54Mbps in hostap mode!

Duh!
And it did not wana set it directly with media OFDM/54Mbps
What a hassle! And lost 7 hours... :p
 
mickey said:
But think of the experience gained :p
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LOL!
Somebody is seeing glass half filled :p

Anyway, wpa2 is now on.
Now speed dropped a little to 523.603 KB/s

Now, I kind of expect speed to be at least 4 times more.
That is 2 MB/s (Megabytes)

Is current speed realistic / expected? :stud
 
There is 'mcastrate', 'mgtrate' and 'ucastrate', in your case only setting last one is useful. ifconfig(8)

If you really need higher speeds than use chip which supports 11n.

ral(4) doesnt have hardware encryption implemented so that can be one of the reasons in speed drop.
 
Ok, thanks!
Just one last question.

With WPA 2 and ral0 that works at 54 Mbps, which is also older chip...
Is this speed of ~0.5 MB/s expected / normal?
 
Location: Croatia..., just like me. ;)
Well then..., just give me a tool, which would expose me this data, as you appear to be very knowledgeable, when it comes to networking.
 
Setting ucastrate in /etc/rc.conf

Hello;


Code: 
$ uname -rs
FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2


I have setup ral0/wlan0 in /etc/rc.conf thusly:

Code: 
   wlans_ral0="wlan0"
   create_args_wlan0="wlanmode sta mcastrate 54 ssid linksys channel 6"
   ifconfig_wlan0="inet 10.0.0.10 netmask 255.255.255.0"


This provides a working interface but ucastrate is not being set at boot and I have to manually set it after I login with:

Code: 
# ifconfig wlan0 ucastrate 54


How can I effectively set ucastrate in rc.conf?


Magnanimously,

Christopher Theodore
 
You move u/mcastrate one line bellow, but I think you will need to specify also mode (I'm not sure, but I managed to get it working only after association).
 
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