Of course, if you could change the channel of the wireless access point to something between 1 and 11, I would expect everything would work fine...
wlans_run0="wlan0"
create_args_run0="country Netherlands"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
Before I did so, I noticed that I had to writePerhaps you could use that and change /etc/rc.conf to:
create_args_wpi0="country Netherlands"
create_args="country Netherlands"
Ask your father nicely to configure the router to use a channel <= 11. It's easy to do and clients should pick up the new channel automatically, so your father needn't worry that anything breaksLay my laptop to rest until my father will change to another router next year or when the bug has been fixed and install the new driver by hand?
Is buying another card an option for you? I have a card with an Atheros AR9285 chipset (ath_hal(4)) and can confirm that switching countries and using channel 13 work just fine.My other USB card didn't work as well, however, it did load normally. An odd thing is that I had to change the country by hand after boot to Netherlands. This card displayed even less channels, only 1 to 11. Quite odd, since it does work on Arch GNU/Linux.
Erm... Assuming you don't have the skills and/or time to fix the bug with the wpi(4) driver yourself, I think I covered the obvious other optionSo, what to do now? Lay my laptop to rest until my father will change to another router next year or when the bug has been fixed and install the new driver by hand? Or are there any other suggestions?
I was going suggesting trying to change the channel on your father's router
Humour me and try changing the channel on the access point. Choose a number of 11 or lower.
Of course, if you could change the channel of the wireless access point to something between 1 and 11, I would expect everything would work fine...
Reconfiguring the access point to use a different channel is easy and is unlikely to affect any other device. Your father wouldn't even notice if you did it without telling him Even tobik agrees so it must be true!It also suggests using one of the channels available with the country as "US" (that is 1-11) as a work-around.