Bug 182600 - Wireless install fails if channel is 12 or 13
Summary: Wireless install fails if channel is 12 or 13
Status: Closed FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: wireless (show other bugs)
Version: Unspecified
Hardware: Any Any
: Normal Affects Only Me
Assignee: freebsd-wireless (Nobody)
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2013-10-03 12:40 UTC by andrew
Modified: 2018-05-29 08:18 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description andrew 2013-10-03 12:40:00 UTC
Trying to install from boot-only CD,

The scan for Wifi channels failed if the AP was on channel 13 (which we
normally use here - I am in the UK). Changing to 12 dis not resolve the
problem. Changing to channel 4 did. 

Note that the scan only shows 4 SSIDs even though a scan reveals nine
in range, and the real problem could be a failure to allow sufficient
channels to be viewable after the scan.

Fix: 

During install, all channels should be allowed, not just those permitted
in the most restrictive jurisdictions, and the maximum number of APs/SSIDs
displayed probably needs to exceed 12.
How-To-Repeat: Try to install on network where AP is on channel 13 (or there are more
than 4 APs before the channel of the AP you want).
Comment 1 Mark Linimon freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2013-10-07 01:17:32 UTC
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-i386->freebsd-bugs

not i386-specific.
Comment 2 Andriy Voskoboinyk freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2016-05-04 18:28:39 UTC
Reassign (DEBUG regdomain is used by default; the problem is in the driver).
Comment 3 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2016-06-08 20:43:24 UTC
A commit references this bug:

Author: avos
Date: Wed Jun  8 20:42:36 UTC 2016
New revision: 301694
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/301694

Log:
  bsdinstall: add country/regulatory domain configuration dialog.

  Allow to setup country and/or regulatory domain before scanning
  (since channel list is affected by regulatory restrictions this may
  impact scan results).

  PR:		182600 (originally)
  Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D6325

Changes:
  head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/wlanconfig
Comment 4 Eitan Adler freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2018-05-28 19:47:14 UTC
batch change:

For bugs that match the following
-  Status Is In progress 
AND
- Untouched since 2018-01-01.
AND
- Affects Base System OR Documentation

DO:

Reset to open status.


Note:
I did a quick pass but if you are getting this email it might be worthwhile to double check to see if this bug ought to be closed.
Comment 5 Andriy Voskoboinyk freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2018-05-29 08:18:58 UTC
Probably fixed - only ndis(4) and bwn(4) drivers cannot switch to 12/13 channels for now - see https://reviews.freebsd.org/D6778 (bwn(4) only)