The wiconfig utility is being deprecated - 
please use ifconfig.  As far as the
channels available, that depends upon
the region you are in, and what frequencies
can legally be utilized:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels

We can see that in North America, channels
1 to 11 are ok, but 12, 13, 14 are not legal.

It looks like ifconfig got it right.

For a complete list of available AP's, type:

  # ifconfig ath0 scan

--
aboyd

-----Original Message-----
From: Jongpil Won [mailto:skypiri@lge.com] 
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 2:19 AM
To: drivers-networking
Subject: [Atheros network card information]

Hello, 
I have some questions regarding information of wireless lan network card.
Specially I'm using 3Com network card with atheros chipset.

FYI, I put part of result 'pci'.
Class          = Network (Ethernet)
Vendor ID      = 168ch, Atheros Communications, Inc.
Device ID      = 1bh,  AR5006X 802.11abg NIC
PCI index      = 0h
PCI Mem Address = df000000h enabled
PCI Int Pin    = INT A
Interrupt line = 9
CPU Interrupt  = 9h

I typed "ifconfig ath0 list chan" to show available channels, then I got 11
channels for 11g between 1 to 11. 

[/root/]#ifconfig ath0 list chan
Channel   1 : 2412  Mhz 11g
Channel   2 : 2417  Mhz 11g
Channel   3 : 2422  Mhz 11g
Channel   4 : 2427  Mhz 11g
Channel   5 : 2432  Mhz 11g
Channel   6 : 2437  Mhz 11g
Channel   7 : 2442  Mhz 11g
Channel   8 : 2447  Mhz 11g
Channel   9 : 2452  Mhz 11g
Channel  10 : 2457  Mhz 11g
Channel  11 : 2462  Mhz 11g

But I got different channel list with 'wiconfig atho' command.
Channel list:      [ 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ]

I wonder that why did two differnent command show different channel list to
me. I think I should have same result regardless type of command.
And I'm wondering why I cannot use channel 13 in mode 11g. 

Finally, I would like to get the list of stations that are currently
associated with access point. So I used "ifconfig ath0 list sta" command,
but I couldn't get any information for stations. How could I get information
of associated station with WAP ? 

Thanks in advanced.
Wayne.







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