Bug#527625: [iwl3945] Missing wireless channels 100 to 140 (802.11a 5 GHz)
Package: linux-2.6
Version: 2.6.29
Severity: normal
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Hi
When I load the iwl3945 module, I get this message :
iwl3945: Tunable channels: 11 802.11bg, 13 802.11a channels
According to wikipedia :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels
There should be 24 802.11a and 11 802.11bg channels for the US regdom (I
live in Canada).
cat /sys/module/cfg80211/parameters/ieee80211_regdom
US
When I look at the available channels :
sudo iwlist wlan0 channel
wlan0 24 channels in total; available frequencies :
Channel 01 : 2.412 GHz
Channel 02 : 2.417 GHz
Channel 03 : 2.422 GHz
Channel 04 : 2.427 GHz
Channel 05 : 2.432 GHz
Channel 06 : 2.437 GHz
Channel 07 : 2.442 GHz
Channel 08 : 2.447 GHz
Channel 09 : 2.452 GHz
Channel 10 : 2.457 GHz
Channel 11 : 2.462 GHz
Channel 36 : 5.18 GHz
Channel 40 : 5.2 GHz
Channel 44 : 5.22 GHz
Channel 48 : 5.24 GHz
Channel 52 : 5.26 GHz
Channel 56 : 5.28 GHz
Channel 60 : 5.3 GHz
Channel 64 : 5.32 GHz
Channel 149 : 5.745 GHz
Channel 153 : 5.765 GHz
Channel 157 : 5.785 GHz
Channel 161 : 5.805 GHz
Channel 165 : 5.825 GHz
Current Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
I found that channels 100 to 140 are missing from the list. This is half
of the available channels that my card can't tune. Is it normal? Maybe a
bad firmware? I use firmware 15.28.2.8 (debian package version 0.16).
Xavier Douville
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Architecture: amd64
Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-ex5620
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
990 testing gulus.usherbrooke.ca
990 testing debian.savoirfairelinux.net
500 unstable gulus.usherbrooke.ca
500 unstable debian.savoirfairelinux.net
500 stable security.debian.org
1 experimental debian.savoirfairelinux.net
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