From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 5 17:45:58 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B49E710656FE for ; Thu, 5 Feb 2009 17:45:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f21.google.com (mail-ew0-f21.google.com [209.85.219.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F2888FC14 for ; Thu, 5 Feb 2009 17:45:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: by ewy14 with SMTP id 14so734245ewy.19 for ; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:45:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=hxY2nbhZvACyihpfUxtjLSJ4ZgUWJ5ZWUorVAzK9D6M=; b=fqO8e7KBk7kwDvMuZg1E8lOoTuYXAsczYzf++ufDU5jEeC0zNQN5Svnjt/K7pivXF3 wI39y6KlGQbKwX/csVQMrcoJt52Y57RWaePg/FqmARSjcm4fk1R4+KCc2ezR4wknyOSs JLewE3QqtQb7phNSGGbxt9uh4D0PanpzN5BRY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=i16vsyN1ZdnJz3BvebhrJh0Vkw3OBorV4XJVmSfbO6RGHQFY1yHGphbvNPRGyk29J1 s9UjqpOT+bWNr6BoJImWbeQeApbuh7ynxgXfoVw6HCTe81Zzbu13tKtcWk1U4/8q3ss/ NIFOmqdO7tyIbP7fgnFIhEj4j1oNonJsNit94= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.210.112.1 with SMTP id k1mr564973ebc.31.1233855956730; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:45:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <3a142e750902050618l1736032bue8c2a21da7e73d52@mail.gmail.com> <3a142e750902050938g7f57a244jb85e30f9eeca6200@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 18:45:56 +0100 Message-ID: <3a142e750902050945v3417e604va175752a8004309a@mail.gmail.com> From: "Paul B. Mahol" To: Lars Lonne Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No wifi signal with usb antenna (rum driver) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:45:59 -0000 On 2/5/09, Lars Lonne wrote: > 2009/2/5 Paul B. Mahol : >> On 2/5/09, Lars Lonne wrote: >>> 2009/2/5 Paul B. Mahol : >>>> On 2/4/09, Lars Lonne wrote: >>>>> Hi all. I have recently installed FreeBSD-7.1-RELEASE on my Compaq Evo >>>>> laptop. It used to dualboot with windows xp and gentoo linux, but I >>>>> decided to give FreeBSD a try instead, so now it dualboots with >>>>> windows and FreeBSD. My biggest problem is connecting to the internet >>>>> over the local wifi network. I am using a usb antenna, which uses the >>>>> rum driver in FreeBSD. When using windows, the signal strength is low >>>>> (I am located quite far from the access point), but works fine. I can >>>>> connect to the network and get on the internet, no problem. Problem is >>>>> when I start FreeBSD, I cannot get a signal, i.e. ifconfig always >>>>> reports "no carrier". I can connect to the network with FreeBSD if I >>>>> move closer to the AP, but it is impractical for me to do so. >>>>> >>>>> Has anyone experienced anything similar, or know what could be causing >>>>> it? Please let me know if you need more information. Hope you can help >>>>> me. >>>>> >>>>> /lars >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>>> >>>> >>>> This is known "rum" issue, some code is missing. >>>> >>>> I debuged it some time ago, but with no luck. >>>> I will try again some time later .... >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Paul >>>> >>> >>> Thank you for your reply. I have the same problem with the ral driver >>> (as I mentioned in an earlier email to this mailing list) when I am >>> using a different antenna (a pc-card). Is this also a known issue with >>> the ral driver? >> >> If on linux(open source driver, not via ndiswrapper) you do not have >> such problem, than it is ral driver fault. >> >> -- >> Paul >> > > Ok, thank you for your help. I'll try the ndiswrapper and see if I can > get better results with that. You mean ndisulator on FreeBSD, ndisgen(8). ndiswrapper works only with linux. -- Paul