From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 8 17:01:18 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1265B16A4CE for ; Sat, 8 Jan 2005 17:01:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from msgfe02.utad.utoledo.edu (msgfe02.utad.utoledo.edu [131.183.1.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 804B743D46 for ; Sat, 8 Jan 2005 17:01:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rafege@mail.com) Received: from lmrmac.uhw.utoledo.edu ([131.183.85.137]) by msgfe02.utad.utoledo.edu with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Sat, 8 Jan 2005 12:01:16 -0500 Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2005 12:01:16 -0500 From: rafege@mail.com (Gary E. RAFE, Ph.D.) Organization: Rouillard & Rafe To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Message-ID: <41E011DC.nailM4911BU7M@mail.com> User-Agent: nail 11.3 8/18/04 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Jan 2005 17:01:16.0847 (UTC) FILETIME=[AADF93F0:01C4F5A3] Subject: More WiFi Access Point Discovery X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: rafege@mail.com List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2005 17:01:18 -0000 I'm still trying to determine how to get WiFi access point discovery to work on my Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100 running 5.3-R. The (custom) kernel has devices "wlan" and "wi" compiled in. At boot-time, the kernel reports the internal MiniPCI WiFi card as: wi0: at port 0xd000-0xd03f irq 11 function 0 config 1 on pccard0 wi0: using Lucent Embedded WaveLAN/IEEE wi0: Lucent Firmware: Station (8.72.1) wi0: Ethernet address: 00:02:2d:XX:XX:XX wi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps while "ifconfig wi0" reports: wi0: flags=8802 mtu 1500 ether 00:02:2d:XX:XX:XX media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (none) ssid "" stationname "FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node" channel -1 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 rtsthreshold 2312 protmode CTS wepmode OFF weptxkey 1 When my USR2410 PCCARD is inserted into an available slot, the kernel reports: wi1: at port 0xd040-0xd07f irq 11 function 0 config 1 on pccard2 wi1: using RF:PRISM2 MAC:HFA3841 CARD:HWB3163 rev.A wi1: Intersil Firmware: Primary (0.3.0), Station (0.7.6) wi1: Ethernet address: 00:90:d1:XX:XX:XX wi1: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps and "ifconfig wi1" reports: wi1: flags=8802 mtu 1500 ether 00:90:d1:XX:XX:XX media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (none) ssid "" stationname "FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node" channel -1 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 rtsthreshold 2312 protmode CTS wepmode OFF weptxkey 1 Both cards report "0 stations" with "wicontrol -i wiX -l", although our local WiFi access point, situated across the room, is powered on and active. In the case of "wicontrol -i wiX -L", the listing ends with the line: SSID BSSID Chan SN S N Intrvl Capinfo for the wi0 (MiniPCI), while wi1 (USR2410) does *not* report this line. Is there some "magic" I'm missing to make this work, or is access point discovery not something these WiFi devices do ? In the case of the latter, can someone suggest a supported PCCARD that does reliable access point discovery with FreeBSD ? -- Gary E. RAFE, Ph.D. Please do not send me HTML-encoded mail. It will be discarded automatically.