From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 5 16:32:04 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: doc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C085516A4B3 for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 16:32:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar) Received: from omega.iib.unsam.edu.ar (omega.iib.unsam.edu.ar [170.210.49.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7127013C48D for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 16:31:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar) Received: from gama.iib.unsam.edu.ar (gama.iib.unsam.edu.ar [192.168.10.72]) by omega.iib.unsam.edu.ar (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l15EWqIJ095261; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 11:32:52 -0300 (ART) (envelope-from fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar) Received: (from fernan@localhost) by gama.iib.unsam.edu.ar (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l15EXnuH017624; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 11:33:49 -0300 (ART) (envelope-from fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar) X-Authentication-Warning: gama.iib.unsam.edu.ar: fernan set sender to fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar using -f Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 11:33:49 -0300 From: Fernan Aguero To: Wouter vanderPloeg Message-ID: <20070205143349.GB17359@iib.unsam.edu.ar> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless Network / WPA / ipw X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:32:04 -0000 +----[ Wouter vanderPloeg (04.Feb.2007 19:44): | | regarding: | | http://www.freebsdmall.com/~loader/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/wireless/article.html Hi [ me jumping into the discussion ] great article! it's a very welcome addition to the doc set. I've been hesitating to install FreeBSD on my laptop cause I never found good enough documentation on how to set up the wireless card or if it would work at all ... now I'm closer to wanting to try it out! One thing that I (a newcomer to the wifi world) would look for in the article is if my card is supported. I read that "The most commonly used devices are those that use parts made by Atheros." And an example about how to set up an atheros driver follows. But what about other cards? Only the "devices based on the Intersil Prism parts" are mentioned other than the Atheros based ones. I'm not asking to include one such example for every other wireless card/driver. But perhaps a link to another web page containing a reference of hardware that is supported (and by which driver) or a pointer to a the GENERIC kernel config or some other fake kernel config that is more documented? I've been reading the NOTES/GENERIC kernel config files in my boxes (FreeBSD-6.2) and: i) the NOTES file is useless as a reference for wireless stuff i) the GENERIC kernel config is better: device wlan # 802.11 support device wlan_wep # 802.11 WEP support device wlan_ccmp # 802.11 CCMP support device wlan_tkip # 802.11 TKIP support device an # Aironet 4500/4800 802.11 wireless NICs. device ath # Atheros pci/cardbus NIC's device ath_hal # Atheros HAL (Hardware Access Layer) device ath_rate_sample # SampleRate tx rate control for ath device awi # BayStack 660 and others device ral # Ralink Technology RT2500 wireless NICs. device wi # WaveLAN/Intersil/Symbol 802.11 wireless NICs. #device wl # Older non 802.11 Wavelan wireless NIC. but there is no mention of the Intel Pro Wireless cards. | there seems to be 2 problems with the WPA-PSK with the intel prowireless | ipw2100 | | 1) NO AUTOMATIC CONNECTION | # /etc/rc.d/netif start | does NOT come up with a key (it says the AP does not come with an offer) [snipped] | +----] Mmm, so Wouter is talking about an ipw2100 on FreeBSD ... what device driver are you building into your kernel? Where can I find more information about support for Intel Pro Wireless cards in FreeBSD (for example the IPW 3945 abg)? Fernan