From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 29 09:48:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02BBD16A4CE; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 09:48:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.186]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D3B543D1D; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 09:48:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from craig@small-pla.net) Received: from [212.227.126.161] (helo=mrelayng.kundenserver.de) by moutng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1CYi8f-0001Z8-00; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 10:48:09 +0100 Received: from [217.231.87.51] (helo=jupiter) by mrelayng.kundenserver.de with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1CYi8A-0005jJ-00; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 10:47:38 +0100 From: "craig" To: "'Peter Risdon'" Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 10:47:11 +0100 Organization: small-pla.net Message-ID: <000a01c4d5f8$784af300$6500a8c0@jupiter> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <41A729E1.1060505@circlesquared.com> X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de auth:455859535b7de7b84111a2e321f2419d cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: RE: WRITE_DMA failures on 5.3 (but NOT on 4.10) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: craig@small-pla.net List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 09:48:11 -0000 >DanGer wrote: >[...] >> >> >> i have the same issue on brand new 200gb ata maxtor hard drive. i had >> the same issue on 5.2.1, but when i upgraded to 5.3 i decided to turn on >> ata dma but after 9 days of uptime it froze..no logs, whatever...so i >> turned ata dma off for now, and i will stay and watch what will happen.. > >That's very helpful, thank you. The behaviour you describe - machine >freezing - is exactly what I have experienced. I'm feeling vaguely >optimistic now :-) > >> >> but there should be some other fix, because i don't want to keep my >> disc in pio mode :/ > >Absolutely. But I guess, since I'm not going to try to produce a fix >myself, I can't whinge too loudly. A workaround is what I need right now >and I hope you've confirmed that this is one. > >Peter. have you had any luck yet? i've disabled DMA at a bios level, but it seems to make no discernable difference. and the installation still fails... have the IDE drivers changed between 4.10 and 5.3? much thanks, --- craig@small-pla.net From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 29 14:24:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAE6216A4CE; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:24:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lorna.circlesquared.com (host217-45-219-85.in-addr.btopenworld.com [217.45.219.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90A8443D48; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:24:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from peter@circlesquared.com) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost.circlesquared.com [127.0.0.1]) iATEO9kX076524; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:24:21 GMT (envelope-from peter@circlesquared.com) Message-ID: <41AB3109.6040308@circlesquared.com> Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:24:09 +0000 From: Peter Risdon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041124 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: craig@small-pla.net References: <000a01c4d5f8$784af300$6500a8c0@jupiter> In-Reply-To: <000a01c4d5f8$784af300$6500a8c0@jupiter> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WRITE_DMA failures on 5.3 (but NOT on 4.10) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:24:48 -0000 craig wrote: >>DanGer wrote: >>[...] >> >>> >>>i have the same issue on brand new 200gb ata maxtor hard drive. i had >>>the same issue on 5.2.1, but when i upgraded to 5.3 i decided to turn on >>>ata dma but after 9 days of uptime it froze..no logs, whatever...so i >>>turned ata dma off for now, and i will stay and watch what will happen.. >> >>That's very helpful, thank you. The behaviour you describe - machine >>freezing - is exactly what I have experienced. I'm feeling vaguely >>optimistic now :-) >> >> >>>but there should be some other fix, because i don't want to keep my >>>disc in pio mode :/ >> >>Absolutely. But I guess, since I'm not going to try to produce a fix >>myself, I can't whinge too loudly. A workaround is what I need right now >>and I hope you've confirmed that this is one. >> >>Peter. > > > > have you had any luck yet? Not beyond what's said here. > > i've disabled DMA at a bios level, but it seems to make no discernable > difference. > and the installation still fails... I guess you need to disable ata dma before the installation begins. I can't see how to do that at the loader prompt (hw.ata.ata_dma isn't listed among the variables you can assign values to at the loader prompt) but maybe you can change to the holographic shell after getting into sysinstall and do it there. > > have the IDE drivers changed between 4.10 and 5.3? I assume so. I just had to set up a storage server with biggish disks and I used 4.10. There's clearly an issue in 5.3 with at least some disk drives (Maxtor > 200G crop up a lot when this problem is reported) and at least some ide controllers. Peter. -- the circle squared network systems and software http://www.circlesquared.com From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 30 04:52:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4518C16A4CE; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 04:52:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from eris.uffner.com (dsl092-233-211.phl1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.92.233.211]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3765A43D54; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 04:52:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tom@uffner.com) Received: from eris.uffner.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by eris.uffner.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iAU4qmLO038971; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 23:52:48 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from tom@eris.uffner.com) Message-Id: <200411300452.iAU4qmLO038971@eris.uffner.com> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 23:52:48 -0500 From: Tom Uffner X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.80/533/Sat Oct 16 21:09:44 2004 clamav-milter version 0.80j on eris.uffner.com X-Virus-Status: Clean cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: is it possible to read CD-R with corrupt/missing TOC? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 04:52:52 -0000 Is it possible (even in theory) to read a CD-R with a corrupt or missing TOC? I have a disc that was the only recording of a live performanace, which appears to have failed while being finalized. It clearly has data on it and there were no errors reported while burning, but it is not recognized at all by normal players and it shows up as either blank or invalid depending on which burner hardware/software i try to read it with. the part of the disc where the lead-in should be looks blank. it is an audio disc. is there any way to recover the track data or do a low level read and try to reconstruct it. i am willing to invest a few days worth of coding and a small amount of money (if for example i need a burner with better firmware support for recovering bad discs) tom From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 30 14:47:35 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED42E16A4CF; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:47:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from nutty.inf.ed.ac.uk (nutty.inf.ed.ac.uk [129.215.216.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D621643D1D; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:47:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from richard@inf.ed.ac.uk) Received: from macintosh.inf.ed.ac.uk (macintosh.inf.ed.ac.uk [129.215.164.64]) by nutty.inf.ed.ac.uk (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id iAUElTPj021332; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:47:29 GMT Received: by macintosh.inf.ed.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 501) id 9F5B11B2C59; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:47:28 +0000 (GMT) From: Richard Tobin To: Tom Uffner , freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Tom Uffner's message of Mon, 29 Nov 2004 23:52:48 -0500 Organization: just say no X-Mailer: Ream 5.1.51-richard-mac Message-Id: <20041130144728.9F5B11B2C59@macintosh.inf.ed.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:47:28 +0000 (GMT) cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: is it possible to read CD-R with corrupt/missing TOC? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:47:36 -0000 > Is it possible (even in theory) to read a CD-R with a corrupt or > missing TOC? cdrecord has a "-fix" option to "fixate a corrupt or unfixated disk (generate a TOC)" which might be worth trying. -- Richard From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 1 11:38:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3DC316A4CE for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 11:38:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp-send.myrealbox.com (smtp-send.myrealbox.com [192.108.102.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 948EE43D3F for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 11:38:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cjsantos@myrealbox.com) Received: from [127.0.0.1] cjsantos [213.22.167.2]on Linux; Wed, 01 Dec 2004 04:38:31 -0700 Message-ID: <41ADAD2D.5070101@myrealbox.com> Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 11:38:21 +0000 From: Carlos Jorge Santos User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (Windows/20041103) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0449-0, 30-11-2004), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Subject: Hang while loading 5.3 kernel X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 11:38:32 -0000 Hi all, I've been using FBSD 5.2.1 since it was released, and today i decided to upgrade it to 5.3 I've downloaded all the sources and make buildworld, buildkernel , etc... and everything compiled OK. The problem was when i restarted the machine. I get a lot of [GIANT-LOCKED] messages on the screen and then is just hangs after showing this message : cpu0 on motherboard Tried booting from CD and the same thing happens with the Generic kernel. Tried booting with ACPI and without ACPI , tried disabling the fdc after reading some posts, all without success I have an AMD 1300 Processor that was working fine with 5.2.1 Can this be a hardware problem ? Any hints ??? It's my desktop machine at work, i really need to get it back to work ASAP. Thanks Carlos Santos From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 2 05:36:19 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 070DE16A4CE for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 05:36:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96B2243D5A for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 05:36:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from daniel.hyde@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 36so5933wra for ; Wed, 01 Dec 2004 21:36:17 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=sSzDRffDr24n0oMn6dsMQheZLxv4QT7X1MzuDPD/aCT9PeAQ5Q8nI0MxoRzx27ucjfRmLNZW5UK682QJqhe3MpqoFOhlrjbVmBul8/sIVUaxH+ADGVn4h1ukZYgd8TODWlpeDyjkq+iBSZl830doeQnk+of9uXORRtEy4tyC+A8= Received: by 10.54.21.20 with SMTP id 20mr1101700wru; Wed, 01 Dec 2004 21:36:17 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.39.18 with HTTP; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 21:36:17 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 16:36:17 +1100 From: Daniel Hyde To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: 802.11g pci card recommendations? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Daniel Hyde List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 05:36:19 -0000 Hi all, I'm setting up an 802.11g wireless network at home and I'm looking for a suitable pci card for my i386 machine. I'm new to wireless networking and, to some extent, networking in general, so I want to make this as painless as possible -- by buying the right hardware in the first place! So. I'm looking for recommendations from other 802.11g users. What cards have you found to work well? What should I avoid like the plague? Anything in particular I should look for when purchasing a card? Etc. The machine will be acting only as a client, not as an access point. It currently has onboard gigabit ethernet, but I'm going for wireless for the convenience of not having to lay cable (rented house). The ethernet is currently configured and works (/dev/sk0) -- will this play nice with the wireless as long as the ethernet is physically disconnected from the network, or will I need to do funky things with ifconfig in order to switch back and forth (should the need arise)? It's currently running an almost fresh install of 5.3-release. I'll probably end up tracking -stable once I've finished playing with the network. I'm thinking of going for a card supporting WPA encryption for forward compatibility. My gateway/router supports both WPA and WEP; however my flatmate's card supports only WEP. Thus, at this point in time, WPA support on my card is somewhat redundant in that its benefits will basically be eliminated by running the gateway in a WEP-compatible mode. My flatmate's card is a NetGear WG311 v2. Up until last night I was expecting I'd probably get one of these, since the WG311 is listed on the supported hardware page. Then we discovered that the v2 is based on a different chipset that is not compatible with the ath driver! (Why, oh why did they not change the model number when they changed the chipset?) So, now I'm not quite game to just buy a card and hope for the best: I'd like to know before I purchase what's going to work and what's not. Any recommendations or general advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Daniel From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 2 11:58:10 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA98C16A4CE; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 11:58:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.185]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 530C143D48; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 11:58:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from craig@small-pla.net) Received: from [212.227.126.206] (helo=mrelayng.kundenserver.de) by moutng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1CZpar-0000W7-00; Thu, 02 Dec 2004 12:57:53 +0100 Received: from [217.231.79.168] (helo=jupiter) by mrelayng.kundenserver.de with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1CZpaq-00074N-00; Thu, 02 Dec 2004 12:57:52 +0100 From: "craig" To: , Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 12:57:51 +0100 Organization: small-pla.net Message-ID: <000b01c4d866$275cbf30$6500a8c0@jupiter> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <998086773.20041129172241@wilbury.sk> X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de auth:455859535b7de7b84111a2e321f2419d cc: 'DanGer' cc: 'Peter Risdon' Subject: RE: Re[2]: WRITE_DMA failures on 5.3 (but NOT on 4.10) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: craig@small-pla.net List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 11:58:11 -0000 as much as i have tried, i have still not managed to resolve this issue. the best i can do at this time is to revert back to 4.10-stable (which = has its own USB issues...) considering this is a fairly serious issue (at least, to me it is), = would it be appropriate to post a PR? i have done a cursory search through the archive and not come up with anything similar. thanks, --- craig@small-pla.net =20 -----Original Message----- From: DanGer [mailto:danger@wilbury.sk]=20 Sent: 29 November 2004 17:23 To: craig; questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: WRITE_DMA failures on 5.3 (but NOT on 4.10) Hi craig, Monday, November 29, 2004, 10:47:11 AM, you thoughtfully wrote the following: >>DanGer wrote: >>[...] >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> i have the same issue on brand new 200gb ata maxtor hard drive. i=20 >>> had the same issue on 5.2.1, but when i upgraded to 5.3 i decided to = >>> turn on ata dma but after 9 days of uptime it froze..no logs,=20 >>> whatever...so i turned ata dma off for now, and i will stay and=20 >>> watch what will happen.. >> >>That's very helpful, thank you. The behaviour you describe - machine=20 >>freezing - is exactly what I have experienced. I'm feeling vaguely=20 >>optimistic now :-) >> >>>=20 >>> but there should be some other fix, because i don't want to keep my=20 >>> disc in pio mode :/ >> >>Absolutely. But I guess, since I'm not going to try to produce a fix=20 >>myself, I can't whinge too loudly. A workaround is what I need right=20 >>now and I hope you've confirmed that this is one. >> >>Peter. > have you had any luck yet? there wasn't reboot since last, when i turned dma off and i have no = strange messeges in logs..but i have to remind you, that the box froze after 9 = days of uptime, when i had dma turned on, so... > i've disabled DMA at a bios level, but it seems to make no discernable = > difference. and the installation still fails... try to turn it off in system before boot in loader prompt (not sure if this is possible:)) > have the IDE drivers changed between 4.10 and 5.3? i think so, but there are people who understands this more than me ;-) > much thanks, --=20 Best Regards, +----------=3D=3D/\/\=3D=3D----------+ (__) FreeBSD | DanGer | \\\'',) The | DanGer@IRCnet ICQ261701668 | \/ \ ^ Power | http://danger.homeunix.org | .\._/_) To +----------=3D=3D\/\/=3D=3D----------+ Serve [ (singing): Spam, spam, it comes in a can...And elephants come in = quarts! ] From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 2 23:05:42 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E1FF16A4CE for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 23:05:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.190]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C91E743D1D for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 23:05:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from se@freebsd.org) Received: from [212.227.126.208] (helo=mrelayng.kundenserver.de) by moutng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1Ca016-0002eT-00; Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:05:40 +0100 Received: from [80.132.234.236] (helo=Gatekeeper.FreeBSD.org) by mrelayng.kundenserver.de with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1Ca016-0002Vr-00; Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:05:40 +0100 Received: from StefanEsser.FreeBSD.org (StefanEsser [192.168.0.10]) by Gatekeeper.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CBC55F57; Fri, 3 Dec 2004 00:05:39 +0100 (CET) Received: by StefanEsser.FreeBSD.org (Postfix, from userid 200) id E68972305; Fri, 3 Dec 2004 00:05:38 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 00:05:38 +0100 From: Stefan =?iso-8859-1?Q?E=DFer?= To: Daniel Hyde Message-ID: <20041202230538.GC9432@StefanEsser.FreeBSD.org> Mail-Followup-To: Stefan =?iso-8859-1?Q?E=DFer?= , Daniel Hyde , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de auth:fa3fae9b6ca38d745862a668565919f6 cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 802.11g pci card recommendations? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 23:05:42 -0000 On 2004-12-02 16:36 +1100, Daniel Hyde wrote: > I'm thinking of going for a card supporting WPA encryption for forward > compatibility. My gateway/router supports both WPA and WEP; however > my flatmate's card supports only WEP. Thus, at this point in time, > WPA support on my card is somewhat redundant in that its benefits will > basically be eliminated by running the gateway in a WEP-compatible > mode. > > My flatmate's card is a NetGear WG311 v2. Up until last night I was > expecting I'd probably get one of these, since the WG311 is listed on > the supported hardware page. Then we discovered that the v2 is based > on a different chipset that is not compatible with the ath driver! > (Why, oh why did they not change the model number when they changed > the chipset?) > > So, now I'm not quite game to just buy a card and hope for the best: > I'd like to know before I purchase what's going to work and what's > not. Any recommendations or general advice would be greatly > appreciated. I've got a Netgear WG311T, which is supported by both the ath driver and the NDIS wrapper. A cheaper Atheros based solution appears to be the Allnet ALL0281 for 33 Euro / US$45 (i.e. about half the price of the WG311T), but I have never used that one ... See: http://www.allnet.de/kontakt.php http://www.allnet-usa.com/html/shop.php Regards, STefan From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 2 23:32:55 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5652B16A4CE for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 23:32:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.pnc.com.au (belinda.pnc.com.au [203.13.174.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4CBC343D5A for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 23:32:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dean@bong.com.au) Received: (qmail 17725 invoked by uid 0); 2 Dec 2004 23:33:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?172.16.15.16?) (203.13.174.5) by smtp.pnc.com.au with SMTP; 2 Dec 2004 23:33:50 -0000 Message-ID: <41AFA62A.20709@bong.com.au> Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 10:32:58 +1100 From: Dean Hamstead User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (Windows/20041103) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Orb Drives in FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 23:32:55 -0000 is anyone using an ORB drive in FreeBSD mines a 'usb' model. which is actually a usb->scsi converter then a scsi orb drive. plug it in, mount use filesystem, unount all work. but as soon as i unplug from the usb (with unmounted FS) kernel panic etc freebsd 5.2.1. granted however, it doesnt play nice on any computer ive used it on. windows and macosx. 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