From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 16 16:00:19 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 618) id 8CB6716A4CF; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 16:00:19 +0000 (GMT) In-Reply-To: <40C3CC0A.2030300@portaone.com> from Maxim Sobolev at "Jun 7, 2004 04:59:38 am" To: sobomax@portaone.com (Maxim Sobolev) Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 16:00:19 +0000 (GMT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL54 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20040616160019.8CB6716A4CF@hub.freebsd.org> From: wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG (Bill Paul) cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Project Evil & ACX100-based cards (D-Link DWL-520+) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 16:00:19 -0000 > Hi Bill, > > I'm trying to make my D-Link DWL-520+ card working with if_ndis, but no > luck yet. The card is correctly detected, driver attaches to it. If I > configure it in the adhoc mode it is seen from the nearby machine and > connected to, but traffic doesn't flow. :-( > > Any ideas? Please let me know if more information is necessary. > > Regards, > > Maxim Alright, I received a sample 520+ card and played with it a little. I was able to get the card to talk to my RealTek 8180 NIC in my laptop in ad-hoc mode with very little trouble. I am therefor forced to conclude that you did not describe your problem with enough detail for me to understand what's going on. Let's examine the things you did not do: - did not provide a transcript of commands/responses used to initialize _both_ cards - did not explain which NIC was initialized first (the first NIC is always the master in an ad-hoc cell) - did not explain exactly what steps were taken to reach the conclusion that "traffic doesn't flow." (Ping? FTP? Slamming machines together at high speed?) - did not explain how it was determined that the card was "seen from the nearby machine" - did not provide _FULL_ dmesg output from both machines (no, it's not enough to tell me "the card is correctly detected") - did not tell me what make/model card was in the other machine and what driver it uses - did not tell me what version of FreeBSD is running on the "nearby machine" - did not run wicontrol -i ndis0 -l on the first machine to scan for APs/ad-hoc nets I keep telling people to provide LOTS OF DETAILS when they report problems, but nobody ever seems to listen. Don't wait for me to drag information out of you: if you don't provide me with LOTS OF DETAILS up front, I won't know what to ask you. -Bill -- ============================================================================= -Bill Paul (510) 749-2329 | Senior Engineer, Master of Unix-Fu wpaul@windriver.com | Wind River Systems ============================================================================= you're just BEGGING to face the moose =============================================================================