Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 14:27:05 -0500 From: "Richard S. Conto" <rsc@merit.edu> To: "Kevin McCormick" <kmccorm1@stevens-tech.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, rsc@merit.edu Subject: Re: Getting wi and wicontrol under control Message-ID: <20020403192705.9B2245DDC5@segue.merit.edu> In-Reply-To: Message from "Kevin McCormick" <kmccorm1@stevens-tech.edu> of "Wed, 03 Apr 2002 12:47:29 EST." <NJEILFFGFACAOBDNPELNKEDMCCAA.kmccorm1@stevens-tech.edu>
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When I tried to use a Lucent/Agere/Orinoco Gold 802.11b card with encryption turned on, it choked. I couldn't use 128 bit encryption, and when I tried 40 bit encryption, I got long delays and lots of retransmitted packets with a throughput of an ancient 300 baud/bps modem. This was against a Link-Sys "Cable/DSL router/access point" with upgraded firmware (to support 128 bit encryption.) This works fine with the same hardware under Windows/98SE, using Orinoco/Agere proprietary drivers, etc. This card uses the "wi" driver. If you search around, you'll see some comments about how the interface to this card isn't published, except through some simple minded API (that the "wi" code was based on.) Someone has worked with Lucent/Orinoco/Agere to get encryption working, but hasn't been able to release it due to licensing issues. I suspect you'll have to run without encryption. The War-Drivers will love you. MAC address filtering won't help much. It's sort of like closing the door without locking it. (Not that 802.11b/WEP is all that secure anymore. My laptop is a Dell Inspiron 3000 (cira 1997.) > originally from: "Kevin McCormick" <kmccorm1@stevens-tech.edu> > subject: Getting wi and wicontrol under control > date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 12:47:29 -0500 > -------- >Hello, > >I'm currently running RELEASE-4.5 on a Compaq Armada E500 with a Compaq >WL110 802.11b card. I'm using a slightly modified GENERIC kernel (for sound >support and WINE). The notebook also has an integrated 10/100 NIC > >I can' seem to figure out how to use my wireless card. I seem to have wi >working properly. Using wicontrol, I can set the WEP key, network name, >etc., and using an X wi tool, I get the appropriate signal strength (i.e. I >seem to be connected on the MAC level). > >Here are the problems: > >1. I can't seem to figure out how to use dhclient to obtain an IP address - >typing in dhclient returns "cannot bind address" Also, if I use ifconfig to >manually assign an address, it doesn't seem to "stick", and still can't ping >any addresses. > >2. All of the wicontrol settings are lost when I restart the PC. I need to >type them in every time to get signal. > >3. pccardd doesn't seem to recognize the card until the "network setup: >hostname" portion of the boot sequence. > >Any ideas on any of the problems? > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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