From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 21 16:47:22 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from eastham.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu (eastham.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu [146.245.1.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5460C37B491 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 16:47:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dayton@brooklyn.cuny.edu) Received: from nelson.theclones.net (w244.z064002068.nyc-ny.dsl.cnc.net [64.2.68.244]) by eastham.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu (8.8.8/8.8.4) with ESMTP id TAA01218; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 19:54:50 -0500 (EST) Received: from ci.brooklyn.cuny.edu (dayton@localhost) by nelson.theclones.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f1M0luq01386; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 19:47:56 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 19:47:56 -0500 (EST) From: Dayton Clark Message-Id: <200102220047.f1M0luq01386@nelson.theclones.net> To: sharktooth@innocent.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fBSD4.2-R and Lucent WAVELAN PC-Card Fcc: outbox Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Are you really using the IP address 0.0.0.0. Try a "real" address. If you don't know what means, you'll have to consult with someone who knows the network you're trying to join. I use the WAVELAN card with 4.2R. It's great. dayton Dayton Clark CIS Department dayton@brooklyn.cuny.edu Brooklyn College/CUNY 718.951.4811 Brooklyn, New York 11210 718.951.4842 (fax) > Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 14:05:11 -0700 > From: Joseph R Lewis > Subject: fBSD4.2-R and Lucent WAVELAN PC-Card > > I am not on the list, so I am hoping any answers will also get send to > me at joe@about-inc.com. > > I am running FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE (#0: Mon Nov 20 13:02:55 GMT 2000 > jkh@bento.FreeBSD.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386), on an old Sony > Viao laptop PCG-748, trying to get my Lucent WaveLAN 802.11 gold PCMCIA > network card running. It appears in the output of 'ifconfig', but only > as an ethernet address. I can type 'ifconfig wi0 inet 0.0.0.0 netmask > 0xffffff00', and then more than just the ethernet address will appear in > ifconfig, but still no connection through the interface. > > I've never successfully gotten a NIC to run from this laptop. The other > card I tried (the infamous "NetGEAR FA410TX") I gave up on because I had > the older version that wasn't compatible. So, I tried a buddies > WaveLAN, because it was listed as supported and most people say it works > just fine, but to no avail. Can someone point me in the right > direction? I have the output of dmesg, plus the overrides in > /etc/rc.conf. The config files use the defaults found in fBSD4.2R. The > order of information that follows : dmesg, rc.conf, pccard.conf. > > The following is from dmesg: > > pcic0: at port 0x3e0 iomem 0xd0000 on isa0 > pcic0: Polling mode > pccard0: on pcic0 > pccard1: on pcic0 > pccard: card inserted, slot 1 > Feb 21 13:31:20 vette pccardd[54]: Card "Lucent > Technologies"("WaveLAN/IEEE") [Version 01.01] [] matched "Lucent > Technologies" ("WaveLAN/IEEE") [(null)] [(null)] > wi0: at port 0x280-0x2bf irq 11 slot 1 on pccard1 > wi0: Ethernet address: 00:02:2d:0c:95:91 > Feb 21 13:31:26 vette pccardd[54]: wi0: Lucent Technologies > (WaveLAN/IEEE) inserted. > > > > /etc/rc.conf : > > # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # > linux_enable="YES" > sendmail_enable="YES" > gateway_enable="YES" > sshd_enable="YES" > inetd_enable="YES" > usbd_enable="YES" > hostname="vette.orem1.northsky.com" > pccard_enable="YES" > # pccard_ifconfig="YES" > ifconfig_wi0="inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xffffff00" > > > > /etc/defaults/pccard.conf : > > # Generally available IO ports > io 0x240-0x360 > # Generally available IRQs (Built-in sound-card owners remove 5) > irq 3 10 11 15 > # Available memory slots > memory 0xd4000 96k > > # Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE > card "Lucent Technologies" "WaveLAN/IEEE" > config 0x1 "wi" 11 > insert /etc/pccard_ether $device start > remove /etc/pccard_ether $device stop > > NOTE: I have used the line 'config 0x1 "wi" ?' as well in the above > pccard.conf file. Nothing seems to work. > > Is there someone out there who has encountered the same "problem" of not > having the WaveLAN interface available? Can you point me in th right > direction? > > THANKS! > > - -- > Joe Lewis > About Inc., Web Services Division > 1253 N. Research Way, Suite Q-2500 > Orem, UT 84097 > ph : 801.437.6023 > fax : 801.437.6020 > email: joe@about-inc.com > AIM : crvttdiv > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message