From owner-freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 21 01:55:05 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E85F716A402 for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 01:55:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bryan@kishka.net) Received: from gravy.kishka.net (c-69-139-12-128.hsd1.pa.comcast.net [69.139.12.128]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F36B43D46 for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 01:55:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bryan@kishka.net) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (gravy.kishka.net [192.168.1.2]) by gravy.kishka.net (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k3L1t0kw001054; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 21:55:00 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from bryan@kishka.net) Message-ID: <44483B74.6050603@kishka.net> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 21:55:00 -0400 From: Bryan Liesner User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060402) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Olivier Wouters References: <44480C74.4080301@nc.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <44480C74.4080301@nc.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ural0 Connectivity Issues X-BeenThere: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD support for USB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 01:55:05 -0000 Olivier Wouters wrote: > Hi (I have already sent this to freebsd-net previously, however I did > not receive any substantial aid there), > > I am relatively new to FreeBSD (I use 6.0-RELEASE-p6) having only used > it for approximately 2 months, and have run into a little bit of a > problem with my wireless setup. I am currently using a WUSB54G ver. 4 > (Linksys Wireless-G USB network adapter: > http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1115416827517&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper) > > with the router ( a Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G Broadband Router) being > downstairs. My particular network adapter uses the Ralink RT2500 > chipset, and the Ural driver, which was ported over from OpenBSD, > supports this particular chipset. I have gotten ural to work on boot > by adding the following into /etc/rc.conf: ifconfig_ural0="DHCP netmask > 255.255.255.0 ssid holo wepmode on wepkey 0x[wep key] weptxkey 1". > However, my connection is rather poor to my router, with my connection > strength staying at 7%, intermittently jumping up to 85% every now and > then. I can't quite understand why my connection is so bad, and it is > irritating me as I often lose connection entirely and am forced to as > root run the the ifconfig line and then dhclient ural0 to regain > connection. Here is the output of dmesg for my nic and usb: > > $ dmesg | grep usb > usb0: on uhci0 > usb0: USB revision 1.0 > usb1: on uhci1 > usb1: USB revision 1.0 > usb2: on uhci2 > usb2: USB revision 1.0 > usb3: EHCI version 1.0 > usb3: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1 usb2 > usb3: on ehci0 > usb3: USB revision 2.0 > $ dmesg | grep ural0 > ural0: Cisco-Linksys Wireless-G USB Network Adapter, rev 2.00/0.04, addr 2 > ural0: MAC/BBP RT2570 (rev 0x05), RF RT2526 > ural0: Ethernet address: 00:12:17:75:c8:a8 > ural0: if_start running deferred for Giant > $ > > Has anyone encountered similar difficulties or happen to know what may > be the cause of this problem. I had no problems with connection or > connection loss in Windows XP, so i am quite clueless for this strange > connection loss and low connectivity. Thanks in advance for any aid. > > Olivier W. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-usb@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-usb > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-usb-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > This is kind of off topic, but I have to give my two cents worth: RT2500 = garbage; Two Averatec laptops, equipped with built in RT2500 chipsets, were purchased at the same time by me and a friend. I immediately wiped the disk and installed FreeBSD, my buddy isn't very technical and stuck with Windows XP. The RT2500 aggravated the heck out of me. The only way I could get a decent signal was to put the laptop two feet away from the wireless router. This isn't a FreeBSD issue. My buddy experienced the same weak and dropped signals running Windows XP. We both have WRT54G's as well. I wound up buying a Netgear pccard with the Atheros chipset, and it just works flawlessly. I made my buddy do the same. Kind of pissed I had to shell out $50.00, but I'm not aggravated any more. -Bryan