Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 21:55:00 -0400 From: Bryan Liesner <bryan@kishka.net> To: Olivier Wouters <roisoleil14@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ural0 Connectivity Issues Message-ID: <44483B74.6050603@kishka.net> In-Reply-To: <44480C74.4080301@nc.rr.com> References: <44480C74.4080301@nc.rr.com>
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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: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-A> on uhci0 > usb0: USB revision 1.0 > usb1: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-B> on uhci1 > usb1: USB revision 1.0 > usb2: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-C> on uhci2 > usb2: USB revision 1.0 > usb3: EHCI version 1.0 > usb3: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1 usb2 > usb3: <Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4) USB 2.0 controller> 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
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