Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:41:11 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: vittorio <vdemart1@tin.it> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel 3945 wpi driver doesn't seem to work ('cause of license problems???) Message-ID: <477B5C37.1000004@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200801011919.46247.vdemart1@tin.it> References: <200801011919.46247.vdemart1@tin.it>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 vittorio wrote: > legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 > > is in /boot/loader.conf > > BUT > 1) > it seems that sysctl is unable to find it and I have to set it via > kenv legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 > > Shouldn't this variable be set by sysctl or by loader.conf? > > 2) > dhclient is unable to get an IP address (trying to set wpi0 up with a fixed IP > makes wpi0 not associated to any AP) Hmmm.... I have a similar setup. In my case, it's a Dell D800 using iwi: % grep iwi /var/run/dmesg.boot iwi0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG> mem 0xfafee000-0xfafeefff irq 9 at device 3.0 on pci2 [...] and a ZyXEL 660HW router: Menu 24.2.1 - System Maintenance - Information Name: gate.infracaninophile.co.uk Routing: IP ZyNOS F/W Version: V3.40(ACI.7) | 10/18/2006 ADSL Chipset Vendor: DMT FwVer: 3.4.1.0_A_TC, HwVer: T14F7_+ Standard: Multi-Mode However I have no problems setting legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 from /boot/loader.conf -- it could be something as stupid as no newline at end of file. Try running 'od -c /boot/loader.conf' or 'cat -e /boot/loader.conf' to verify. On the question of the DHCP service provided by this combination router and wlan hardware, and indeed the whole performance at providing wireless lan connectivity -- I'm not particularly impressed. I'd restart the laptop and everything would be fine for a few hours, but leave it running overnight and it would lose the lease and end up without an IPv4 address. IPv6 addresses autoconfigured with rtadvd and rtsol seem quite a lot more stable but I've seen every combination of being able or not to ping or ping6 the laptop from a wired machine. In the end I found that setting the ZyXEL to do DHCP Relay and running isc-dhcpd on a FBSD box with the lease times increased as so: default-lease-time 3600; # 1 hour max-lease-time 86400; # 1 day plus moving the laptop to within about 2m of the ZyXEL seems to have made quite an improvement. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHe1w38Mjk52CukIwRCLkmAJ9VIYUgB1SHW+AUkvE7949OFnlbgACfUf4V r8g3taRYYcBHLv9GIdOsKmc= =+AU+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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