Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 22:19:38 -0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Harshad D <harshad.d@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Cannot get wireless to work Message-ID: <CAJ-Vmonf6ZAh7Q_GUVbZufB9rJMf0R1m8bXQTArgr3UZVWGVDg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CACJ4PNRzojJ7RQwpMPqD0_DBBMz4kgi6fAsaMqJY%2BUREoLLxHA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CACJ4PNRzojJ7RQwpMPqD0_DBBMz4kgi6fAsaMqJY%2BUREoLLxHA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, It's a port that you have to build from source. bwi-kmod or something? -a On 24 January 2014 22:09, Harshad D <harshad.d@gmail.com> wrote: > hello! > > Hi all, first post here. > Installed FreeBSD for the first time on my laptop. Have followed the > Handbook and got most things like X, XFCE, X config etc working. > > However, I am really having trouble trying to get wireless working. I have > tried the following till now: > > This is an extract about the wireless hardware from [cmd]pciconf[/cmd]: > > vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' > device = 'BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY' > class = network > > > So, as per the Handbook, I should use the bwn (4) driver. > > i have done the following till now: > > > Installed [file]bwn-firmware-kmod[/file] from ports > Added the following to [file]/boot/loader.conf[/file] > if_bwn_load="YES" > bwn_v4__lp_ucode_load="YES" > # if_bwi_load="YES" > wlan_scan_ap_load="YES" > wlan_scan_sta_load="YES" > wlan_wep_load="YES" > wlan_ccmp_load="YES" > wlan_tkip_load="YES"[/code] > > added this to rc.conf > wlans_bwn0="wlan0" > ifconfig_wlan0="ssid HSD DHCP" > > ****I am not sure about the DHCP part here. just something I have tried. > > And tried all that's shown here [url] > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-wireless.html[/url] > . > > But still it doesn't work. ifconfig wlan0 up scan gives nothing: > root@BSDbox:~ # ifconfig wlan0 scan > root@BSDbox:~ # > > > dmesg output is: > > root@BSDbox:~ # dmesg|tail > bwn0: the fw file(bwn_v4_lp_ucode15) not found > bwn-open_v4_lp_ucode15: could not load firmware image, error 2 > bwn0: the fw file(bwn-open_v4_lp_ucode15) not found > ubt0: <Broadcom Corp HP Integrated Module, class 224/1, rev 2.00/1.65, addr > 2> on usbus0 > WARNING: attempt to domain_add(bluetooth) after domainfinalize() > WARNING: attempt to domain_add(netgraph) after domainfinalize() > bwn_v4_lp_ucode15: could not load firmware image, error 2 > bwn0: the fw file(bwn_v4_lp_ucode15) not found > bwn-open_v4_lp_ucode15: could not load firmware image, error 2 > bwn0: the fw file(bwn-open_v4_lp_ucode15) not found > > > ifconfig output: > > root@BSDbox:~ # ifconfig > bwn0: flags=8803<UP,BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290 > ether 00:26:5e:46:3e:ba > nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) > status: no carrier > re0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > options=8209b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,WOL_MAGIC,LINKSTATE> > ether 00:23:5a:c6:da:5b > inet6 fe80::223:5aff:fec6:da5b%re0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 > inet 192.168.0.104 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 > nd6 options=23<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) > status: active > lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384 > options=600003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6> > inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 > inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> > wlan0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > ether 00:26:5e:46:3e:ba > nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) > status: no carrier > ssid HSD channel 1 (2412 MHz 11b) > country US authmode WPA1+WPA2/802.11i privacy OFF txpower 30 bmiss 7 > scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 > roam:rate 1 wme bintval 0 > > > I can see that the firmware file is not being loaded. How do I get it to > load? I checked the /boot/firmware folder and it's empty. So I manually > copied.fw files from the bwn ports directory, but that didn't work either. > I tried renaming the module files (.ko) in /boot/modules to what the OS is > looking for, but that failed too. I am almost at my wit's end now, and > don't know how to go on from here. What do I need to do? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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