Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 16:00:19 +0000 (GMT) From: wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG (Bill Paul) To: sobomax@portaone.com (Maxim Sobolev) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Project Evil & ACX100-based cards (D-Link DWL-520+) Message-ID: <20040616160019.8CB6716A4CF@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <40C3CC0A.2030300@portaone.com> from Maxim Sobolev at "Jun 7, 2004 04:59:38 am"
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> Hi Bill,
>
> I'm trying to make my D-Link DWL-520+ card working with if_ndis, but no
> luck yet. The card is correctly detected, driver attaches to it. If I
> configure it in the adhoc mode it is seen from the nearby machine and
> connected to, but traffic doesn't flow. :-(
>
> Any ideas? Please let me know if more information is necessary.
>
> Regards,
>
> Maxim
Alright, I received a sample 520+ card and played with it a little.
I was able to get the card to talk to my RealTek 8180 NIC in my laptop
in ad-hoc mode with very little trouble. I am therefor forced to conclude
that you did not describe your problem with enough detail for me to
understand what's going on. Let's examine the things you did not do:
- did not provide a transcript of commands/responses used to initialize
_both_ cards
- did not explain which NIC was initialized first (the first NIC is
always the master in an ad-hoc cell)
- did not explain exactly what steps were taken to reach the conclusion
that "traffic doesn't flow." (Ping? FTP? Slamming machines together
at high speed?)
- did not explain how it was determined that the card was "seen from
the nearby machine"
- did not provide _FULL_ dmesg output from both machines (no, it's not
enough to tell me "the card is correctly detected")
- did not tell me what make/model card was in the other machine and
what driver it uses
- did not tell me what version of FreeBSD is running on the "nearby
machine"
- did not run wicontrol -i ndis0 -l on the first machine to scan for
APs/ad-hoc nets
I keep telling people to provide LOTS OF DETAILS when they report
problems, but nobody ever seems to listen. Don't wait for me to drag
information out of you: if you don't provide me with LOTS OF DETAILS
up front, I won't know what to ask you.
-Bill
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