Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 15:16:24 -0500 From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> To: "Eric Crist" <ecrist@secure-computing.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WPC11 ver 3 or bust... Message-ID: <200407081516.24509.algould@datawok.com> In-Reply-To: <005a01c46523$5840d0c0$6501a8c0@Nomad> References: <005a01c46523$5840d0c0$6501a8c0@Nomad>
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On Thursday 08 July 2004 02:39 pm, Eric Crist wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of > > Andrew L. Gould > > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 10:10 PM > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: WPC11 ver 3 or bust... > > > > How are you configuring the wireless card? > > > > I'm using the same card on 5.2.1 Release on a Dell Inspiron > > 8100. The > > only change I had to make to the scripts I used on FreeBSD > > 4.10 was to > > delete: > > > > authmode "shared" > > > > (I don't know why the change was needed since the wireless lan and > > access point stayed the same.) > > > > Here's the contents of the script (I've changed the addresses and > > codes): > > > > ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid > > "mywan" nwkey > > 0x1234567890 > > #(everything above should be on one line) > > route add default 192.168.0.1 > > echo domain cablelynx.com > /etc/resolv.conf > > echo nameserver 24.204.0.4 >> /etc/resolv.conf > > echo nameserver 24.204.0.5 >> /etc/resolv.conf > > echo wi0 > > > > If you try the script above and still get the error message, > > try adding > > the following to the beginning of the script so the script > > gets a clean > > start on the card: > > > > ifconfig wi0 remove > > > > Best of luck, > > > > Andrew Gould > > This is in reply to both Andrew and Dirk's messages, btw. > > Andrew, I have tried your script, and I still get no functionality of > my wifi card. Dirk, I have tried removing cbb, pcic, and cardbus, > but I get an error when I reboot about there being no pccard devices. > If I have pccard and cbb, I have the same functionality as before > (or lack thereof). > > The lights on the card seem to indicate that it can connect to the > wireless network, but I cannot even ping the wifi AP. That tells me > there is a problem. > > Any further advice would be appreciated. > > TIA > > Eric F Crist Take a look in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf. There should be a kernel configuation file called OLDCARDBUS, or something to that effect. It's my understanding that this configuration file uses the old (FreeBSD 4*) system for dealing with pcmcia cards. Using the old cardbus configuration file didn't fix anything on a Compaq Presario 910US. The pccard slot configuration needed manual tweaking in FreeBSD 4.*; but it didn't work under either cardbus system when running FreeBSD 5*. Best of luck, Andrew Gould
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