From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 17 15:24:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85A7516A40F for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 15:24:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from regulus.dfwlp.com (rrcs-64-183-212-244.sw.biz.rr.com [64.183.212.244]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4B5243CD9 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 15:24:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from athena.dfwlp.com (athena.dfwlp.com [192.168.125.83]) (authenticated bits=0) by regulus.dfwlp.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id kBHFO5IT044588 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 09:24:05 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) From: Jonathan Horne To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 09:24:04 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 References: <200612170002.11022.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <200612170107.05883.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <20061217205339.019bc0f6.nick@nickwithers.com> In-Reply-To: <20061217205339.019bc0f6.nick@nickwithers.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200612170924.04791.freebsd@dfwlp.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=ham version=3.1.7 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on regulus.dfwlp.com Subject: Re: i finally got wireless working X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 15:24:22 -0000 On Sunday 17 December 2006 03:53, Nick Withers wrote: > On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:07:05 -0600 > > Jonathan Horne wrote: > (snip) > > > one big mistake i made, was building world up to 6.2-RC1. there > > was one good article about installing freebsd on an ibm t42 (found > > it on google), but it didnt have any info on getting wireless to > > auto start. after i had wireless manually up and running > > initially, i then built world, and updated. next boot, firmware > > and modules would not load. i had tweaked some other things, so i > > backed those changes off, and worked round and round until i > > decided to just do a quick reinstall. this time, i didnt use > > 6.1-RELEASE, but i did 6.2-RC1. same behavior, and this is when i > > figured out that the only time it really worked like the web page > > depicted, was when i was on 6.1-RELEASE. so i tried cvsuping to > > -p11, and things still worked fine. this is the only laptop i have > > (thus, my only wireless computer), so when 6.2 comes out, ill be > > pretty nervous about upgrading until i read that everything i > > kosher with iwi- support. > > It works fine. > > Please see the UPDATING entry from the 2006-07-11, i.e.: > ____ > > 20060711: > The iwi(4) was updated to use the firmware(9) framework. In order > for it to work you need a port change from net/iwi-firmware to > net/iwi-firmware-kmod. > ____ ah, thanks nick, i didnt remember to check that. i wonder how safe it would be to switch the port out before i make the change to 6.2? maybe ill play with that later today. also, is there a gui app to help manage wireless networks? cheers, jonathan