Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 19:47:56 -0500 (EST) From: Dayton Clark <dayton@brooklyn.cuny.edu> To: sharktooth@innocent.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fBSD4.2-R and Lucent WAVELAN PC-Card Message-ID: <200102220047.f1M0luq01386@nelson.theclones.net>
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Are you really using the IP address 0.0.0.0. Try a "real" address. If you
don't know what means, you'll have to consult with someone who knows the
network you're trying to join.
I use the WAVELAN card with 4.2R. It's great.
dayton
Dayton Clark
CIS Department dayton@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Brooklyn College/CUNY 718.951.4811
Brooklyn, New York 11210 718.951.4842 (fax)
> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 14:05:11 -0700
> From: Joseph R Lewis <sharktooth@innocent.com>
> Subject: fBSD4.2-R and Lucent WAVELAN PC-Card
>
> I am not on the list, so I am hoping any answers will also get send to
> me at joe@about-inc.com.
>
> I am running FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE (#0: Mon Nov 20 13:02:55 GMT 2000
> jkh@bento.FreeBSD.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386), on an old Sony
> Viao laptop PCG-748, trying to get my Lucent WaveLAN 802.11 gold PCMCIA
> network card running. It appears in the output of 'ifconfig', but only
> as an ethernet address. I can type 'ifconfig wi0 inet 0.0.0.0 netmask
> 0xffffff00', and then more than just the ethernet address will appear in
> ifconfig, but still no connection through the interface.
>
> I've never successfully gotten a NIC to run from this laptop. The other
> card I tried (the infamous "NetGEAR FA410TX") I gave up on because I had
> the older version that wasn't compatible. So, I tried a buddies
> WaveLAN, because it was listed as supported and most people say it works
> just fine, but to no avail. Can someone point me in the right
> direction? I have the output of dmesg, plus the overrides in
> /etc/rc.conf. The config files use the defaults found in fBSD4.2R. The
> order of information that follows : dmesg, rc.conf, pccard.conf.
>
> The following is from dmesg:
>
> pcic0: <Intel i82365> at port 0x3e0 iomem 0xd0000 on isa0
> pcic0: Polling mode
> pccard0: <PC Card bus -- kludge version> on pcic0
> pccard1: <PC Card bus -- kludge version> on pcic0
> pccard: card inserted, slot 1
> Feb 21 13:31:20 vette pccardd[54]: Card "Lucent
> Technologies"("WaveLAN/IEEE") [Version 01.01] [] matched "Lucent
> Technologies" ("WaveLAN/IEEE") [(null)] [(null)]
> wi0: <WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11> at port 0x280-0x2bf irq 11 slot 1 on pccard1
> wi0: Ethernet address: 00:02:2d:0c:95:91
> Feb 21 13:31:26 vette pccardd[54]: wi0: Lucent Technologies
> (WaveLAN/IEEE) inserted.
>
>
>
> /etc/rc.conf :
>
> # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- #
> linux_enable="YES"
> sendmail_enable="YES"
> gateway_enable="YES"
> sshd_enable="YES"
> inetd_enable="YES"
> usbd_enable="YES"
> hostname="vette.orem1.northsky.com"
> pccard_enable="YES"
> # pccard_ifconfig="YES"
> ifconfig_wi0="inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xffffff00"
>
>
>
> /etc/defaults/pccard.conf :
>
> # Generally available IO ports
> io 0x240-0x360
> # Generally available IRQs (Built-in sound-card owners remove 5)
> irq 3 10 11 15
> # Available memory slots
> memory 0xd4000 96k
>
> # Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE
> card "Lucent Technologies" "WaveLAN/IEEE"
> config 0x1 "wi" 11
> insert /etc/pccard_ether $device start
> remove /etc/pccard_ether $device stop
>
> NOTE: I have used the line 'config 0x1 "wi" ?' as well in the above
> pccard.conf file. Nothing seems to work.
>
> Is there someone out there who has encountered the same "problem" of not
> having the WaveLAN interface available? Can you point me in th right
> direction?
>
> THANKS!
>
> - --
> Joe Lewis
> About Inc., Web Services Division
> 1253 N. Research Way, Suite Q-2500
> Orem, UT 84097
> ph : 801.437.6023
> fax : 801.437.6020
> email: joe@about-inc.com
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