Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 19:57:28 -0700 From: Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More hostap weirdness Message-ID: <3D2F9718.2030605@quack.kfu.com> References: <3D195B03.6010203@quack.kfu.com>
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I went to the Netgear site today and they *finally* have a ROM upgrade and driver update that does the Windows XP 802.11b "thing" and now it works perfectly with the host AP support in -stable. Nick Sayer wrote: > The AP is a Netgear MA401 in a Netgear MA301 in an ordinary machine > running FreeBSD 4.6. > > Machine A is a Dell laptop running Windows XP with a Dell-badged > Orinocco gold card. > > Machine B is a Sony Vaio laptop running XP or FreeBSD 4.6 (dual-boot) > with another Netgear MA401. > > Machine A always works correctly. > > Machine B works correctly when running FreeBSD 4.6, but when it's > running XP with the MA401 driver (which, perversely enough does not do > the "new" Windows XP 802.11b thing), it only works correctly with WEP > disabled. > > It *used* to work ok with a "real" access point (a Linksys), and it > works fine under FreeBSD, but there's something that is keeping the > Netgear Windows driver from negotiating any sort of WEP (64 or 128 bit) > with a hostap mode. > > For what it's worth, I tried applying the most recent -current diffs. No > help. > > The configurator help>about lists the config utility as 4.06.4.7 (jan > 12, 2001), the driver at 0.29.4 (Apr 3, 2001), and the NIC firmware as > 00.08.03.00 (ID:S10008C3). I can't find anything on their web site any > newer than this. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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