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Date:      Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:36:06 +0300
From:      KISEL Jan <j.kisel@rambler.ru>
To:        Benjamin Close <Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com>
Cc:        freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [RFT] Intel 3945abg wireless driver (wpi)
Message-ID:  <472E4956.8090308@rambler.ru>
In-Reply-To: <472A6708.9030109@clearchain.com>
References:  <472A6708.9030109@clearchain.com>

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Hello!

I've installed last version of wpi driver, but DHCP discovering doesn't 
work in my case.
Installation done w/o problems, `ifconfig wpi0 up scan' gave me a right 
ssid list; then i'd set ssid by `ifconfig wpi0 ssid $myssid` and tried 
to receive an address - dhclient wpi0, but nothing...

# tail -f /var/log/messages
Nov  5 01:00:03  kernel: temperature -112->-111
Nov  5 01:00:03  kernel: Temp in calibration is: -111
Nov  5 01:00:16  last message repeated 26 times
Nov  5 01:00:16  kernel: sending data: qid=0 idx=38 len=336 nsegs=2
Nov  5 01:00:17  kernel: Temp in calibration is: -111
Nov  5 01:00:21  last message repeated 9 times
Nov  5 01:00:21  kernel: sending data: qid=0 idx=39 len=336 nsegs=2
Nov  5 01:00:22  kernel: Temp in calibration is: -111

# uname -a
FreeBSD  8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #5: Mon Nov  5 00:20:13 MSK 
2007     root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/DKROT_ASUSW7S  i386

# ifconfig wpi0
wpi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        ether 00:1b:77:3e:9f:6b
        inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/24Mbps)
        status: associated
        ssid dkrot_home channel 6 (2437 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:13:46:de:8e:63
        authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpowmax 100 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60
        protmode CTS bintval 100

WBR,
Kisel Jan

Benjamin Close wrote:
> Howdy All,           I'm pleased to announce the first 'official' 
> experimental version of the wpi wireless driver and hence require your 
> help in making it become stable.
> Expect a few things not to work (ie bg scanning, setting txpower) but 
> in general the driver should be usable in station mode (hostap is not 
> yet supported).
>
> If you've got an Intel 3945abg wireless card, grab the tarball at:
>
>    
> http://people.freebsd.org/~benjsc/downloads/wpi/20071102-freebsd-wpi.tar.gz 
>
>
> Untar and follow the instructions in the README.
> If you want more info about the driver, or to checkout the FAQ checkout:
>
>    http://www.clearchain.com/wiki/Wpi
>
> I'm interested in all reports related to panics, things not working as 
> expected, etc.
> The driver still has debug enabled so expect a few messages to be 
> dumped to the screen whilst in use.
>
> Finally, many thanks to all those that have been helping debug the 
> driver along the way.
>
> Cheers,
>    Benjamin
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