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Date:      Sat, 05 Mar 2005 20:18:26 -0600
From:      Chris <racerx@makeworld.com>
To:        gabriel <normal1.lists@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: D-Link NIC.
Message-ID:  <422A6872.7000706@makeworld.com>
In-Reply-To: <efb8582050305180969f84a9b@mail.gmail.com>
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gabriel wrote:
> I _am_ certain that it works because I have the pc dual booting
> windows and it works there. The problem is I dont know what the
> default driver is I should use.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> 
> On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 04:35:33 +0530, Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>>Indian Institute of Information Technology
>>Subhro Sankha Kar
>>Block AQ-13/1, Sector V
>>Salt Lake City
>>PIN 700091
>>India
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
>>>questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of gabriel
>>>Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 2:57
>>>To: freebsd-questions
>>>Subject: Re: D-Link NIC.
>>>
>>>Can anyone provide any insight?
>>>
>>>ndis0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>>>        ether 00:11:95:87:8b:e4
>>>        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect
>>>        status: no carrier
>>>        ssid ""
>>>        channel -1 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
>>>        rtsthreshold 2312 protmode CTS
>>>        wepmode OFF weptxkey 1
>>>dolores#
>>>
>>>if I try to use dhcp the ip address will just go to zeroes. :\
>>
>>Are you positive that the DHCP function of your AP works perfectly? I am
>>asking thing because I have come across a couple of routers which happily
>>routes packets to static IPs but messes everything up as soon as it is asked
>>to handle DHCP.
>>
>>Also I strongly feel something fishy in the WLAN interface being detected as
>>ndisX instead of wiX. The first thing I would do is use the default driver
>>*even* if some documentation says that it is buggy.
>>
>>Regards,
>>S.
>>
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 


Try the ath driver.
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.3-RELEASE

-- 
Best regards,
Chris

Teamwork is essential.  It allows you to blame someone else.



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