From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 23 03:35:15 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A459610656A3 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:35:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from outbackdingo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f54.google.com (mail-ew0-f54.google.com [209.85.215.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3276B8FC08 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:35:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy26 with SMTP id 26so3436115ewy.13 for ; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:35:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=MJuk/qymVN9dDf6xjhab8kvPjXfZhXa3EdcMWdrIfWg=; b=kVyAi17FsnA2IhlhsuiC+D2ICUQ1dyQ/RmqjgkUDxULs+G1lffDcXTRRpz+Z9c359K VKgm4LYC7eFAZUKj/Oc+Yf8TYL7dJyDck+rhAIa77VXdKB6exUHzmuxGgDR+R7eU54D8 Fag9rWn3+9jNh6y7PVqR0A81MpaEEP8+OhYAo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=mt5GIBzBw2F0ss0CJwYadq6OhkVtaS3fH1FMI6nnj7lYNo4GcMt7qdgtdJ26WbWu0n ghjECRGvKqM6oX9IXN1ZfdkGeDrbgDW3D1Kia/vJ2S+/+TieoHiKxgiN/l/1l4Y/3Pxi pl0fhGp8lqLFh7TrjUngflpe9p5ANfWW5Nl5I= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.2.74 with SMTP id 10mr2987661ebi.45.1282534513934; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:35:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.22.71 with HTTP; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:35:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4C71EAE1.8@comcast.net> References: <4C71BCD8.7080403@comcast.net> <4C71E141.4040604@gmail.com> <4C71E462.9020805@comcast.net> <4C71E7A9.7000209@gmail.com> <4C71EAE1.8@comcast.net> Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:35:13 -0400 Message-ID: From: Outback Dingo To: Rem P Roberti Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Glen Barber , FreeBSD Subject: Re: Thinkpad Wireless 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: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:35:15 -0000 good, keep going... youll get there On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 11:28 PM, Rem P Roberti wrote: > > On 8/22/10 11:00 PM, Rem P Roberti wrote: >> >>> Thanks for your help so far. Yes, I have looked at the handbook section >>> on wireless, and as a matter of fact I installed 8.1 on an ancient >>> Compaq Presario (6GB HD!) and was able to configure the Atheros wireless >>> pci card so that the computer works quite well. OK...the info I gleaned >>> from pciconf -lv shows: >>> >>> device = 'driverIntel PRO/Wirelss 220BG (MPC13B' >>> >>> Perfect. Is "220BG" a typo? I see that iwi(4) supports 2200BG/2225BG >> and so on. If it _is_ a typo, try this: >> >> echo 'legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1'>> /boot/loader.conf >> echo 'if_iwi_load="YES"'>> /boot/loader.conf >> echo 'iwi_bss_load="YES"'>> /boot/loader.conf >> echo 'iwi_ibss_load="YES"'>> /boot/loader.conf >> echo 'iwi_monitor_load="YES"'>> /boot/loader.conf >> >> (Note, the differentiation between the single- and double-quotes.) >> >> After a reboot, you should see iwi0 in ifconfig(8) output. (I'm not >> aware of a way to acknowledge the license agreement without a reboot.) >> Then you should be able to configure your wlan0 device similarly to your >> Presario. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Regards, >> >> > Yep, it was a typo. OK...iwi0 is now showing up in the ifconfig output. I > shall make the (hopefully) appropriate entries in /etc/rc.conf and see what > happens. > > ---Rem > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >