Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 19:02:28 +0100 From: Joshua =?UTF-8?B?S3LDpG1lcg==?= <joshua.kraemer@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Clamshell iBook Airport and if_wi.ko Message-ID: <20140205190228.4c141006@Klapprechner1.site>
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Dear list, I'm trying to connect my Clamshell iBook, on which I have freshly installed FreeBSD 10.0-Release, with my wireless network at home. For testing purposes, I have disabled encryption (WPA). The wifi card is the original Apple Airport (not the Extreme edition). In /boot/loader.conf, I have added: if_wi_load=3D"YES" And this is my /etc/rc.conf: hostname=3D"Klapprechner2" keymap=3D"german.ibook.kbd" dumpdev=3D"NO" Now this is what I have tried: # ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev wi0 up wlan0: Ethernet address: 00:10:... # ifconfig wlan0 wlan0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 00:10:... inet6 fe80::210:c6ff:fe6a:78ff%wlan0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 nd6 options=3D21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet DS/11Mbps mode 11b status: associated ssid "" channel 0 (0 MHz) bssid 00:10:... country US authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 0 bmiss 7 ucastrate 0 mcastrate 0 mgmtrate 0 maxretry 0 scanvalid 60 bintval 0 # ifconfig wlan0 scan # So, scan doesn't seem to work (there are several networks in reach). In the router's web interface, at this point the iBook is detected and listed as follows (no IP address): signal strength =3D 100% device =3D PC-00-10-... IP address =3D - MAC address =3D 00:10:... transfer rate =3D 0 Mbit/s properties =3D unencrypted Then, I have issued: # ifconfig wlan0 ssid MYSSID wlan0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 00:10:... inet6 fe80::210:c6ff:fe6a:78ff%wlan0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 nd6 options=3D21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) status: no carrier ssid MYSSID channel 3 (2422 MHz 11b) country US authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 0 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bintval 0 The listing of my computer in the router's interface is still the same. # dhclient wlan0 wlan0: no link ............... giving up I have transfered everything by hand, so I can't rule out typos, and I have shortened the MAC address (00:10:...) My impression is that the if_wi module doesn't work. I wonder if it is possible to use the Airport on FreeBSD 10 (it works in MacOS 9). I have downloaded the 10.0-stable src.txz and rebuilt the if_wi module, but I can't load it, it complains about kernel version mismatch. Is there a way to update FreeBSD 10 on ppc with binaries? I couldn't find any FreeBSD 10 ppc packages on the FTP server. It would need a very long time to build everything on this machine from the sources (it runs at 300 MHz). Thanks in advance for hints or suggestions. Kind regards, Joshua Kr=C3=A4mer
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