From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue May 28 10:27:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from opensrs.saignon.net (211.saignon.net [63.210.176.211]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F48837B403 for ; Tue, 28 May 2002 10:27:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from frankenmobl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by opensrs.saignon.net (8.11.6/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g4SHRAc52085; Tue, 28 May 2002 10:27:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tony@saign.com) From: "Tony Saign" To: "'Nick Sayer'" , Subject: RE: More hostap problems Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 10:27:05 -0700 Message-ID: <000001c2066c$e390fdc0$6e01a8c0@frankenmobl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.3416 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <3CF3BB20.3030706@kfu.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Have you tried manually configuring the card? Some NICS under XP need to have the "Zero Wireless Configuration" service disabled to function properly. -Tony }-----Original Message----- }From: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG }[mailto:owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Nick Sayer }Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 10:15 AM }To: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG }Subject: More hostap problems } } }Machine 1: FreeBSD desktop machine with an MA401 in hostap mode. } }Machine 2: FreeBSD laptop machine with an MA401 in client mode } }Machine 3: Windows XP machine with a Dell branded Orinoco gold card } }Machine 4: Windows XP machine with an MA401 (actually, machine }2 booted }into the other partition). } }Machines 1, 2 and 3 all talk to each other just fine. } }Machine 4 refuses to associate with machine 1. It appears to }seek to the }correct channel, but the LED just blinks forever. } }One of the more interesting things to note is that Windows XP }has native }802.11b support for seetting keys and discovering networks and }the like. }The orinoco card works with this support correctly, but the Netgear }driver doesn't seem to do this. You need to use their stupid little }configurator and the card looks to XP like an 802.3 card. }Maybe this has }something to do with it? Machine 4 used to work with a }standalone access }point, however, so there must be some sort of compatibility issue with }hostap mode...? } } } }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