From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 29 19:30:30 2009 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 5FE871065670 for ; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:30:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rjhjr0@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f186.google.com (mail-qy0-f186.google.com [209.85.221.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CF8A8FC1A for ; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:30:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rjhjr0@gmail.com) Received: by qyk16 with SMTP id 16so4768638qyk.3 for ; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:30:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=EPHIpp/vdR824sy4frZXch/Hnq3qAkMo9CSvXsvkIhw=; b=eFOvG5udREFEHqmFX9nDw3iZ1aJj6j9MbPpgE4B72POI18i4F48xc+ZMGYLSFqigKh Czf37DRBsUsZD4slxY6p2XS9I+O2nRj5y21D+HsaqiLHzsRWNxUoJj9lnsr+IT976q98 f0K1wqAlJYNAsg+rk6Z2J5r8+aob9OI0/CAjU= 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 :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=GEGfRpUQ/Q7O4o6lWRKepxvw3ppdw4kKIiCCr5zZhKlPHjUYBnEGVXnrd3rlpcOdry U79PV9STngHQRzLt9ON1H/UbXfNorO1kxAML6CNPOGCqNuCGg96eim0onIhELvPYr3P3 T4pQawmU8mBMOQjunqjkIWK8mFzMfjcJrTehk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.39.65 with SMTP id f1mr741416ibe.15.1246303829033; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:30:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A48FB7E.8040707@beanfield.com> References: <3d5d3ca90906290930n78325bd5wdf2b5a9dc144f430@mail.gmail.com> <4A48FB7E.8040707@beanfield.com> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:30:28 -0400 Message-ID: <3d5d3ca90906291230g355c92b1l283657b521fc1247@mail.gmail.com> From: Robert Hall To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: DHCP using ral 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, 29 Jun 2009 19:30:30 -0000 On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Brent Bloxam wrote: > Robert Hall wrote: >> >> "ifconfig ral0 inet 192.168.1.104 netmask 255.255.255.0" assigns the >> specified values. Ping no longer tells me that there's no route to the >> host, but I'm getting about 95% packet loss. "netstat -r" now shows >> that link1 (ral0) is the gateway to 192.168.1.0. I still don't have a >> usable connection. >> > > Not especially helpful but I thought I'd throw this out there, Linksys > routers by default define their DHCP range as 192.168.1.100 - 192.168.1.149, > so pick an address outside that space if you're trying to assign statically. Good point. I tried that, but 192.168.1.104 and 192.168.1.150 work the same. No difference that I can tell > You can often get away with setting the IP of the router (default of > 192.168.1.1 for Linksys) as your DNS, as many Linksys routers have a built > in DNS proxy. Ah. That doesn't solve the problem, but it works and it's useful. > Are you sure you're getting a strong enough signal from the AP? I think I am. The XP box is reporting a strong signal, and it's on the self below the FBSD box. Of course, the XP box is also reporting no Internet connection, and I'm using it to reply to you, so who knows. The XP box with a Belkin NIC works pretty well. The boxes are very close, so I'm guessing that signal strength is not an issue. > Have you had > success with this WiFi card accessing other APs? I have no other APs I can try it with. The only other AP within range is none of my business. > Do you have access to a > different WiFi card you could try? No. This Linksys card was the only PCI card at the local MicroCenter that was supported by FBSD 7.2. :) Thanks for your interest in my problem. :)