Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:32:42 -0700 From: Predrag Punosevac <punosevac@math.arizona.edu> To: "Thomas D. Dean" <tomdean@speakeasy.org>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless Network Not Found Message-ID: <46D46A4A.3050001@math.arizona.edu> In-Reply-To: <200708281815.l7SIFYPC021109@asus.tddhome> References: <200708281815.l7SIFYPC021109@asus.tddhome>
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Did you check on the hardware compatibility list if the wi chipset is supported and with what driver? Did you check on the laptop compatibility list what was report on your laptop. If the device can work people probably left documentation how was done. It is very possible that particular WI device is not supported. In that case you can do 3 thing. 1. You can ndis windows driver and insert into the kernel so that you can use the device 2. You can get pccard which is supported and forget about that device 3. Check if it supported in 7.0 (which has better support for WI) and install that one. Take care Predrag Thomas D. Dean wrote: > I have an HP dv6000 series notebook with a wireless network device > which worked under windows. The notebook had windows when I obtained > it. I installed FreeBSD 6.2 and upgraded to -stable. > > I cannot configure the wireless network or do anything with it. This > may be between my ears or it may be a problem in configuration. > > The kernel is compiled from sys/i386/conf/SMP, with no changes. > > How do I interact with this device? What else should I look at? > > # uname -a > FreeBSD dv6000.tddhome 6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #0: \ > Sat Aug 25 15:34:55 PDT 2007 \ > root@dv6000.tddhome:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 > > After boot -v, I see > > # desg | grep -i ath > ath_rate: version 1.2 <SampleRate bit-rate selection algorithm> > ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) > > # kldstat -v | grep wlan > 289 wlan_ccmp > 290 wlan_tkip > 291 wlan_wep > 292 wlan > # kldstat -v | grep ath > 66 ath_hal > 67 ath_rate > 68 pci/if_ath > 69 cardbus/if_ath > > # sysctl -a | grep -i hw.ath > hw.ath.hal.version: 0.9.20.3 > hw.ath.hal.dma_brt: 2 > hw.ath.hal.sw_brt: 10 > hw.ath.hal.swba_backoff: 0 > hw.ath.dwell: 200 > hw.ath.calibrate: 30 > hw.ath.outdoor: 1 > hw.ath.xchanmode: 1 > hw.ath.countrycode: 0 > hw.ath.regdomain: 0 > hw.ath.rxbuf: 40 > hw.ath.txbuf: 100 > > tomdean > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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