Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 09:37:03 +0300 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@portaone.com> To: Bill Paul <wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Project Evil & ACX100-based cards (D-Link DWL-520+) Message-ID: <40C55E8F.1070203@portaone.com> In-Reply-To: <20040607162854.3CED016A4D0@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20040607162854.3CED016A4D0@hub.freebsd.org>
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Bill Paul wrote: >>On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 04:59:38 +0300 >>Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@portaone.com> wrote: >> >> >>>Hi Bill, >>> >>>I'm trying to make my D-Link DWL-520+ card working with if_ndis, but no >>>luck yet. The card is correctly detected, driver attaches to it. If I >>>configure it in the adhoc mode it is seen from the nearby machine and >>>connected to, but traffic doesn't flow. :-( >>> >>>Any ideas? Please let me know if more information is necessary. >> >>Have you tried the FreeBSD native KLD (wlan.kewl.org)? I've installed it >>on my brother's system and on a system of a friend. Both don't complain, >>so I assume it works for them (you may perhaps need to do a "ifconfig >>acx0 down; sleep 5; ifconfig acx0 up" after booting, but then it should >>negotiate with an AP). > > > I can probably get this card to work, but as I told Maxim directly, I > refuse to do debugging via e-mail. (I'm sorry, but it's just too goddamn > frustrating: what could take me an hour or two to fix on my own can take > weeks when I have to give a crash course in network debugging to someone > half a planet away.) Would it help if I'll provide you with root shell and serial console access to a well-connected machine with this card and another machine with wi(4) chip? -Maxim
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