Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 20:50:15 +0100 From: Theo PAGTZIS <T.Pagtzis@cs.ucl.ac.uk> To: Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com> Cc: Theo PAGTZIS <T.Pagtzis@cs.ucl.ac.uk>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WaveLAN in 3.4R Message-ID: <39186BF7.A6783ED5@cs.ucl.ac.uk> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005091522010.29218-100000@paprika.michvhf.com>
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Vince Vielhaber wrote: > On Tue, 9 May 2000, Theo PAGTZIS wrote: > > > Vince Vielhaber wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 9 May 2000, Theo PAGTZIS wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi All/Bill, > > > > > > > > > > > > I am running Freebsd 3.4 + PAO and have the following problem > > > > > > > > when I try to get the statistics from the wi0 (wavelanII) interface, the interface keeps returning 0 for all values. Is that broken in 3.4 ?? > > > > I have the impression that I have seen it working in previous versions.... Has anyone managed to get statistics out of the wavelan (wi0) interface..?? > > > > > > > > If yes would it be possible to tell me how? > > > > > > I got it working although it took a while. I found a note in the mail > > > archives about using a separate file to configure the interface with > > > wiconfig. Don't have the info handy but will later today. I know I had > > > to make sure it was configured on the same interrupt as it was in windoze. > > > After I did that it started reporting. > > > > Never heard that wiconfig before....I thought it was wicontrol.....is that a new config utility... for wavelan?? > > > > > > I would appreciate I you can get that file as soon as you can... > > You are correct, it's wicontrol. > > I have a small script that set up the card called /etc/setup_wi: > > ------------------------------ > #!/bin/sh > > cmd="wicontrol -i wi0" > > $cmd -s "hostname" > $cmd -p 1 > $cmd -n "WaveLAN Network" > > ------------------------------ > > Then for the Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE entry in pccard.conf: > > card "Lucent Technologies" "WaveLAN/IEEE" > config default "wi0" IRQ > insert logger -s Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE inserted > insert /etc/setup_wi > insert /etc/pccard_ether wi0 IPADDRESS netmask NETMASK > insert /etc/ifc > remove logger -s Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE removed > remove /etc/pccard_ether_remove wi0 delete IPADDRESS > > And finally /etc/ifc: > > ifconfig wi0 down > ifconfig wi0 inet IPADDRESS netmask NETMASK up > > Replace hostname with your hostname > The "WaveLAN Network" above must match your access point's network name > Replace IRQ above with the cards IRQ > Replace IPADDRESS everywhere above with your IP Address > Replace NETMASK everywhere above with your netmask > > That should be everything. The default route and hostname are still > set in /etc/rc.conf. > > Good Luck!! > > Vince. Vince, perhaps I did not make myself clear. I do not have a problem with running the interface. My wavelan interface runs fine ! The problem is that when I probe with wicontrol -i wi0 -o , the driver to dump the statistics the values returned are all 0 !!!!! That is what I have been asking whether it is broken under 3.4 Theo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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