From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Oct  7 14:20:23 2010
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
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 A36991065672
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Thu,  7 Oct 2010 14:20:23 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from onemda@gmail.com)
Received: from mail-pz0-f54.google.com (mail-pz0-f54.google.com
	[209.85.210.54])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79C628FC18
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Thu,  7 Oct 2010 14:20:23 +0000 (UTC)
Received: by pzk7 with SMTP id 7so181478pzk.13
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Thu, 07 Oct 2010 07:20:22 -0700 (PDT)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma;
	h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to
	:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type;
	bh=OIsN8LcAnCHN0sBYMiCaw9CnK4e2s+bjT3NeOh6JSG4=;
	b=Oa/OJzroToIzhQqZlQwTs/EuWVHcIVz1eRdUCquUJ26gBxrq9Z86+g3Yr/XBnjQSEE
	XHTbqCh5qTZRlTDb/4mbDzXmp/6hXgCl1Bpp3/RN4Ord8p7l51Ci43+3rmqqj901176i
	eQNfBtNU8opzG3V+O276ww/rMOnbI4vRcVqoE=
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
	:cc:content-type;
	b=MPJQxYU0tg1MynUC3t6cD/5FidVTslhb2oCCpN++vNLphZ/FGFjay0nMdN9nir8mLB
	LREafBe/xZ4KdfaOXSkB9MX56dLh0shoJykpnXmWCJMLkaVDCvLiawEaEAk86ihYHlNa
	KlTuYwxUrp/4fKbE6dgiF8lLqPDTm1rC8261Y=
MIME-Version: 1.0
Received: by 10.142.158.6 with SMTP id g6mr654791wfe.96.1286461220712; Thu, 07
	Oct 2010 07:20:20 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.220.187.194 with HTTP; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 07:20:20 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTintgXLf2cRrY5TU=piCYZke6y8audE_WJXsdoTZ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTintgXLf2cRrY5TU=piCYZke6y8audE_WJXsdoTZ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 14:20:20 +0000
Message-ID: <AANLkTikpghsUJbCZ+8yc1oWMJFfs0KH9-gSqA-80n-nM@mail.gmail.com>
From: Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com>
To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: if_bwn woes
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:20:23 -0000

On 10/7/10, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> wrote:
> On a fresh 8.1-RELEASE install
>
> ifconfig wlan0 scan results in no output and takes forever (ie - it hangs)
If you set wlan0 for manual roaming it will not hang.

Use 'ifconfig wlan0 list scan' instead.

> ifconfig wlan0 ssid my_ssid
> dhclient wlan0
> results in no link being discovered
>
> Here is some relevant system config and such to help diagnose the problem:
>
> #ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev bwn0
>
> #ifconfig bwn0
> bwn0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNIN,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
>    ether xx:yy:zz:xx:yy:zz
>    media: IEEE 8.2.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g
>    status: associated
>
> # cat /boot/loader.conf |head -2
> bwn_b4_lp_ucode_load="YES"
> if_bwn_load="YES"
>
> #kldstat |grep bwn
> 2 1 0xc0fb6000 37248 if_bwn.ko
> 3 2 0xc0fee000 a26c siba_bwn.ko
> 7 1 0xc1078000 2cbd8 bwn_v4_lp_ucode
>
> #pciconf -lv | grep -A3 bwn
> siba_bwn0@pci0:4:0:0:  class=0x028000 card=0x04b514e4 chip=0x431514e4
> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
>     vender = 'Broadcom Corporation'
>     device = 'Broadcom Wireless b/g (BCM4315/BCM22062000)'
>     class    = network
>
> #uname -rms
> FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE i386
>
> On a Lenovo G530
>
> --
> Eitan Adler
> _______________________________________________
> 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"
>