Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 12:46:34 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Ross Finlayson <finlayson@live.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems getting WaveLAN device (wi0) working Message-ID: <20000920124634.E21421@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.1.20000920122431.00c45b90@localhost>; from finlayson@live.com on Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 12:38:07PM -0700 References: <4.3.1.1.20000920122431.00c45b90@localhost>
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On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 12:38:07PM -0700, Ross Finlayson wrote: > Has anyone else encountered this problem (with a WaveLAN/Orinico card in a > ISA->PCMCIA adaptor): > > On boot, the "pcic" and "pccard" devices come up fine, and "pccardd" is > started. The WaveLAN card is detected, and the "wi0" interface is > configured (using my "pccard_ifconfig" setting). "netstat -r" shows > correct routing table entries. I'm keeping the interface in "ad hoc" mode > (port type 3: the default). > > In other words, everything looks fine, EXCEPT that I'm not seeing any > traffic on the interface (e.g., when my other machine - a Windoze laptop > with a WaveLAN card also in "ad hoc" mode - tries to do DHCP). > > One hint is that when I run > wicontrol -i wi0 > (to see the interface's settings), I get > wicontrol: SIOCGWAVELAN: Invalid argument' > So, it appears that something hasn't been configured properly. Any ideas? Is it possiable that your userland and kernel are out of sync? What does "ifconfig -a" say? What is the output from pccardd? I've got a standard PC Card WaveLAN card working fine here. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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