Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 19:21:14 +0200 From: Lars Lonne <lonnelars@gmail.com> To: "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No wifi signal with usb antenna (rum driver) Message-ID: <baa313a90902050921x25d812a7i5da9aaaf0c12d336@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3a142e750902050618l1736032bue8c2a21da7e73d52@mail.gmail.com> References: <baa313a90902040938y75ea600dxc403df3608f97a4f@mail.gmail.com> <3a142e750902050618l1736032bue8c2a21da7e73d52@mail.gmail.com>
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2009/2/5 Paul B. Mahol <onemda@gmail.com>: > On 2/4/09, Lars Lonne <lonnelars@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi all. I have recently installed FreeBSD-7.1-RELEASE on my Compaq Evo >> laptop. It used to dualboot with windows xp and gentoo linux, but I >> decided to give FreeBSD a try instead, so now it dualboots with >> windows and FreeBSD. My biggest problem is connecting to the internet >> over the local wifi network. I am using a usb antenna, which uses the >> rum driver in FreeBSD. When using windows, the signal strength is low >> (I am located quite far from the access point), but works fine. I can >> connect to the network and get on the internet, no problem. Problem is >> when I start FreeBSD, I cannot get a signal, i.e. ifconfig always >> reports "no carrier". I can connect to the network with FreeBSD if I >> move closer to the AP, but it is impractical for me to do so. >> >> Has anyone experienced anything similar, or know what could be causing >> it? Please let me know if you need more information. Hope you can help >> me. >> >> /lars >> _______________________________________________ >> 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" >> > > This is known "rum" issue, some code is missing. > > I debuged it some time ago, but with no luck. > I will try again some time later .... > > -- > Paul > Thank you for your reply. I have the same problem with the ral driver (as I mentioned in an earlier email to this mailing list) when I am using a different antenna (a pc-card). Is this also a known issue with the ral driver?
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