Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 19:43:50 +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: <baa313a90902050943t7319eb61le80c719ae18e94c2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3a142e750902050938g7f57a244jb85e30f9eeca6200@mail.gmail.com> References: <baa313a90902040938y75ea600dxc403df3608f97a4f@mail.gmail.com> <3a142e750902050618l1736032bue8c2a21da7e73d52@mail.gmail.com> <baa313a90902050921x25d812a7i5da9aaaf0c12d336@mail.gmail.com> <3a142e750902050938g7f57a244jb85e30f9eeca6200@mail.gmail.com>
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2009/2/5 Paul B. Mahol <onemda@gmail.com>: > On 2/5/09, Lars Lonne <lonnelars@gmail.com> wrote: >> 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? > > If on linux(open source driver, not via ndiswrapper) you do not have > such problem, than it is ral driver fault. > > -- > Paul > Ok, thank you for your help. I'll try the ndiswrapper and see if I can get better results with that. -- Lars
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