From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 23 09:26:14 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FCC537B404 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 09:26:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48C0043F75 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 09:26:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5NGQBaQ002876; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 09:26:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h5NGQBWU002875; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 09:26:11 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 09:26:11 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" To: Robert Hulme Message-ID: <20030623162611.GA54473@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <000201c334bd$f4092850$0b07a8c0@hal9000> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000201c334bd$f4092850$0b07a8c0@hal9000> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD Group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with wi in CURRENT (and 5.1) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 16:26:14 -0000 On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 11:48:13AM +0100, Robert Hulme wrote: > I'm having some problems with wi in 5-CURRENT and 5.1 in general. > I'm using a Proxim Skyline 802.11b PC Card (which I believe uses the > Prism 2 chipset). The PC Card is using the 0.3.0 primary and 0.8.3 > secondary firmware (which I believe is the latest). I have a Dell > Inspiron 8200. > > The card works fine in Windows XP and FreeBSD 5.0, but in 5.1 if I use > ifconfig to bring up the card (for example during boot) it locks my > laptop up for about a minute while I get loads of error messages appear > on screen. Eventually I get a 'init failed' and 'tx buffer allocation > failed (error 12)' error, and although ifconfig says the interface is up > it doesn't actually work. See if there isn't updated firmware for your card. Rumor has it the MS-Windows driver uploads the latest firmware version into the RAM on the card. For Lucent cards you want any versoin 8 firmware from http://www.expressresponse.com/cgi-bin/proxim02/showFaq.cgi?session_id=1055265419.6837.7&type=&product=Client_Product