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Date:      Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:58:55 -0400
From:      Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>
To:        Rem P Roberti <remegius@comcast.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Thinkpad Wireless
Message-ID:  <4C71F1FF.5020906@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4C71F027.5000604@comcast.net>
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On 8/22/10 11:51 PM, Rem P Roberti wrote:
> OK...here's what is happening now.  I have put these entries into
> /etc/rc.conf:
> 
> wlans_iwi0="wlan0"
> ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
> 
> when I booted up I could see from the wireless "beacon" indicator that
> something was happening.  But I kept getting this message:
> 
> iwi0: need multicast update callback
> 

I used to see this on my Toshiba laptop I no longer use (using iwn(4)).
 It is seemingly harmless.

> And when I tried to do a ping I got the dreaded...ping: cannot resolve
> yahoo.com: Host name lookup failure...and then all of sudden it started
> working and I was able to successfully ping, and connect.

In what timeframe from the boot?  I suspect WPA was still in the
authentication process.  My Toshiba's wireless card would take a few
seconds (roughly 10) before authenticating.

> Is this voodoo :-) ?
> 

Probably. :)

-- 
Glen Barber



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