Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 18:34:00 +0100 From: "Robert Hulme" <rob@robhulme.com> To: <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Problem with wi in CURRENT (and 5.1) Message-ID: <001d01c339ad$a4cd9dd0$0b07a8c0@hal9000> In-Reply-To: <20030623162611.GA54473@dragon.nuxi.com>
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I am already running the latest firmware, and it works in 5.0 but not in 5.1 or 5-CURRENT. Is anyone going to take a look at this? It seems that wi is broken for a significant number of people (there have been several emails like mine recently to current and mobile) in 5.1+ -Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of David O'Brien > Sent: 23 June 2003 17:26 > To: Robert Hulme > Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org > > 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?se > ssion_id=1055265419.6837.7&type=&product=Client_Product > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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