From owner-freebsd-mobile Sun Oct 6 2:51:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A00537B401 for ; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 02:51:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.noos.fr (racine.noos.net [212.198.2.71]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 531B243E75 for ; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 02:51:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fortin@acm.org) Received: (qmail 40408809 invoked by uid 0); 6 Oct 2002 09:51:20 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO asus2000) ([212.198.51.219]) (envelope-sender ) by 212.198.2.71 (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 6 Oct 2002 09:51:20 -0000 Message-ID: <035301c26d1e$150bda60$0c7fa8c0@asus2000> From: "Denis Fortin" To: References: <20021003023707.A90188@titus.hanley.stade.co.uk> Subject: Re: Netgear MA401RA weirdness - Any solution? Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 11:52:28 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Well, I cvsup'ed the -STABLE branch, and my MA401RA still will not operate properly. I'm willing to give a hand in identifying what's wrong, but I'm at a bit of a loss as to where to start... Here's the relevant information (the parts that look odd are the NIC serial number, the current BSSID, and perhaps the media?) /etc/start_if.wi0 ================= #!/bin/sh # set up NetGear card for use at home /sbin/ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.127.41 netmask 0xffffff00 authmode shared ssid ZapWiFiLink wepkey 1:0xaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa wepmode on weptxkey 1 stationname Portege channel 10 -powersave ifconfig wi0 ============ wi0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 inet6 fe80::230:abff:fe1a:446%wi0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6 inet 192.168.127.41 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.127.255 ether 00:30:ab:1a:04:46 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/2Mbps) status: no carrier ssid ZapWiFiLink 1:ZapWiFiLink stationname Portege channel 1 authmode SHARED powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 wepmode MIXED weptxkey 1 wepkey 1:128-bit wicontrol wi0 ============= NIC serial number: [ 99SA01000000 ] Station name: [ Portege ] SSID for IBSS creation: [ ZapWiFiLink ] Current netname (SSID): [ ZapWiFiLink ] Desired netname (SSID): [ ZapWiFiLink ] Current BSSID: [ 44:44:44:44:44:44 ] Channel list: [ 8191 ] IBSS channel: [ 10 ] Current channel: [ 13 ] Comms quality/signal/noise: [ 0 81 27 ] Promiscuous mode: [ Off ] Process 802.11b Frame: [ Off ] Intersil-Prism2 based card: [ 1 ] Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc): [ 1 ] MAC address: [ 00:30:ab:1a:04:46 ] TX rate (selection): [ 3 ] TX rate (actual speed): [ 2 ] RTS/CTS handshake threshold: [ 2347 ] Create IBSS: [ Off ] Access point density: [ 1 ] Power Mgmt (1=on, 0=off): [ 0 ] Max sleep time: [ 100 ] WEP encryption: [ On ] TX encryption key: [ 1 ] Encryption keys: [ 0xaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ][ ][ ][ ] Denis, fortin@acm.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Wontroba" To: "Michael W. Oliver" Cc: "Denis Fortin" ; Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 3:37 AM Subject: Re: Netgear MA401RA weirdness - Any solution? > I too have problems with a MA401RA. Different ones. At least it works > for me. > > Relevant bits of my set up are a Netgear ME102 access point, a Fujitsu > Siemens S Series Lifebook with a MA401, and a Sharp Zaurus with a > Linksys CF card. > > With the ME102 configured to accept both Open and WEP security, the > MA401RA works like a charm under FreeBSD. > > With the ME102 configured to accept only WEP security, the MA401RA can > obviously see the access point, but can't transmit. > > Under Windows 98 (spit) the MA401RA can't transmit with either of the > above variations. This might be due to Windows crashing when I was > installing the drivers. I installed again, but am not convinced that > all is well. Time perhaps to upgrade to Windows 2000 Professional or XP. > > The Zaurus / Linksys work happily with both variations. > > The lifebook is running FreeBSD 4.7-RC #1: Wed Oct 2 10:32:41 BST 2002 > > wio says this as it attaches: > > wi0 at port 0x240-0x27f irq 9 slot 0 on pccard0 > wi0: 802.11 address: 00:09:5b:24:de:d2 > wi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 MAC:ISL3873 > wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary 1.00.07, Station 1.03.06 > > interface configuration: > > aw1@mervyn /home/aw1$ cat /etc/start_if.wi0 > # this works - when access point is set to support open and shared, but fails if ap is set to shared only, um! > /sbin/ifconfig wi0 authmode shared ssid CENSORED wepkey 1:0xCENSORED wepmode mixed weptxkey 1 > > aw1@mervyn /home/aw1$ ifconfig wi0 > wi0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 > inet6 fe80::209:5bff:fe24:ded2%wi0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x7 > inet 192.168.0.3 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 > ether 00:09:5b:24:de:d2 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/11Mbps) > status: associated > ssid CENSORED 1:CENSORED > stationname "FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node" > channel 1 authmode SHARED powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 > wepmode MIXED weptxkey 1 > wepkey 1:128-bit > > aw1@mervyn /home/aw1$ wicontrol wi0 > NIC serial number: [ 99SA01000000 ] > Station name: [ FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node ] > SSID for IBSS creation: [ CENSORED ] > Current netname (SSID): [ CENSORED ] > Desired netname (SSID): [ CENSORED ] > Current BSSID: [ 00:30:ab:1c:04:ae ] > Channel list: [ 8191 ] > IBSS channel: [ 3 ] > Current channel: [ 1 ] > Comms quality/signal/noise: [ 68 121 6 ] > Promiscuous mode: [ Off ] > Process 802.11b Frame: [ Off ] > Intersil-Prism2 based card: [ 1 ] > Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc): [ 1 ] > MAC address: [ 00:09:5b:24:de:d2 ] > TX rate (selection): [ 3 ] > TX rate (actual speed): [ 11 ] > RTS/CTS handshake threshold: [ 2347 ] > Create IBSS: [ Off ] > Access point density: [ 1 ] > Power Mgmt (1=on, 0=off): [ 0 ] > Max sleep time: [ 100 ] > WEP encryption: [ On ] > TX encryption key: [ 1 ] > Encryption keys: [ ][ ][ ][ ] > > I am fairly sure that I have the key correct. > > -- > Adrian Wontroba To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message