From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 10 13:34:46 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A6A6106566C for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:34:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from ms16-1.1blu.de (ms16-1.1blu.de [89.202.0.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1986F8FC18 for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:34:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [193.31.11.193] (helo=current.Sisis.de) by ms16-1.1blu.de with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PcF7y-000490-Ky for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:37:30 +0100 Received: from current.Sisis.de (current [127.0.0.1]) by current.Sisis.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p0AAbUM6003405 for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:37:30 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: (from guru@localhost) by current.Sisis.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id p0AAbUjT003404 for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:37:30 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) X-Authentication-Warning: current.Sisis.de: guru set sender to guru@unixarea.de using -f Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:37:30 +0100 From: Matthias Apitz To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110110103730.GA3386@current.Sisis.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT (i386) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) X-Con-Id: 51246 X-Originating-IP: 193.31.11.193 Subject: WLAN / UMTS router Huawei E5 X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:34:46 -0000 Hello, Someone from the FreeBSD' mobile users has this device in use: Huawei E5: http://www.campusbilliger.de/Shop/EN/Product/Details/2642/677798/huawei-e5-wireless-cellular-modem and could share some experience? Thanks in advance matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e - w http://www.unixarea.de/ From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 14 01:45:13 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43300106566C for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:45:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from list@understudy.net) Received: from smtp2.34sp.com (smtp2.34sp.com [80.82.115.193]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 096C08FC19 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:45:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (smtp2.34sp.com [127.0.0.1]) by smtp2.34sp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2320FAE0484 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:45:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp2.34sp.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp2.34sp.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id JOKmteMzDJ2S for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:45:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [10.0.0.149] (adsl-065-012-216-193.sip.bct.bellsouth.net [65.12.216.193]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: understudy) by smtp2.34sp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9504EAE046B for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:45:10 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <4D2FAAA0.5050209@understudy.net> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:45:04 -0500 From: Understudy User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101207 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: usb network adapter X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:45:13 -0000 Hi All, I have a G555 with an alc0 nic. When I upgraded to 8.1. So I figure as a temporary solution I can use a usb to nic adapter. I was looking for suggestions on one that is readily available and works easily with FreeBSD. I know there is a list but I am asking for ones that have been used and not caused you to many headaches. Sincerely, Brendhan From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 14 03:32:05 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D88931065674 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:32:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97AED8FC0C for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:32:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p0E3W4q5007592; Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:32:04 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) with ESMTP id p0E3W4V9007589; Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:32:04 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:32:04 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Understudy In-Reply-To: <4D2FAAA0.5050209@understudy.net> Message-ID: References: <4D2FAAA0.5050209@understudy.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:32:04 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usb network adapter X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:32:05 -0000 On Thu, 13 Jan 2011, Understudy wrote: > I have a G555 with an alc0 nic. When I upgraded to 8.1. alc(4) works on 8-stable here. My Acer D250 has a 1G PHY on a 10/100 interface, and autonegotiation is unreliable. Manually setting media type makes it work. > So I figure as a temporary solution I can use a usb to nic adapter. I was > looking for suggestions on one that is readily available and works easily > with FreeBSD. I know there is a list but I am asking for ones that have been > used and not caused you to many headaches. A Belkin F5D5050 has been occasionally useful to me. It's slow, I wouldn't really trust it long-term, and wouldn't have it if it hadn't been on clearout for like $2 years back. Better than nothing, certainly. From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 14 03:35:24 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61F91106564A for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:35:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from list@understudy.net) Received: from smtp2.34sp.com (smtp2.34sp.com [80.82.115.193]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F8298FC14 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:35:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (smtp2.34sp.com [127.0.0.1]) by smtp2.34sp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56247A700E5 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:35:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp2.34sp.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp2.34sp.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id OklN4RbCBB7q for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:35:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [10.0.0.149] (adsl-065-012-216-193.sip.bct.bellsouth.net [65.12.216.193]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: understudy) by smtp2.34sp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A971FA700E3 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:35:21 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <4D2FC473.2010803@understudy.net> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:35:15 -0500 From: Understudy User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101207 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org References: <4D2FAAA0.5050209@understudy.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: usb network adapter X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:35:24 -0000 On 1/13/2011 10:32 PM, Warren Block wrote: > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011, Understudy wrote: > >> I have a G555 with an alc0 nic. When I upgraded to 8.1. > > alc(4) works on 8-stable here. My Acer D250 has a 1G PHY on a 10/100 > interface, and autonegotiation is unreliable. Manually setting media > type makes it work. I tried that and it did not function. For some reason part of what I typed must have vanished. When I upgraded to 8.1 the alc0 stopped working. I tried all the settings manually and it would not work. > >> So I figure as a temporary solution I can use a usb to nic adapter. I >> was looking for suggestions on one that is readily available and >> works easily with FreeBSD. I know there is a list but I am asking for >> ones that have been used and not caused you to many headaches. > > A Belkin F5D5050 has been occasionally useful to me. It's slow, I > wouldn't really trust it long-term, and wouldn't have it if it hadn't > been on clearout for like $2 years back. Better than nothing, certainly. Thank you. Sincerely, Brendhan > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 14 05:42:08 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB126106566C for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:42:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C0088FC0C for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:42:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p0E5g7AF007975; Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:42:07 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) with ESMTP id p0E5g74G007972; Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:42:07 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:42:07 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Understudy In-Reply-To: <4D2FC473.2010803@understudy.net> Message-ID: References: <4D2FAAA0.5050209@understudy.net> <4D2FC473.2010803@understudy.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:42:07 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usb network adapter X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:42:08 -0000 On Thu, 13 Jan 2011, Understudy wrote: > On 1/13/2011 10:32 PM, Warren Block wrote: >> On Thu, 13 Jan 2011, Understudy wrote: >> >>> I have a G555 with an alc0 nic. When I upgraded to 8.1. >> >> alc(4) works on 8-stable here. My Acer D250 has a 1G PHY on a 10/100 >> interface, and autonegotiation is unreliable. Manually setting media type >> makes it work. > I tried that and it did not function. For some reason part of what I typed > must have vanished. When I upgraded to 8.1 the alc0 stopped working. I tried > all the settings manually and it would not work. Your hardware is probably different. This one is alc0@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x022f1025 chip=0x10621969 rev=0xc0 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Attansic (Now owned by Atheros)' device = 'Atheros AR8132 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (AR8132)' class = network subclass = ethernet It works with 8.2-PRERELEASE and a gigabit switch: # ifconfig alc0 media 100baseTX # dhclient alc0 It's slow to come up, so the /etc/rc.conf equivalent needs SYNCDHP: ifconfig_alc0="SYNCDHCP media 100baseTX" From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 14 16:15:53 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BDA9106566C for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:15:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matheus@eternamente.info) Received: from phoenix.eternamente.info (phoenix.eternamente.info [109.169.62.232]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B2B98FC08 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:15:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by phoenix.eternamente.info (Postfix, from userid 80) id D3BD61CC3E; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:58:21 -0300 (BRT) Received: from 187.115.182.224 (SquirrelMail authenticated user matheus) by eternamente.info with HTTP; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:58:21 -0200 Message-ID: <7bf2901a543868a97e970c81cf7a2f7a.squirrel@eternamente.info> In-Reply-To: References: <4D2FAAA0.5050209@understudy.net> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:58:21 -0200 From: "Nenhum_de_Nos" To: "Warren Block" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.21 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: Understudy , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usb network adapter X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:15:53 -0000 On Fri, January 14, 2011 01:32, Warren Block wrote: > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011, Understudy wrote: > >> I have a G555 with an alc0 nic. When I upgraded to 8.1. > > alc(4) works on 8-stable here. My Acer D250 has a 1G PHY on a 10/100 > interface, and autonegotiation is unreliable. Manually setting media > type makes it work. > >> So I figure as a temporary solution I can use a usb to nic adapter. I >> was >> looking for suggestions on one that is readily available and works >> easily >> with FreeBSD. I know there is a list but I am asking for ones that have >> been >> used and not caused you to many headaches. > > A Belkin F5D5050 has been occasionally useful to me. It's slow, I > wouldn't really trust it long-term, and wouldn't have it if it hadn't > been on clearout for like $2 years back. Better than nothing, > certainly. I have this adapter, and if the other end is fast ethernet, it is stable up to some point and no more. running in gigabit mode the link keeps up-and-down. no good to work. I talked to yongari@ for some time, and he helped a lot on achieving some stability :) matheus -- We will call you cygnus, The God of balance you shall be A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style