From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 31 11:51:25 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 56C8337B401 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 11:51:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [66.127.85.87]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B84A843F3F for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 11:51:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from melange.errno.com (melange.errno.com [66.127.85.82]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6VIpF7N086906 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Thu, 31 Jul 2003 11:51:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 11:51:14 -0700 From: Sam Leffler To: Eirik Oeverby , "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" Message-ID: <1115404787.1059652274@melange.errno.com> In-Reply-To: <20030731093031.17deae97.ltning@anduin.net> References: <20030731045030.GH33447@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20030731093031.17deae97.ltning@anduin.net> X-Mailer: Mulberry/3.0.3 (Win32) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lucent IBSS mode doesn't work in -CURRENT? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 18:51:25 -0000 > I have a few Orinoco cards, and they 'work' in both ad-hoc and > infrastructure mode. However with dhclient it gets tricky, because it > will only work the first time dhclient assigns an address to the card. > Whenever it tries to refresh it or whatever, I start getting those > timeout and busy bit errors, and network connectivity drops. This > usually happens within a few minutes or latest after 30 minutes or so - > probably depending on your dhcpd/dhclient configuration. Configuring a > static IP lets me use the card, and it seems stable. > I recently tested adhoc mode 'cuz Greg said it didn't work and verified it worked for me with all my cards: Prism, Lucent (6.something firmware), and Atheros (5211, and 5212 in 11b talking to the Lucent and Prism cards). I did not use dhclient. Everything was statically configured. > I am really glad someone else is seeing this, perhaps it can get fixed > some day :) > > Oh and btw.. Get the *latest* firmware onto all your cards. That is > essential for anything to work right at all.. > I'm stuck upgrading because my Windows 2K Lucent driver is too out of date for any of the newer firmware revs. I believe I need at least rev 6.1 of the Win2K driver to run any of the firmware update tools. How did you upgrade your firmware? If anyone has the bits+pieces to rev firmware I'd like it so I can test the wi driver w/ different firmware revs. Sam