Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 23:16:19 +0300 From: "Igor Soumenkov" <2igosha@gmail.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFT] Intel 3945abg wireless driver (wpi) Message-ID: <c5590c5e0711041216n51887d35m4ae7d15c21093e32@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20071104105147.GE5253@e.0x20.net> References: <472A6708.9030109@clearchain.com> <20071102004248.GA5253@e.0x20.net> <200711020152.53535.max@love2party.net> <472A7ADD.3010002@clearchain.com> <20071104102803.GD5253@e.0x20.net> <20071104105147.GE5253@e.0x20.net>
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Hello Benjamin, > > > >>>Howdy All, I'm pleased to announce the first 'official' > > > >>>experimental version of the wpi wireless driver and hence require > > > >>>your help in making it become stable. > > > >>>Expect a few things not to work (ie bg scanning, setting txpower) but > > > >>>in general the driver should be usable in station mode (hostap is not > > > >>>yet supported). > > > >>> > > > >>>If you've got an Intel 3945abg wireless card, grab the tarball at: > > > >>> > > > >>> http://people.freebsd.org/~benjsc/downloads/wpi/20071102-freebsd-wpi. > > > >>>tar.gz > > > >>> > > > >>>Untar and follow the instructions in the README. > > > >>>If you want more info about the driver, or to checkout the FAQ > > > >>>checkout: > > > >>> > > > >>> http://www.clearchain.com/wiki/Wpi > > > >>> > > > >>>I'm interested in all reports related to panics, things not working > > > >>>as expected, etc. The driver still has debug enabled so expect a few > > > >>>messages to be dumped to the screen whilst in use. > > > >>> > > > >>>Finally, many thanks to all those that have been helping debug the > > > >>>driver along the way. > > > >>> The driver is working on my Acer Aspire 9123WLM, on: FreeBSD igosha-mobile.localhost 7.0-BETA2 FreeBSD 7.0-BETA2 #0: Sun Nov 4 22:22:21 MSK 2007 igosha@igosha-mobile.localhost:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 wpi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 00:1b:77:75:58:e1 inet 192.168.1.4 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/18Mbps) status: associated ssid default channel 11 (2462 Mhz 11g) bssid 02:19:5b:c1:f9:b4 authmode WPA privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF TKIP 2:128-bit txpowmax 100 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 protmode CTS roaming MANUAL bintval 100 But - strange enough - it changes the connection speed frequently while being 2 meters away from the access point (which is 802.11g). Right now it is 36 Mbps only. -- Igor Soumenkov.
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