From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 3 16:41:09 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 283BA16A4F6 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2004 16:41:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp104.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp104.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.169.223]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E511043D39 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2004 16:41:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lloyd545220-trucker@yahoo.com) Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.59.3.192?) (wyoming?antelope@204.117.150.98 with plain) by smtp104.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 3 Nov 2004 16:41:08 -0000 Message-ID: <41890A21.3080000@yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 09:41:05 -0700 From: Lloyd Hayes User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dick Davies References: <20041101094142.GA4930@lb.tenfour> <418680F1.2030405@yahoo.com> <20041102034156.66B3.LUKEK@meibin.net> <41869EB4.4040104@yahoo.com> <20041101231406.GB16441@lb.tenfour> <4186D131.40200@yahoo.com> <20041103143805.GA10435@lb.tenfour> In-Reply-To: <20041103143805.GA10435@lb.tenfour> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WiFi 802.11b or g setup X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 16:41:09 -0000 >By modem you mean network card, yeah? Do the usb2 hub and the pcmcia slot show up? And have you tried removing that - don't think freebsd supports usb2 hubs yet, it might be causing some conflicts. The USB2 hub has to be recognized since I installed the system with a CD ROM attached to this hub. I have since used it several times. And, yes, I mean network card. But it works like a modem from my perspective since I am always traveling and hooking into a different wifi station all of the time. The analogy is carried further since I always have to login, and it is disconnected when not in use. (Card is turned off using the software, the same as any modem. A 'Null Modem' is a simple connection between 2 machine.) Now, as for the card not being seen. This is one of the problems. Something seems to be interfering. I am re-installing the entire system with less system software. I'll see if I can take a more cautious approach. I think that one or more of the system services that I installed was blocking it. Plus, I think that I need to read up some more on what is required for a FreeBSD connection. One quick question. Are any of the 802.11g cards supported under FreeBSD? Lloyd Hayes Email: lloyd545220-trucker@yahoo.com URL: http://TalkingStaff.bravehost.com E-FAX Number: (208) 248-6590 Dick Davies wrote: >* Lloyd Hayes [1113 00:13]: > > >>>Start with the basics >>> >>> >>Exactly! >>Here you go: >> >>plip0: flags=8851 mtu 1500 >>lo0: flags=8049 mtu 16384 >> inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 >> inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 >> inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 >> >>On FreeBSD, I've been trying to use the Sysinstall menus. >> >> > >Not sure they support wireless NIC configuration, but since the card isn't >even detected, that's the least of your worries. > > > >>The modem is currently in the PCMCIA slot and I am in an area with WiFi >>access. Also in a PCMCIA slot is a card which is a USB2 hub. >> >> > >By modem you mean network card, yeah? Do the usb2 hub and the pcmcia slot >show up? And have you tried removing that - don't think freebsd supports usb2 >hubs yet, it might be causing some conflicts. > >-- >Ugh, it's like there's a party in my mouth and everyone's throwing up. - Fry >Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns > > > >