From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 1 13:15:35 2004 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 56DD816A4CE; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 13:15:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web.portaone.com (mail.russia.cz [195.70.151.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F8D643D31; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 13:15:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sobomax@portaone.com) Received: from portaone.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by web.portaone.com (8.12.8p2/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i61DEb6m074853; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 15:14:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sobomax@portaone.com) Message-ID: <40E40E16.9080109@portaone.com> Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 16:13:58 +0300 From: Maxim Sobolev User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en, ru, uk MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bill Paul References: <20040616160019.8CB6716A4CF@hub.freebsd.org> <40D7E0AE.7080604@portaone.com> In-Reply-To: <40D7E0AE.7080604@portaone.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Project Evil & ACX100-based cards (D-Link DWL-520+) 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, 01 Jul 2004 13:15:35 -0000 Bill, Do you have any news on this? -Maxim Maxim Sobolev wrote: > OK, step by step: > > 1. cvsup ~1 hour ago > 2. built/installed new kernel, rebooted > 3. loaded ndis and if_ndis.ko modules: > > ndis0: port 0xa800-0xa81f > mem 0xf2000000-0xf200ffff,0xf2011000-0xf2011fff irq 11 at device 6.0 on > pci3 > ndis0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.1 > ndis0: Ethernet address: 00:0d:88:8b:7f:1c > ndis0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 11Mbps > > 4. Configured the interface: > > -bash-2.05b$ sudo ifconfig ndis0 mediaopt adhoc > -bash-2.05b$ sudo ifconfig ndis0 ssid "portaone" > -bash-2.05b$ sudo ifconfig ndis0 wepmode off > -bash-2.05b$ sudo ifconfig ndis0 192.168.1.1 > ndis0: link up > -bash-2.05b$ ifconfig ndis0 > ndis0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 > inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > ether 00:0d:88:8b:7f:1c > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect > ) > status: associated > ssid "" > channel -1 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 > rtsthreshold 2312 protmode CTS > wepmode OFF weptxkey 1 > > Then I'm trying to connect to that network from my WinXP laptop. I can > see network portaone in wireless networks browser just fine. IP address > on appropriate interface is configured statically in WinXP to be > 192.168.1.2. I can connect to it also without any problems, but ping > doen't work between those machines. Also, where I start tcpdump on the > FreeBSD machine I don't see any traffic even ARPs. > > You can find tarball with my ndis_driver_data.h and files from > /compat/ndis at http://www.portaone.com/~sobomax/dwl520.tar.bz2. Please > let me know if any other information is necessary. > > Thank you very much! > > Regards, > > Maxim > > Bill Paul wrote: > >>> Hi Bill, >>> >>> I'm trying to make my D-Link DWL-520+ card working with if_ndis, but >>> no luck yet. The card is correctly detected, driver attaches to it. >>> If I configure it in the adhoc mode it is seen from the nearby >>> machine and connected to, but traffic doesn't flow. :-( >>> >>> Any ideas? Please let me know if more information is necessary. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Maxim >> >> >> >> Alright, I received a sample 520+ card and played with it a little. >> I was able to get the card to talk to my RealTek 8180 NIC in my laptop >> in ad-hoc mode with very little trouble. I am therefor forced to conclude >> that you did not describe your problem with enough detail for me to >> understand what's going on. Let's examine the things you did not do: >> >> - did not provide a transcript of commands/responses used to initialize >> _both_ cards >> - did not explain which NIC was initialized first (the first NIC is >> always the master in an ad-hoc cell) >> - did not explain exactly what steps were taken to reach the conclusion >> that "traffic doesn't flow." (Ping? FTP? Slamming machines together >> at high speed?) >> - did not explain how it was determined that the card was "seen from >> the nearby machine" >> - did not provide _FULL_ dmesg output from both machines (no, it's not >> enough to tell me "the card is correctly detected") >> - did not tell me what make/model card was in the other machine and >> what driver it uses >> - did not tell me what version of FreeBSD is running on the "nearby >> machine" - did not run wicontrol -i ndis0 -l on the first machine to >> scan for >> APs/ad-hoc nets >> >> I keep telling people to provide LOTS OF DETAILS when they report >> problems, but nobody ever seems to listen. Don't wait for me to drag >> information out of you: if you don't provide me with LOTS OF DETAILS >> up front, I won't know what to ask you. >> >> -Bill >> >> -- >> ============================================================================= >> >> -Bill Paul (510) 749-2329 | Senior Engineer, Master of Unix-Fu >> wpaul@windriver.com | Wind River Systems >> ============================================================================= >> >> you're just BEGGING to face the moose >> ============================================================================= >> >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >