Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 13:41:48 -0700 From: "Lane Spiers" <lane@spiersfamily.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: SMC Wireless question Message-ID: <003801c1d9bd$a58110f0$06631fac@laspiershome>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0035_01C1D982.F8E99CC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I've been a UNIX (Solaris and Linux) user for quite a few years (Solaris = 4.1.X is still my favorite UNIX ...) I just loaded the 4.5 release of = FreeBSD on my laptop. Everything seems to work great (is it just my = imagination, or is FreeBSD faster than current Linux distributions?) As = the system boots, it properly identifies my wireless NIC (SMC 2632W) and = appears to load the appropriate drivers - the interface is identified as = wi0. When I attempt to manually ifconfig it, it comes up and links with = the access point. But, if I try to ping anything else on the network, I = get "wi0: watchdog timeout" errors and "host is down" error messages. The only thing I've been able to find in the archives mentions getting = the latest Linux firmware from SMC - I loaded this and rebooted, but it = hasn't seemed to make any difference. Any help would be appreciated. If this is the wrong forum for this = question, a gentle pointer in the right direction would also be = welcomed. Lane ------=_NextPart_000_0035_01C1D982.F8E99CC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've been a UNIX (Solaris and Linux) = user for quite=20 a few years (Solaris 4.1.X is still my favorite UNIX ...) I just = loaded=20 the 4.5 release of FreeBSD on my laptop. Everything seems to work = great=20 (is it just my imagination, or is FreeBSD faster than current Linux=20 distributions?) As the system boots, it properly identifies my = wireless=20 NIC (SMC 2632W) and appears to load the appropriate drivers - the = interface is=20 identified as wi0. When I attempt to manually ifconfig it, it = comes up and=20 links with the access point. But, if I try to ping anything else = on the=20 network, I get "wi0: watchdog timeout" errors and "host is down" error=20 messages.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The only thing I've been able to find = in the=20 archives mentions getting the latest Linux firmware from SMC - I loaded = this and=20 rebooted, but it hasn't seemed to make any difference.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Any help would be appreciated. If = this is the=20 wrong forum for this question, a gentle pointer in the right direction = would=20 also be welcomed.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Lane</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0035_01C1D982.F8E99CC0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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