From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Apr 5 6:43: 0 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mail.spiersfamily.com (mail.spiersfamily.com [63.228.192.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C2FB37B41A for ; Fri, 5 Apr 2002 06:42:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from laspiershome (laspiers-home.spiersfamily.com [172.31.99.6]) by maggie.spiersfamily.com (8.11.3/8.11.3/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with SMTP id g31LmwN26805 for ; Mon, 1 Apr 2002 14:48:58 -0700 Message-ID: <003801c1d9bd$a58110f0$06631fac@laspiershome> From: "Lane Spiers" To: Subject: SMC Wireless question Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 13:41:48 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0035_01C1D982.F8E99CC0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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

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.

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.

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.

Lane

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