Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 22:53:53 -0700 From: soralx@cydem.org To: Undisclosed.Recipients: ; Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: iwi: 'no carrier' Message-ID: <200610132253.53765.soralx@cydem.org> In-Reply-To: <a22ff2940610132121k4f5a24b1u947881ebd6c8536d@mail.gmail.com> References: <200610122255.57752.soralx@cydem.org> <a22ff2940610132121k4f5a24b1u947881ebd6c8536d@mail.gmail.com>
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> > had anyone ever encounterd a problem with Intel 2200BG wireless card, > > when the iwi driver seems to work normaly, but in reality it never > > associates with an access point (i.e., 'no carrier' no matter what)? > > the driver and firmware were all installed from ports, on 6.2-BETA2 > > Here's how I got mine working. I have my wap configured to use tkip. You > [...] > When the machine boots, it will show my iwi0 interface status as > "associated" by the time I log in a look at it with ifconfig. Then I just > run: > [...] Well, this was a quite useful how-to on configuring a working card, but it doesn't apply in my case :P My adapter sees no access points at all (`ifconfig iwi0 list scan` returns nothing), so it can't associate no matter what the settings are, and ifconfig always shows it's status as 'no carrier'. I tried configuring an IP# & netmask and then starting dhclient, but observed no diefference. BTW, why did you need to disable the built-in NIC? [SorAlx] ridin' VN1500-B2
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