Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 21:53:42 -0500 From: "Craig Booth" <craigbooth@earthlink.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Wireless Card Issue AFTER Install Message-ID: <20040402025345.YSYZ10441.mta9.adelphia.net@BoothLaptop>
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Situation: I have set up my Sony VAIO PCG-FRV27 laptop as a dual boot machine between Win XP Pro and FreeBSD. I am using a Linksys Wireless card connecting through a Linksys router. My install successfully enabled and used the wireless card and router to install directly from the FreeBSD ftp site (after CD boot) and completed with no errors. Even though my rc.conf file is verified as setup with "DHCP" and the pccard enabled, and even though the startup processes appear to find and enable the card ok, I can't connect back to the ftp site to download more stuff unless I use the CD to restart the install over the ftp site again. It either can't resolve the ftp site, or hangs during the attempt. I have read where this can sometimes happen with dual boot machines when the other OS doesn't properly release the card, but I have tried unplugging the machine, removing and putting back both the card and the laptop battery before rebooting, and it still doesn't work. I am getting the [Null] [Null] message after the Linksys Card Found message during startup, as my earlier reading about the problem discussed, but nothing seems to change that, unless I reinstall FreeBSD from the CD (which I'm obviously not going to do everytime I want to use FreeBSD!) Two things I notice when I go to set up the media in SYSINSTALL. The gateway address (192.168.2.1) and the DHCP assigned address (range starting with 192.168.2.2), both present on this same screen when booting from the CD, are missing from the DHCP config screen that comes up just before SYSINSTALL attempts to connect to the ftp site, though the connection attempt still fails if I enter the info back in manually before trying to connect. Also, a message comes up before that which says something about being in multiuser mode, and ask if I want to assume network settings are already correct. (or something like that) This multiuser message is not present when booting from the CD. Any guru out there that has the knowledge to provide some advice to persist the use of the Linksys card beyond the first install?
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