Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 15:06:28 -0400 From: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Ulrich Spoerlein <uspoerlein@gmail.com> Subject: Re: ipw2100 vs ndis(4) -- does it work for anybody? Message-ID: <200605021506.29398.lists@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <20060502171813.GA7296@roadrunner.q.local>
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On Tuesday 02 May 2006 13:18, Ulrich Spoerlein wrote: > Good day, > > since the ipw(4) driver can't do WPA, I wanted to give ndis(4) a try. > This *used* to work back on 5.3 (memory is a bit vague) but it ain't > happening on 6.1-RC. > > I'm using the same driver as last time, which is the version 1.2.2.8 > from Intel. I also downloaded the newest one, version 1.2.4.35, but none > of them attach, when loading the if_ndis module. > > /sys/modules/if_ndis# make clean > /sys/modules/if_ndis# ndiscvt -i /compat/ndis/w70n51.inf -s > /compat/ndis/w70n51.sys -o ndis_driver_data.h /sys/modules/if_ndis# make > /sys/modules/if_ndis# make install load > /sbin/kldload -v /vol/obj/usr/src/sys/modules/if_ndis/if_ndis.ko > Loaded /vol/obj/usr/src/sys/modules/if_ndis/if_ndis.ko, id=32 > pci2: <network> at device 3.0 (no driver attached) > > none1@pci2:3:0: class=0x028000 card=0x25618086 chip=0x10438086 rev=0x04 > hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = 'Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 LAN Card Driver' > class = network > > I know this did work in the past. What are other peoples experiences? > Besides, does ndis(4) even do WPA? If not then I would have to buy new > hardware anyway and the whole exercise would be in vain. Start by using ndisgen(8) instead of doing things the "old" way. JNhome | help
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