Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:09:05 -0500 From: Parv <parv@pair.com> To: Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ndis0 does not associate since update to RELENG_6 Message-ID: <20060117180905.GA22637@holestein.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20060117181849.592a2dfc@localhost> References: <20060117150024.45318963@localhost> <20060117152716.6e9ec40d@localhost> <20060117164803.GA19350@holestein.holy.cow> <20060117181849.592a2dfc@localhost>
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in message <20060117181849.592a2dfc@localhost>, wrote Fabian Keil thusly... > > Parv <parv@pair.com> wrote: > > > in message <20060117152716.6e9ec40d@localhost>, > > wrote Fabian Keil thusly... > > > > > > Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> wrote: > > > > > > > I fail to get the following device working since my update > > > > from RELENG_5 to RELENG_6 a few days ago: > > > > > > > > ndis0@pci2:2:0: class=0x028000 card=0x27128086 chip=0x42208086 > > > > rev=0x05 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > > > > device = 'PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection' > > > > class = network > > > > > > I found a work around. It still works > > > with /usr/ports/net/iwi-firmware/: > > > > I also found the same about ndis driver. I was not even able to > > assign a ssid, mode, or a channel to a ndis0 interface. > > > > At least net/iwi-firmware works w/ WPA (even if the interface > > causes freeze after waking up from long sleep on IBM Thinkpad > > T42; > > Did you try to load and unload if_iwi.ko in /etc/rc.resume and > /etc/rc.suspend? No, i hadn't; currently i am doing it manually when i am not sure about the length of the sleep state. I should look in to it, hunh.? > > BTW, when i read that you "found a work around", i was expecting > > a work around to make ndis work. > > I'm sorry for my misleading wording then. Of course it's just a > work around to get the PRO/Wireless 2200BG working at all. No problem. Actually, i myself am happy as long as there is some way to have a secure (semi-)stable wireless connection, on FreeBSD, w/ not-too-expensive hardware. > It's just that I had forgotten about the existence of iwi. The > last days I was using em0 to connect my Laptop to the network. > Getting if_iwi to work after my initial posting was a relief. Same here, almost. I had not looked particularly hard in iwi or ndis -- but was aware of both -- until my sister's nagging broke me to buy a wireless AP/router. - Parv --
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