From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 17 18:09:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2454316A41F for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:09:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from parv@pair.com) Received: from mta10.adelphia.net (mta10.adelphia.net [68.168.78.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DAB543D5A for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:09:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from parv@pair.com) Received: from default.chvlva.adelphia.net ([68.67.248.200]) by mta10.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20060117180906.ZNVH22124.mta10.adelphia.net@default.chvlva.adelphia.net>; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:09:06 -0500 Received: by default.chvlva.adelphia.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D819FB72A; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:09:05 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:09:05 -0500 From: Parv To: Fabian Keil Message-ID: <20060117180905.GA22637@holestein.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: Fabian Keil , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <20060117150024.45318963@localhost> <20060117152716.6e9ec40d@localhost> <20060117164803.GA19350@holestein.holy.cow> <20060117181849.592a2dfc@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060117181849.592a2dfc@localhost> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ndis0 does not associate since update to RELENG_6 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:09:08 -0000 in message <20060117181849.592a2dfc@localhost>, wrote Fabian Keil thusly... > > Parv wrote: > > > in message <20060117152716.6e9ec40d@localhost>, > > wrote Fabian Keil thusly... > > > > > > Fabian Keil 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 --