Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:43:21 +0000 From: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@freebsd.org> To: michael brindle <kg6ymn@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: iwi connect problems in 9.0-CURRENT Message-ID: <DED4BC99-EBCE-4BFF-BFEB-90D2F3C4EF6C@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <ca14fd310911221539t2d2c5b45of78febe11713f73d@mail.gmail.com> References: <ca14fd310911221539t2d2c5b45of78febe11713f73d@mail.gmail.com>
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On 22 Nov 2009, at 23:39, michael brindle wrote: > Hey all. > I recently upgraded to 9.0-CURRENT from 7.2-RELEASE, to help test and debug > it. > The only problem I've encountered so far that I've not yet been able to fix > is that I have yet to get my wireless card (Intel IPW 2200 b/g) to connect > to my wireless network (which has an Apple Airport as the wireless router). > > my /etc/rc.conf file (with unrelated parts deleted): > wlans_iwi0="wlan0" > defaultroute=192.168.1.1 > ifconfig_wlan0="up" > ifconfig_wlan0="DHCP" > > my /etc/start_if.wlan0 file: > ifconfig wlan0 ssid BrinNet channel 1 authmode shared wepmode on wepkey PASS > weptxkey 1 > > with the license agreed to, as stated in the iwi(4) man page. > > dhclient will discover my network. However, it won't get any offers from it. > DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5 > DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 > DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10 > DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 > DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15 > DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13 > No DHCPOFFERS received. > No working leases in persistent database - sleeping > > Another thing I noticed, the output of ifconfig wlan0 > wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > ether 00:0e:35:20:37:0a > inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11b > status: associated > ssid BrinNet channel 1 (2412 Mhz 11b) bssid 00:60:1d:f1:51:1b > country US authmode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey 1 wepkey 1:40-bit > txpower 0 bmiss 24 scanvalid 60 wme > > most importantly, the txpower being set to 0, because I cannot change it at > all, or even reconfirm that it's at 0: > younata# ifconfig wlan0 txpower 1 > ifconfig: SIOCS80211: Operation not supported > younata# ifconfig wlan0 txpower 0 > ifconfig: SIOCS80211: Operation not supported > > So, my questions are: > Why is txpower set to 0, what does that mean? That it can't transmit at all? No, it could just be that the driver is providing wrong tx power information. > Why can I not manually change it? > Which leads to the ultimate question of: > How do I get it to connect? Try without WEP and see if the problem still persists. You could also try WPA. -- Rui Paulo
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