Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:23:55 -0500 From: Reid Linnemann <lreid@cs.okstate.edu> To: =?UTF-8?B?R2HDq3RhbiBQb2Rldmlqbg==?= <gpodevij@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trying to install a wireless broadcom card Message-ID: <48035AEB.4020803@cs.okstate.edu> In-Reply-To: <1208092444.9754.7.camel@herlock-desktop> References: <1208092444.9754.7.camel@herlock-desktop>
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Written by Gaëtan Podevijn on 04/13/08 08:14>>
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to configure my Acer Aspire 5024wmli wireless card (pciconf
> -lv told me device: BCM43XX Broadcom 802.11b/g) but without any success.
>
> I use ndis with windows drivers and it is correctly loaded:
>
> kldstat
>
> Id Refs Address Size Name
> 1 24 0xc0400000 906518 kernel
> 2 2 0xc0d07000 e750 if_ndis.ko
> 3 3 0xc0d16000 1aa10 ndis.ko
> 5 1 0xc0d94000 1bdc wlan_xauth.ko
> 6 1 0xc0d96000 2ec0 wlan_acl.ko
> 7 1 0xc0d99000 6a32c acpi.ko
> 8 1 0xc44f4000 22000 linux.ko
> 9 1 0xc4699000 62000 bcmwl5_sys.ko
> 10 1 0xc47c9000 21000 radeon.ko
> 11 1 0xc47ea000 f000 drm.ko
>
> and I have a ndis0 interface but when I use this command line: ifconfig
> ndis0 up scan it returns me anything!
>
> Here is my /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf:
>
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> ctrl_interface_group=wheel
>
> network={
> ssid="wireless"
> scan_ssid=1
> key_mgmt=NONE
> wep_key0=XXX
> }
>
> and my /etc/rc.conf:
> # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Sat Apr 12 18:32:05 2008
> # Created: Sat Apr 12 18:32:05 2008
> # Enable network daemons for user convenience.
> # Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
> # This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
> hostname="herlock-bsd"
> keymap="be.iso"
> linux_enable="YES"
> nfs_server_enable="YES"
> rpcbind_enable="YES"
> sshd_enable="YES"
> # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Sat Apr 12 17:07:34 2008
> #ifconfig_re0="DHCP"
> hostname="herlock-bsd"
> ifconfig_ndis0="WPA DHCP"
> gnome_enabled="YES"
>
> And it doesn't work...
>
> Can anyone tells me how is it possible to make this card works on
> freebsd ?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Gaëtan.
Make sure the radio is actually turned on for the device. I've had ndis
bite me in the ass before on laptops with Fn-key radio switches; when I
put FreeBSD on, the radio was disabled and the Fn-key apparently
required OS support to work. I beat my head against the wall trying to
get it to associate with an AP to no avail. I've never been sure if
there is a way on these systems to turn the radio on in FreeBSD, I've
always thrown Windows on a spare partition and used it to turn the radio
on. Maybe someone else can be more enlightening on this subject.
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