From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 14 13:23:59 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14E15106567C for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:23:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lreid@cs.okstate.edu) Received: from a.cs.okstate.edu (a.cs.okstate.edu [139.78.113.1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA26C8FC23 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:23:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lreid@cs.okstate.edu) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by a.cs.okstate.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE210154C8E; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:23:57 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <48035AEB.4020803@cs.okstate.edu> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:23:55 -0500 From: Reid Linnemann User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070926) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?UTF-8?B?R2HDq3RhbiBQb2Rldmlqbg==?= References: <1208092444.9754.7.camel@herlock-desktop> In-Reply-To: <1208092444.9754.7.camel@herlock-desktop> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trying to install a wireless broadcom card X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:23:59 -0000 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.