From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 6 02:17:42 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 931CF16A4CE for ; Sun, 6 Mar 2005 02:17:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [216.201.118.142]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22BBF43D2F for ; Sun, 6 Mar 2005 02:17:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.com [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EDA760E7; Sat, 5 Mar 2005 20:17:41 -0600 (CST) Received: from makeworld.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (makeworld.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 59446-06; Sat, 5 Mar 2005 20:17:37 -0600 (CST) Received: from [216.201.118.138] (racerx.makeworld.com [216.201.118.138]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E640260DB; Sat, 5 Mar 2005 20:17:35 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <422A6872.7000706@makeworld.com> Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 20:18:26 -0600 From: Chris User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050101) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gabriel References: <422a3b4c.6460c00f.48d7.412b@smtp.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV 0.75.1/amavisd-new-2.2.1 (20041222) at makeworld.com - Isn't it ironic cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: D-Link NIC. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: racerx@makeworld.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 02:17:42 -0000 gabriel wrote: > I _am_ certain that it works because I have the pc dual booting > windows and it works there. The problem is I dont know what the > default driver is I should use. > > Cheers! > > > On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 04:35:33 +0530, Subhro wrote: > >> >>Indian Institute of Information Technology >>Subhro Sankha Kar >>Block AQ-13/1, Sector V >>Salt Lake City >>PIN 700091 >>India >> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- >>>questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of gabriel >>>Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 2:57 >>>To: freebsd-questions >>>Subject: Re: D-Link NIC. >>> >>>Can anyone provide any insight? >>> >>>ndis0: flags=8802 mtu 1500 >>> ether 00:11:95:87:8b:e4 >>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect >>> status: no carrier >>> ssid "" >>> channel -1 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 >>> rtsthreshold 2312 protmode CTS >>> wepmode OFF weptxkey 1 >>>dolores# >>> >>>if I try to use dhcp the ip address will just go to zeroes. :\ >> >>Are you positive that the DHCP function of your AP works perfectly? I am >>asking thing because I have come across a couple of routers which happily >>routes packets to static IPs but messes everything up as soon as it is asked >>to handle DHCP. >> >>Also I strongly feel something fishy in the WLAN interface being detected as >>ndisX instead of wiX. The first thing I would do is use the default driver >>*even* if some documentation says that it is buggy. >> >>Regards, >>S. >> >> >> > > > Try the ath driver. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.3-RELEASE -- Best regards, Chris Teamwork is essential. It allows you to blame someone else.