Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 13:29:54 +0200 From: Phil Schulz <ph.schulz@gmx.de> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: link up/link down on ndis0 Message-ID: <40B08B32.9020401@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <40AF6F25.9000502@gmx.de> References: <40AF6F25.9000502@gmx.de>
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> Hello List! > > I'm running FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p7 on a Centrino laptop and I'm > trying to get the integrated WLAN adaptor to work. I've built the > NDISulator (using the WinXP driver that came w/ the laptop) based on > information I found on the web and in the archives of this list [1], [2]. > However, I can't seem to get the ndis0 interface to work. I'm trying > to integrate my laptop into the home network. The network is a small, > wired home network with around 10 hosts and one access point which > sits right next to my laptop here on my desk. Below you can find the > steps I'm doing. I'm sort of wondering what the 'ndis0: link down' > message means which I see on the console. The access point is less > than 3ft away from the laptop so I don't think it's a signal issue. Is > my access point mis-configured or am I doing things wrong on the laptop? > I'm sorry if I could have solved this myself but this is the first > time I'm touching a WLAN. > For the sake of the archives... I also gave the ipw-driver a try and I discovered that the laptop doesn't turn on the radio transmitter by itself. Instead there is a button which, as expected, does not work under FreeBSD. I found the source code for a Linux kernel module which allows the user to control the RF module. I'll see where I can go from there... Phil.
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