From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 23 04:30:35 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D02616A4CF for ; Sun, 23 May 2004 04:30:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (pop.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 053BF43D46 for ; Sun, 23 May 2004 04:30:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ph.schulz@gmx.de) Received: (qmail 18979 invoked by uid 65534); 23 May 2004 11:30:22 -0000 Received: from p5090C046.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO gmx.de) (80.144.192.70) by mail.gmx.net (mp021) with SMTP; 23 May 2004 13:30:22 +0200 X-Authenticated: #1954550 Message-ID: <40B08B32.9020401@gmx.de> Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 13:29:54 +0200 From: Phil Schulz User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040520 X-Accept-Language: de, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <40AF6F25.9000502@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <40AF6F25.9000502@gmx.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: link up/link down on ndis0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 11:30:35 -0000 > 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.