Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 19:02:28 +0100 From: Joshua =?UTF-8?B?S3LDpG1lcg==?= <joshua.kraemer@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Clamshell iBook Airport and if_wi.ko Message-ID: <20140205190228.4c141006@Klapprechner1.site>
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Dear list,
I'm trying to connect my Clamshell iBook, on which I have freshly
installed FreeBSD 10.0-Release, with my wireless network at home. For
testing purposes, I have disabled encryption (WPA). The wifi card is
the original Apple Airport (not the Extreme edition).
In /boot/loader.conf, I have added:
if_wi_load="YES"
And this is my /etc/rc.conf:
hostname="Klapprechner2"
keymap="german.ibook.kbd"
dumpdev="NO"
Now this is what I have tried:
# ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev wi0 up
wlan0: Ethernet address: 00:10:...
# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu
1500
ether 00:10:...
inet6 fe80::210:c6ff:fe6a:78ff%wlan0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet DS/11Mbps mode 11b
status: associated
ssid "" channel 0 (0 MHz) bssid 00:10:...
country US authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 0 bmiss 7 ucastrate 0
mcastrate 0 mgmtrate 0 maxretry 0 scanvalid 60 bintval 0
# ifconfig wlan0 scan
#
So, scan doesn't seem to work (there are several networks in reach).
In the router's web interface, at this point the iBook is detected and
listed as follows (no IP address):
signal strength = 100%
device = PC-00-10-...
IP address = -
MAC address = 00:10:...
transfer rate = 0 Mbit/s
properties = unencrypted
Then, I have issued:
# ifconfig wlan0 ssid MYSSID
wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu
1500
ether 00:10:...
inet6 fe80::210:c6ff:fe6a:78ff%wlan0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
status: no carrier
ssid MYSSID channel 3 (2422 MHz 11b)
country US authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 0 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60
bintval 0
The listing of my computer in the router's interface is still the same.
# dhclient wlan0
wlan0: no link ............... giving up
I have transfered everything by hand, so I can't rule out typos, and I
have shortened the MAC address (00:10:...)
My impression is that the if_wi module doesn't work. I wonder if it is
possible to use the Airport on FreeBSD 10 (it works in MacOS 9).
I have downloaded the 10.0-stable src.txz and rebuilt the if_wi module,
but I can't load it, it complains about kernel version mismatch. Is
there a way to update FreeBSD 10 on ppc with binaries? I couldn't find
any FreeBSD 10 ppc packages on the FTP server. It would need a very
long time to build everything on this machine from the sources (it runs
at 300 MHz).
Thanks in advance for hints or suggestions.
Kind regards,
Joshua Krämer
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