From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 27 17:33:20 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA405106566B for ; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:33:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mad@madpilot.net) Received: from megatron.madpilot.net (megatron.madpilot.net [88.149.173.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 427D18FC0C for ; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:33:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by megatron.madpilot.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E9A816C5; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:33:19 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=madpilot.net; h= user-agent:in-reply-to:content-disposition:content-type :content-type:mime-version:references:message-id:subject:subject :from:from:date:date:received:received; s=mail; t=1259343193; x= 1261157593; bh=8OZXox9WS8WOdkfiWrCzC9MeV6bDTCf9j8V4LqaZ71U=; b=i dZVo119s9ZnbzkYF0me87tVg5zPMZxJdieDBL4BozpyV/eWz+HjpvKgkgsyt9ZU9 7g4do7rzDDas/OCut2bUvmsFkuPmC3XBdZgH5o5Qb54ZB1yM45VN6twpZAzttcsR jTZkz4TluG3jA7vlMynJ4K+DE5MiCheIynV0jUZ200= X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at madpilot.net Received: from megatron.madpilot.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (megatron.madpilot.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id aE8mEuKtqvfh; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:33:13 +0100 (CET) Received: by megatron.madpilot.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6BAA116BD; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:33:13 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:33:13 +0100 From: Guido Falsi To: Chris Message-ID: <20091127173313.GC13193@megatron.madpilot.net> References: <64aa03030911261831i1994a3dcpca545ab7ffd78dfe@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <64aa03030911261831i1994a3dcpca545ab7ffd78dfe@mail.gmail.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-RC2 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ipw driver on FreeBSD 8.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:33:20 -0000 On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 09:31:58PM -0500, Chris wrote: > Hello, > > Months ago there was some chatter about the ipw driver (For Centrino Intel > 2100 wireless) being broken in 8.0 but that was when 8.0 was still under the > CURRENT branch. Can anyone tell me if it has been fixed? I'm having a heck > of a time trying to get it to work with the new VAP stuff. Here's the thread > I'm referring to: > > http://old.nabble.com/wpa_supplicant-can%27t-associate-with-WPA2-AP-td22687633.html > > I'm seeing exactly the same problem shown in the thread when trying to > associate with a regular WPA access point. > > Any info would be appreciated! That was me having thet problem on my old laptop. Still using that same laptop(I'd like to buy the latest hardware for my home setup, but at this time of the year I like spending my money to go to sky!). I have not tried ipw driver anymore, I have "fixed" the problem by using ndis. Works like a charm, so if you have this problem I suggest you do the same. I have not seen any major commit to the ipw driver, so my take is it is as it was then. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Some time ago I also had a look at the driver source, but it really requires some major knowledge of wlan protocols and device interface, and I lack both. BTW, at present my biggest problem with WiFi is the one described in PR kern/139117: [lagg] + wlan boot timing (EBUSY). I encountered it while trying to configure a wlan(with WPA2) failsafe lagg with the cabled ethernet. Any news on that front? Sorry if I could not be of any more help and thanks for any answers to my query. P.S. I'm also CCing freebsd-net@, since the problems seems to be appropriate there. -- Guido Falsi