From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 23 00:03:56 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70584106567E for ; Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:03:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com (yx-out-2324.google.com [74.125.44.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26D908FC1B for ; Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:03:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so361374yxb.13 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:03:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=Zm630ovC4587LSbk0pE32mJ8KMJGQWHtYhzJVksu8Tk=; b=SKCYJeFvpN7nYUisg1dTWpTI+Lyk2zAEcOCrM3D48mXN+VIo6TNpzU2GFyhXsKCEfa 5dU+IM+6bNQ6aBbOse4VcUZz+vnJUuipyHtphUen+QMATiU+EFiZnCbFvq+HMnS6h9VJ i2y17bjL9RyXZpPl38J8y54GrJLtMwd776wK0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=BLI/6h1aBlhfDHMtPrsrgpXEb85FqX928KCB/ZSU6qjcKa/Fyqd5EPDq4xCQ5NaiW2 tIShURwMxvQaeVFqKaiqTLFhhS4mJVJVJglyTrJ7tI2vH+o83DxREGAMpND/DQSPpgep tgKnRVJwvPzxvoAH1Ha/q3zRTl8Q/uUwTFU3E= Received: by 10.151.156.19 with SMTP id i19mr2720622ybo.176.1219448454512; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:40:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.151.8.7 with HTTP; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:40:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4ad871310808221640r4bb078sb2e303f49863350d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:40:54 -0400 From: "Glen Barber" To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20080316164226.GA658@orion.hexidigital.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200803132256.01197.glen.j.barber@gmail.com> <20080316164226.GA658@orion.hexidigital.org> Cc: Subject: Re: ndis0 no link on 6.3-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:03:56 -0000 Hi everyone. Sorry to bump such an old post, but I have figured out a 'hack' to get this driver to work, and figured I'd post here, in case it may help someone else. Previously, I said the following, about a Broadcom 4318 chipset on a Dell Inspiron b120: "Upon 'kldunload bcmwl5.ko; kldload bcmwl5.ko', my ndis0 card looses all WPA capabilities." The fix is as follows, as I have been unable to find anything relevant regarding netif, dhclient, wpa_supplicant or ndis: Step 1: Create /etc/rc.local, with '/sbin/kldload /boot/modules/bcmwl5_sys.ko' Step 2: Edit /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf as needed Step 3: Echo 'ifconfig_ndis0="WPA DHCP"' to /etc/rc.conf Outcome: System boots, loading netif, dhclient, and wpa_supplicant. Next, after the other three are running, the rc.local script loads the ndis0 driver. On my system (and surrounding networks) my system tries to authenticate against any available network, but then finally reads wpa_supplicant.conf, and uses my network. As I said, sorry to bump an old thread, but hopefully this will help someone else, regardless of how crude of a hack it is. Regards, -- Glen Barber