From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 2 22:49:15 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F9B016A417 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2008 22:49:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vdemart1@tin.it) Received: from smtp5.aruba.it (smtpd3.aruba.it [62.149.128.208]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E9F0C13C447 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2008 22:49:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vdemart1@tin.it) Received: (qmail 18819 invoked by uid 89); 2 Jan 2008 22:49:10 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 18813, pid: 18817, t: 0.1011s scanners: clamav: 0.88.4/m:40/d:1722 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.155.100.51?) (vittorio@de-martino.it@82.59.145.210) by smtp5.aruba.it with SMTP; 2 Jan 2008 22:49:10 -0000 From: vittorio To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 22:49:08 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200801011919.46247.vdemart1@tin.it> <477B5C37.1000004@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <477B5C37.1000004@infracaninophile.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200801022249.09141.vdemart1@tin.it> X-Spam-Rating: smtp5.aruba.it 1.6.2 0/1000/N Subject: Re: Intel 3945 wpi driver doesn't seem to work ('cause of license problems???) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:49:15 -0000 What I really need is an explanation **step by step** on how to set up a wpi connection. Step by step ..... Ciao Vittorio Il Wednesday 02 January 2008 10:41:11 Matthew Seaman ha scritto: > vittorio wrote: > > legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 > > > > is in /boot/loader.conf > > > > BUT > > 1) > > it seems that sysctl is unable to find it and I have to set it via > > kenv legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 > > > > Shouldn't this variable be set by sysctl or by loader.conf? > > > > 2) > > dhclient is unable to get an IP address (trying to set wpi0 up with a > > fixed IP makes wpi0 not associated to any AP) > > Hmmm.... I have a similar setup. In my case, it's a Dell D800 using > iwi: > > % grep iwi /var/run/dmesg.boot > iwi0: mem 0xfafee000-0xfafeefff irq 9 at > device 3.0 on pci2 [...] > > and a ZyXEL 660HW router: > > Menu 24.2.1 - System Maintenance - Information > > Name: gate.infracaninophile.co.uk > Routing: IP > ZyNOS F/W Version: V3.40(ACI.7) | 10/18/2006 > ADSL Chipset Vendor: DMT FwVer: 3.4.1.0_A_TC, HwVer: > T14F7_+ Standard: Multi-Mode > > However I have no problems setting legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 > from /boot/loader.conf -- it could be something as stupid as no > newline at end of file. Try running 'od -c /boot/loader.conf' > or 'cat -e /boot/loader.conf' to verify. > > On the question of the DHCP service provided by this combination router > and wlan hardware, and indeed the whole performance at providing wireless > lan connectivity -- I'm not particularly impressed. I'd restart the laptop > and everything would be fine for a few hours, but leave it running > overnight and it would lose the lease and end up without an IPv4 address. > IPv6 addresses autoconfigured with rtadvd and rtsol seem quite a lot more > stable but I've seen every combination of being able or not to ping or > ping6 the laptop from a wired machine. > > In the end I found that setting the ZyXEL to do DHCP Relay and running > isc-dhcpd on a FBSD box with the lease times increased as so: > > default-lease-time 3600; # 1 hour > max-lease-time 86400; # 1 day > > plus moving the laptop to within about 2m of the ZyXEL seems to have > made quite an improvement. > > Cheers, > > Matthew