From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 5 21:27:01 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46B7916A4CE for ; Sat, 5 Mar 2005 21:27:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.193]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBDC343D41 for ; Sat, 5 Mar 2005 21:27:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from normal1.lists@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 69so942084wri for ; Sat, 05 Mar 2005 13:27:00 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=auD7sZshFrJLq86XHvZm/E0OsqdyDcc9QXAXkHf0jGwBJTZQFcf+8Y1kVSQeDoapNDXYRdd35/3GM1GkGeokmz0gf00bO58A75Z0VL1yg2A7HJWZIDBVgdZGFo3ggS36m/vQJlN0dTHpEAGpbVHUQLaw0VRpOSpKX0rV7uXYBhk= Received: by 10.54.34.27 with SMTP id h27mr4928wrh; Sat, 05 Mar 2005 13:27:00 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.2.45 with HTTP; Sat, 5 Mar 2005 13:27:00 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 13:27:00 -0800 From: gabriel To: freebsd-questions In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <4229E031.4070505@makeworld.com> <4229E7CC.7000006@makeworld.com> <4229EDAD.5030605@makeworld.com> Subject: Re: D-Link NIC. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: gabriel List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 21:27:01 -0000 Can anyone provide any insight? ndis0: flags=8802 mtu 1500 ether 00:11:95:87:8b:e4 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect status: no carrier ssid "" channel -1 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 rtsthreshold 2312 protmode CTS wepmode OFF weptxkey 1 dolores# if I try to use dhcp the ip address will just go to zeroes. :\ On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 09:55:53 -0800, gabriel wrote: > Yeah, I'm using it because it appears that support for this particular > card (D-Link DWL-520) isnt the greatest on freebsd. Per "dmesg" its > Rev. D, I dont know if you think I should try another driver? - I > could. > > I do lock down the AP by mac and I _have_ added the mac to the AP. > What do you think about disabling wep encryption and using just > per-mac access temporarily? What would the ifconfig command to try it > that way be? Just to see if it is in fact the wep key. > > Cheers! > > > On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 11:34:37 -0600, Chris wrote: > > gabriel wrote: > > > Its ndis0 because I followed the "Project Evil" instructions (I > > > think). I _have_ tried that exact command line and its a no go, I get > > > this: ndis0: set wepkey failed: 19 > > > > > > I'm at a loss. :/ > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 11:09:32 -0600, Chris wrote: > > > > > >>gabriel wrote: > > >> > > >>>Here ya go: > > >>> > > >>># -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Wed Mar 2 22:26:30 2005 > > >>># Created: Wed Mar 2 22:26:30 2005 > > >>># Enable network daemons for user convenience. > > >>># Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf. > > >>># This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf. > > >>>hostname="dolores.normal1.net" > > >>>#ifconfig_xl0="DHCP" > > >>>ifconfig_ndis0="DHCP" > > >>>#defaultrouter="10.0.0.1" > > >>>#ifconfig_ndis0="inet 10.0.0.25 netmask 255.0.0.0" > > >>>linux_enable="YES" > > >>>sshd_enable="YES" > > >>> > > >>># This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf. > > >>># Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf. > > >>> > > >>># Enable network daemons for user convenience. > > >>># Created: Wed Mar 2 22:57:36 2005 > > >>> > > >>>As you can see, I tempted to set it up manually to no avail. > > >>> > > >>>Cheers! > > >>> > > >>>On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 10:37:05 -0600, Chris wrote: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>>gabriel wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>>>Hello, > > >>>>> > > >>>>> So I updated everything to the latest 5.x source and installed just > > >>>>>fine. I've installed and loaded the ndis driver for my D-Link DWL-520 > > >>>>>and it is recognized by the system, however, I'm having a hell of a > > >>>>>hard time trying to get it to pull an ip address from my DHCP server. > > >>>>> > > >>>>>My AP is a linksys WAP11 v2 and its configured using the 68bit HEX > > >>>>>encryption because on 128 ifconfig complains that the string is too > > >>>>>long. Has anyone got any pointers? ideas? > > >>>>> > > >>>>>Cheers! > > >>>>> > > >>>> > > >>>>Let's have a look at your /etc/rc.conf file. > > >>>> > > >>>>-- > > >>>>Best regards, > > >>>>Chris > > >>>> > > >>>>Almost anything is easier to get into than out of. > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>Here's mine, albeit it's static, you should be able to pick it apart. > > >>I'm curious tho - It's not wi0? > > >> > > >>ifconfig_wi0="inet x.x.x.x netmask x.x.x.x ssid someapname wepmode on wepkey 0x11111111111111111111111111" > > >> > > >>Of course mine uses wi0 and my key is 128 bit. > > >> > > >>-- > > >>Best regards, > > >>Chris > > >> > > >>When the product is destined to fail, the delivery system > > >>will perform perfectly. > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm curious - 2 things, Project Evil, using it out of necessity? next, > > did you by chance lock-down your AP to MAC addresses? If so, check that > > you have THAT MAC in the AP. > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Chris > > > > The total behavior of large systems cannot be predicted. > > > > -- > gabriel, > > Member of: > FreeBSD-Announce > FreeBSD-Hardware > FreeBSD-Multimedia > FreeBSD-questions > -- gabriel, Member of: FreeBSD-Announce FreeBSD-Hardware FreeBSD-Multimedia FreeBSD-questions