Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 14:49:18 +0200 From: "Christopher J. Ruwe" <cjr@cruwe.de> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: dlink dwl-122g e1 on 9-stable, working only partially? (or not at all?) Message-ID: <20120512144918.715616f0@dijkstra.cruwe.de>
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Currently I am fighting with (against?) a dlink dwl-g122 usb wlan dongle. The casing is claiming the thing to be of H/W-version E1, F/W-version 5.00, which I interpret as hardware and firmware. I am running 9-stable (FreeBSD ritchie.cruwe.de 9.0-STABLE FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE #8 r235064: Fri May 11 21:32:52 CEST 2012 cjr@ritchie.cruwe.de:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/RITCHIE amd64) and admittedly, dwl-g122 is not included in the hw-compatibility list for 9.0. I am also aware that others have been unsuccessful, though some time back, to get dlw-g122 e running (http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=27123). However, I am somewhat successful in getting the dongle recognized by if_run.ko, though not to work as I would like to: dmesg gives then [...] ugen0.3: <Ralink> at usbus0 run0: <Ralink 11g Adapter, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.01, addr 3> on usbus0 run0: MAC/BBP RT3070 (rev 0x0201), RF RT2020 (MIMO 1T1R), address b8:a3:86:97:c1:ec ieee80211_load_module: load the wlan_amrr module by hand for now. wlan0: Ethernet address: b8:a3:86:97:c1:ec run0: firmware RT2870 ver. 0.236 loaded ieee80211_load_module: load the wlan_amrr module by hand for now. wlan0: Ethernet address: b8:a3:86:97:c1:ec run0: firmware RT2870 ver. 0.236 loaded run0: firmware RT2870 ver. 0.236 loaded ieee80211_load_module: load the wlan_amrr module by hand for now. wlan0: Ethernet address: b8:a3:86:97:c1:ec run0: firmware RT2870 ver. 0.236 loaded ieee80211_load_module: load the wlan_amrr module by hand for now. wlan0: Ethernet address: b8:a3:86:97:c1:ec run0: firmware RT2870 ver. 0.236 loaded run0: firmware RT2870 ver. 0.236 loaded ieee80211_load_module: load the wlan_amrr module by hand for now. wlan0: Ethernet address: b8:a3:86:97:c1:ec ieee80211_load_module: load the wlan_amrr module by hand for now. wlan0: Ethernet address: b8:a3:86:97:c1:ec run0: firmware RT2870 ver. 0.236 loaded ieee80211_load_module: load the wlan_amrr module by hand for now. wlan0: Ethernet address: b8:a3:86:97:c1:ec run0: firmware RT2870 ver. 0.236 loaded wlan0: ieee80211_new_state_locked: pending RUN -> SCAN transition lost wlan: mac acl policy registered I have no explanation for the multiple occurrences, I have been trying for some time now, though. After sudo ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev run0 wlanmode hostap sudo ifconfig wlan0 inet 192.168.3.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid bsdap channel - I get run0: flags=8a43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,ALLMULTI,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290 ether b8:a3:86:97:c1:ec nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap> status: running wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 ether b8:a3:86:97:c1:ec inet6 fe80::baa3:86ff:fe97:c1ec%wlan0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xb inet 192.168.3.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.3.255 nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap> status: running ssid bsdap channel 1 (2412 MHz 11g) bssid b8:a3:86:97:c1:ec regdomain ETSI country DE authmode OPEN privacy OFF deftxkey 2 TKIP 2:128-bit TKIP 3:128-bit txpower 30 scanvalid 60 protmode CTS wme dtimperiod 1 -dfs This looks quite reasonable to me, however, I have been unsuccessful so far to get the ssid bsdap to appear on any scan done from the prospective clients (one 9-stable notebook, two Linux notebooks and one Nexus S android). Does anyone have an idea what is left to try or should I give up and look for another solution to build a wireless-capable router? Thanks in advance, cheers and have a nice weekend, -- Christopher TZ GMT + 2h
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