Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 00:17:41 +0300 From: Anton Alin-Adrian <aanton@reversedhell.net> To: Craig Booth <craigbooth@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless Card Issue AFTER Install Message-ID: <406F29F5.9000306@reversedhell.net> In-Reply-To: <20040403015253.TFCW24733.mta11.adelphia.net@BoothLaptop> References: <20040403015253.TFCW24733.mta11.adelphia.net@BoothLaptop>
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Craig Booth wrote: > Any guru out there that has the knowledge to provide some advice to persist > the use of the Linksys card beyond the first install? I tried this question > on > the Questions mailing list, but no one could tackle it, unfortunately. > > Situation: > > I have set up my Sony VAIO PCG-FRV27 laptop as a dual boot machine between > Win XP Pro and FreeBSD. > > I am using a Linksys Wireless card connecting through a Linksys router. > > My install successfully enabled and used the wireless card and router to > install directly from the FreeBSD ftp site (after CD boot) and completed > with no errors. > > Even though my rc.conf file is verified as setup with "DHCP" and the pccard > enabled, and even though the startup processes appear to find and enable the > card ok, I can't connect back to the ftp site to download more stuff unless > I use the CD to restart the install over the ftp site again. It either > can't resolve the ftp site, or hangs during the attempt. > > I have read where this can sometimes happen with dual boot machines when the > other OS doesn't properly release the card, but I have tried unplugging the > machine, removing and putting back both the card and the laptop battery > before rebooting, and it still doesn't work. I am getting the [Null] [Null] > message after the Linksys Card Found message during startup, as my earlier > reading about the problem discussed, but nothing seems to change that, > unless I reinstall FreeBSD from the CD (which I'm obviously not going to do > everytime I want to use FreeBSD!) > > Two things I notice when I go to set up the media in SYSINSTALL. The > gateway address (192.168.2.1) and the DHCP assigned address (range starting > with 192.168.2.2), both present on this same screen when booting from the > CD, are missing from the DHCP config screen that comes up just before > SYSINSTALL attempts to connect to the ftp site, though the connection > attempt still fails if I enter the info back in manually before trying to > connect. Also, a message comes up before that which says something about > being in multiuser mode, and ask if I want to assume network settings are > already correct. (or something like that) This multiuser message is not > present when booting from the CD. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Hi, could you please provide a bit more info? What is the model of your Linksys card, and what driver are you using for it. Is it supported on the FreeBSD hardware list? If not, are you using a third-party driver? How do you configure your wireless driver? Using what software/scripts? Don't skip details please. Trying a non-DHCP config for testing might help. See if you can ping. Can you ping your own IP of the wireless card, locally? Can you ping the broadcast IP for it? Is there any firewalling capability in your kernel/loaded modules? I assume the card is working neat on XP. Have you tried it after rebooting freebsd without actually going into XP? XP may set up some BIOS parameters which FreeBSD doesn't like? Regards, -- Alin-Adrian Anton Reversed Hell Networks GPG keyID 0x1E2FFF2E (2963 0C11 1AF1 96F6 0030 6EE9 D323 639D 1E2F FF2E) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 1E2FFF2E
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