From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 24 15:35:59 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9C7F66DE for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2014 15:35:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oi0-x22b.google.com (mail-oi0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c06::22b]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 685DE364 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2014 15:35:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oi0-f43.google.com with SMTP id u20so510008oif.16 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:35:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=jsxA8mX9wz+ACyEPnoD7AABz9sJSWS0oUtJ6w3n+SrU=; b=t+BeoJ0b3RB2aT+0Q+AQOkQJYs0Bbycjj0a3j1IZw05jcdaJ9uxqJHSxTPLW4x9Z1i TQTVfZKLzgW8Q+QoZaM2pmvBuwe15jVVXU1LZXZWAFZ5EoSJkJgiI0zf/SR1mkaEXtG8 pFeeOjWOnS6IwSPC3KTmfGXtcXbat4AFLFHrpSmPVMbqw1kYsfPU1+7suVpP6EpMecWb YbVRkBuQnLbnvgex5fmD/XB0l/0ArJug+2eewisdCcqwJtUu2o+QHtnLeihGaRSM1ZA9 9bHDLXcmuXSvZHoxsf2MpqI8jHaWpwSRpUKCyhnlgeTET4VlagLPc+6rDsP6w41NRiR4 P52Q== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.105.163 with SMTP id gn3mr4386257obb.9.1414164958330; Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:35:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.76.5.74 with HTTP; Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:35:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <544A539F.8080103@gmail.com> References: <544A13D7.7000202@gmail.com> <544A539F.8080103@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:35:58 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: wireless networking From: Antonio Olivares To: Anthony Simm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 15:35:59 -0000 On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Anthony Simm wrote: > Dear Antonio, > wow, that was a quick reply!! > And AsciiDoc rocks, looks really good: I discovered Lyx recently myself but > this looks better! > > I have a different wireless card than the one that you mentioned, so I > googled it's driver's name and found this: > http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man4/ipw.4.html > This page was written by Damien Bergamini. > > So I replaced the relevant line with this: > > if_ipw_load="YES" > > and rebootet. > Nothing. > > ifconfig ipw0 > > gives the same as before: > > ipw0: flags=8802 metric 0 mtu 2290 > ether 00:0c:f1:5e:4c:58 > nd6 options=29 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) > status: no carrier > > But I am connected to the same router with the laptop that I use to write to > you! There is a carrier, it is just not detected. > > In the meantime I bootet the FreeBSD box with PartEdMagic; it finds the > router and connects. So the hardware is o.k. > > That Ubuntu page includes links to an IPW webpage > http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/ > but the link is dead. > I hope Damien is alive and kicking! > > This link is dead as well: > http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man8/ipwcontrol.8.html > > Very strange... > > This is a quote from that page: > >> This driver requires firmware to be loaded before it will work. You >> need >> to obtain ipwcontrol(8) from the IPW web page listed below to >> accomplish >> loading the firmware before ifconfig(8) will work. > > > > Do you have any more ideas? > > Thank you very much! > > One more question; this is the first time that I installed FreeBSD, is this > community so close that each question will be answered individually? Or > should we not carry this to a forum?! > > Reagrds, > > Anthony Anthony, Have you tried Warren's suggestion? `` >> ifconfig | grep -A4 -i wireless > > > which gives > > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) > status: no carrier > plip0: flags=8810 metric 0 mtu 1500 > nd6 options=29 > lo0: flags=8049 metric 0 mtu 16384 Hmm. That should be -B3: ifconfig | grep -B3 -i wireless ' ' I would try to check if the driver that is required for that wireless is loaded or not with # kldstat if it is, then why is it not associated? For this other question(s) `` > One more question; this is the first time that I installed FreeBSD, is this > community so close that each question will be answered individually? Or > should we not carry this to a forum?! '' Community members many times are very helpful and provide suggestions and help. Other times, the question may not be answered right away since people are busy and not have much tiime on their hands. On a forum other folks show up and may or may not be able to help. YMMV(your mileage may vary). Best Regards, Antonio