From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 24 16:14:11 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3928558F for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:14:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-x22b.google.com (mail-wg0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c00::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 C00309F8 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:14:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f43.google.com with SMTP id n12so1428602wgh.2 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:14:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0VmIeFpSmd8scTbotjzqzuxAiV6vST5JTgL3gSJALgI=; b=tzg2Avk9ysZLVmXae7s0f2JAaJ5zU5yS9wsTflZ4nbrlMtZ9XyQ8yfC+TWijVaoxjn txm8FLxonaug3/wNlfJOglUYrSAlb2258Bq7cobmcBN/Dqgad2C9/bgROAJXaQ2oepMN whpalF3LYogahJnJ+1+pPotQvvB9YP7Gov7W1w23oc2RkRWiOrNkd9sSMC8lD6Kuwq9v DVDLtkLXTYEiyEyUIJynpUEOAOUqsThYjaB5utBopB9mHzWgTQRggipaenaUCTHpvQXL DvDSY1sXgRfpnzxdgmpHk/8bADJaCj5PFWzoIjB9b17cFgWnwUmReq7YMD6qjzsEWn7L JkAQ== X-Received: by 10.194.61.208 with SMTP id s16mr4216954wjr.104.1414167248925; Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:14:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([41.138.87.43]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id hz8sm6122797wjb.13.2014.10.24.09.14.06 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:14:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Anthony Simm X-Google-Original-From: Anthony Simm Message-ID: <544A7A19.4080405@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 18:11:05 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Antonio Olivares Subject: Re: wireless networking References: <544A13D7.7000202@gmail.com> <544A539F.8080103@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 16:14:11 -0000 > Anthony, > > Have you tried Warren's suggestion? > >> 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? Hello Antonio, Yes, I just tried Warren's suggestions. I overlooked the kldstat suggestion in the first place. Here is what kldstat gives Id Refs Address Size Name 1 7 0xc0400000 1289f7c kernel 3 1 0xc1697000 b9a0 if_wi.ko It seems to me that if_wi.ko should be a wireless driver. Warren's question as to why it is not associated really leaves me blank-faced. I have no idea. I have never studied IT in any formal school and am closer to 60 than to 50 years old... have been using Linux for about 5 years, and FreeBSD since a day. Never used a forum other than just looking for answers. And honestly, the suggestion in the FreeBSD Handbook to write to someone personally (you) was a gamechanger for me. I like Linux, but I had no one to kickstart me (I live in Central Africa) and it took quite some time to grasp much of it and enjoy it fully. Hey I had internet speeds of 5kb/s for years until recently. This personal intervention of yours is a different thing. Makes me feel much more welcome. However, very grateful for your help, time, patience, ... So, why is that driver not associated and what can be done about it?! Best regards, Anthony On 10/24/2014 05:35 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote: > 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 > -- mobile +250 78 8778 161 B.P.155 Gisenyi Rwanda "Artificial intelligence will never match natural stupidity"