Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 01:21:30 +0200 From: "Christopher J. Ruwe" <cjr@cruwe.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dlink dwl-122g e1 on 9-stable, working only partially? (or not at all?) Message-ID: <20120513012130.64d78c1f@dijkstra.cruwe.de> In-Reply-To: <20120512144918.715616f0@dijkstra.cruwe.de> References: <20120512144918.715616f0@dijkstra.cruwe.de>
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On Sat, 12 May 2012 14:49:18 +0200 "Christopher J. Ruwe" <cjr@cruwe.de> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" OK, update on the situation: I can get wlan to work in AP-mode, I must not enable WPA, though. Having enabled hostapd for one time kills my wlan and requires a complete reboot. This situation is somewhat better than what I thought before, i.e., if_run supports dlink dwl-122 e1. However, I really need to secure my wireless network. Can anybody point me in a direction where to look for that hostapd issue? Thanks, cheers, Christopher
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