From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 24 18:01:57 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 6B8171B0 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2014 18:01:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-x22f.google.com (mail-wi0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::22f]) (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 F1360847 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2014 18:01:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f175.google.com with SMTP id d1so1858016wiv.14 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:01:55 -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=FraxRVR3tPMJEdIFvzRFMTmWKvgUriEgkA0tcaRednQ=; b=RCw8I+LHmmCfqv4R4Xbg2QoSc3DMe5GwQvUvxrQ+AmIZ2oXZotQ+v5MsKnr+JYWj1p pTom1Cue+NIiFdedeabsq5U+v1fxPe6cI4ZU+PPzN/5S3XrXZJ5DqT7NVDf9n61Pubob HDNalLL1Pa+ix3UNfJdqDtyhou5gv+QXrD9bQ9JIuB2FDSuRqaxRAIy9Nn6NhIZoMJdx T7q0QJlyecU8twL+0zSVbi2NM9XkMySZj07F//v5n4Q0Y9ebPK8T1zJicoxNroEwy/GC QV8VCXojpdIo36nQeL+sVOV9RHE/tO21xjU8hH5tgKxtb0Bbek1DWU+qB4+rLNxHSykq WCEg== X-Received: by 10.194.172.234 with SMTP id bf10mr6388626wjc.81.1414173715264; Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:01:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([41.138.87.43]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id kw2sm6389411wjb.34.2014.10.24.11.01.52 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:01:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Anthony Simm X-Google-Original-From: Anthony Simm Message-ID: <544A9365.4060508@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:59:01 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Warren Block Subject: Re: wireless networking - halfway solved References: <544A13D7.7000202@gmail.com> <544A539F.8080103@gmail.com> <544A7A19.4080405@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions , Antonio Olivares 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 18:01:57 -0000 Hello all, based on a suggestion from Warren, I added legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 to /boot/loader.conf and changed the entries in /etc/rc.conf to: wlans_ipw0="wlan0" ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP" then I rebooted and sure enough, the wireless light is on! Yeeeeeahhh! But $ ping mail.google.com times out, and gives $ ping: cannot resolve mail.google.com: Host name lookup failure (I tried ping mail.ru as well, same result) So, there is another issue; probably has to do with the likely fact that the firmware is outdated and the card does not support WPA while my brand new wireless router is using that protocol. There is a way to silently update the firmware of the wireless card under Windows according to Warren and I will try to do that, and report back afterwards. As for now, at least the initial issue seems to be SOLVED!! Thank you all for your efforts, and I hope you will have a good weekend! Best regards, Anthony On 10/24/2014 07:07 PM, Warren Block wrote: > On Fri, 24 Oct 2014, Anthony Simm wrote: > >>> 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. > > Not my question. Your private mail identified it as ipw, an Intel 2100 > card. > > That is more like what I'd expect, an Intel wireless card, in fact, an > Intel 2100, which is the same thing my T42 has. The license has to be > acknowledged for that to work. Add this to /boot/loader.conf: > > legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 > > Then the entries in /etc/rc.conf are: > > wlans_ipw0="wlan0" > ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP" > > Some good news and bad news about that card: > > Bad news: it is 802.11b only. > Good news: that's usually good enough. > > Bad news: it does not support WPA. > Good news: with a firmware update, it can support WPA. > > Bad news: there are no firmware updates. > Good news: updating the Windows XP driver to the last version available > silently updates the firmware on the card. > > Bad news: that driver has to be updated on Windows. > Good news: Windows XP probably came with the system. > -- mobile +250 78 8778 161 B.P.155 Gisenyi Rwanda "Artificial intelligence will never match natural stupidity"