Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:59:26 +0100 From: Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> To: Alex <alex323@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NDIS problem on 8.0-RELEASE Message-ID: <3a142e750911281559r3b6353c5tf9ba7a975670402a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20091128180824.17becca8@gmail.com> References: <20091128180824.17becca8@gmail.com>
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On 11/29/09, Alex <alex323@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello. I have been using wireless drivers generated from ndisgen on 7.2 > quite successfully. I installed 8.0-RELEASE, recompiled the driver, and > sadly wireless is not functioning: > > orion# wpa_supplicant -dd -Dndis -i ndis0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf > ... > Initializing interface (2) 'ndis0' > NDIS: Packet.dll version: FreeBSD WinPcap compatibility shim v1.0 > NDIS: 1 adapter names found > NDIS: 0 - - dummy description > NDIS: Could not find interface 'ndis0' > Failed to initialize driver interface > Failed to add interface ndis0 > Cancelling scan request > Cancelling authentication timeout > orion# ifconfig ndis0 > ndis0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290 > ether 00:24:2c:e7:2d:fd > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) > status: no carrier > > Does anyone know what is wrong? I wouldn't have expected an upgrade to > break previous functionality. > with 8.0 you need to create wlanX: # ifconfig wlan create wlandev ndis0 and replace ndis0 with wlan0: # wpa_supplicant -dd -Dndis -i wlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
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