From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 6 20:15:29 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 393A61065670 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2009 20:15:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter.piggybox@virgin.net) Received: from smtprelay-virgin.hostedemail.com (smtprelay-virgin0173.hostedemail.com [64.99.136.173]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E519D8FC1D for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2009 20:15:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter.piggybox@virgin.net) Received: from filter.hostedemail.com (ff-bigip1 [10.5.19.254]) by smtprelay08.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 8972A132D705; Tue, 6 Jan 2009 20:15:27 +0000 (UTC) X-SpamScore: 1 X-Spam-Summary: 2, 0, 0, 4c26122958a7c51b, bac5299263adec61, peter.piggybox@virgin.net, peo@intersonic.se:peter.piggybox@virgin.net:questions@freebsd.org, RULES_HIT:355:379:599:601:945:946:966:967:973:980:988:989:1260:1261:1277:1312:1313:1314:1345:1359:1437:1516:1518:1519:1534:1543:1593:1594:1595:1596:1605:1711:1730:1747:1766:1792:2196:2199:2393:2525:2551:2553:2559:2563:2682:2685:2857:2859:2892:2894:2895:2901:2919:2924:2925:2926:2933:2937:2939:2942:2945:2947:2951:2954:3022:3027:3622:3865:3866:3867:3868:3869:3870:3871:3872:3873:3874:3876:3877:3934:3936:3938:3941:3944:3947:3950:3953:3956:3959:4250:4385:4699:4860:5007:6114:6117:6119:6248:6261:7679:7875:7903:8501:9010:9025:9036:9388, 0, RBL:none, CacheIP:none, Bayesian:0.5, 0.5, 0.5, Netcheck:none, DomainCache:0, MSF:not bulk, SPF:, MSBL:none, DNSBL:none Received: from laptop.piggybox (client-86-26-244-86.brhm.adsl.virgin.net [86.26.244.86]) by omf11.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP; Tue, 6 Jan 2009 20:15:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from laptop.piggybox (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by laptop.piggybox (8.14.3/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n06KFToa001057; Tue, 6 Jan 2009 20:15:29 GMT (envelope-from peter@laptop.piggybox) Received: (from peter@localhost) by laptop.piggybox (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n06KFTRs001056; Tue, 6 Jan 2009 20:15:29 GMT (envelope-from peter) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 20:15:29 +0000 From: Peter Harrison To: Per olof Ljungmark Message-ID: <20090106201529.GA1004@laptop.piggybox> References: <495AA573.4020303@intersonic.se> <20081230233350.GA4401@laptop.piggybox> <495AC5AF.5060408@intersonic.se> <20090104145107.GA1005@laptop.piggybox> <4961115C.3010005@intersonic.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4961115C.3010005@intersonic.se> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Peter Harrison Subject: Re: iwi on 7-STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:15:30 -0000 Sunday, 4 January 2009 at 20:43:24 +0100, Per olof Ljungmark said: > Peter Harrison wrote: > >Wednesday, 31 December 2008 at 2:06:55 +0100, Per olof Ljungmark said: > >>Peter Harrison wrote: > >>>Tuesday, 30 December 2008 at 23:49:23 +0100, Per olof Ljungmark said: > >>> > >>>>Hi all, > >>>> > >>>>Here I am away with the family visiting friends and I REALLY need > >>>>to get the iwi if up and running. > >>>> > >>>>It's a recently updated system (7.1RC2). Read the man pages, tried > >>>>different variations on legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1, iwi_load, > >>>>firmware_load etc. in /boot/loader.conf but I cannot get a > >>>>connection to the router. > >>>> > >>>>It used to work on this box with my basic config, a Thinkpad T42, > >>>>and it still does with XP. > >>>> > >>>>The interface is associated to the access point ok. > >>>> > >>>>Anyone who can hint me on how to debug this? Would sysctl > >>>>debug.iwi.0=1 help? Of course, ANY information is of interest. Does > >>>>iwi have a problem with certain routers? > >>>> > >>>>Sorry, no config files, I'm without connectivity when booting > >>>>FreeBSD... > >>>> > >>>>Any help appriciated! > >>>I don't know whether iwi has issues with particular routers, however > >>>I do have it working on 7-STABLE i386 without difficulty. > >>> > >>>Does it help to see the relevant bits from my config? > >>> > >>>/boot/loader.conf: > >>> > >>>if_iwi_load=YES wlan_load=YES firmware_load=YES iwi_bss_load=YES > >>>iwi_ibss_load=YES iwi_monitor_load=YES legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 > >>> > >>>/etc/rc.conf: > >>> > >>>ifconfig_iwi0="inet 192.168.1.4 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid > >>>*********** bssid 00:14:bf:94:1e:75 channel 11 wepmode on wepkey > >>>**************************** deftxkey 1" > >>> > >>>(yes, I know I shouldn't still be using WEP). > >>> > >>>Works without difficult connecting to a Linksys router. > >>> > >>>I did have some difficulty I seem to recall when I turned off SSID > >>>broadcast on the router. I'd suggest trying with all the security > >>>turned off if you haven't already to see if you can connect at all, > >>>and then reintroduce the security measures later. > >>Thanks for your reply. > >> > >>Your config is identical to mine. I think something fishy is going on > >>here but don't know what it is - yet.. > >> > >>The router is a Netgear WNR854T. > > > >Have you tried running without WEP or WPA and with the router broadcasting > >the SSID, to test whether that's the issue? > > > > Yes, did that. In all the cases I've tested iwi is associated but no IP. > Several XP boxes works fine with same router and settings. A guess then > would be that the problem lies with the routers DHCP server rather than > the wireless. > > Now back home, I tried same config with our Linksys router and no problem. > > I could not find anything odd or unusual in the setup for the Netgear so > why this happened is still obscure to me. > Well that leaves me a bit stumped too I'm afraid. It could just be a compatibility issue with the router - possibly worth noting that I'm also successfully using a Linksys here. Have you tried assigning a static IP address? Peter Harrison. > -- > per > _______________________________________________ > 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"