Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 01:13:02 -0500 From: David J Duchscher <daved@nostrum.com> To: "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es> Cc: neal@nelson.name, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: D-Link DWL-520 Message-ID: <EE65EB0E-8E4B-11D6-ADCF-0003930B3DA4@nostrum.com> In-Reply-To: <20020702164846.GA256@v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es>
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On Tuesday, July 2, 2002, at 11:48 AM, Jose M. Alcaide wrote: > On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 10:47:31AM -0500, David J Duchscher wrote: >> On Tuesday, July 2, 2002, at 03:51 AM, Jose M. Alcaide wrote: >>> Are you using 128-bit WEP? There are problems with the Prism-2.5 based >>> DWL-650 (see PR kern/39928) and I wonder whether the DWL-520 is also >>> affected or not. >> >> It might be. I consider WEP to be pretty much worthless so I use other >> means to secure the network. I willing to test the card if there is >> interest in knowing for sure. > > Please, do it ;-) I am using IPSEC anyway, but any information that > could > help to fix wi(4) (or adding a workaround for a firmware bug) will be > useful. Don't forget to include the wi(4) initialization messages in > your > test report. My DWL-650 is identified as: > > wi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 MAC:ISL3873 > wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary 1.00.07, Station 1.03.05 > > I can trigger the problem sending a file such as /kernel via scp or ftp. > Be advised: your system may hang, and since the DWL-520 does not use a > removable pccard, you may need to reset the system. Ok, will take me a few days to test things. This card is in my Seokris 4501 which is my access point/firewall/nat box for my home network. I will need to move it over to my test box and find my old access point to test things. Its around here somewhere... :) DaveD To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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