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Date:      Mon, 24 Sep 2001 14:45:27 +0200
From:      Florian Bofinger <bofax@camelot.de>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Wavelan: Siemens I-Gate MobilePort PCMCIA
Message-ID:  <20010924144527.A34381@camelot.de>
In-Reply-To: <20010923105542.D5590@wantadilla.lemis.com>; from grog@FreeBSD.org on Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 10:55:42AM %2B0930
References:  <20010923014322.A37063@camelot.de> <20010923105542.D5590@wantadilla.lemis.com>

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Hi,

On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 10:55:42AM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:
> > How can I set the TX-Rate to 11 MBit/s? man wicontrol only shows
> > a maximum TX-Rate of 6 Mbit/s.
> 
> You shouldn't normally set the Tx rate.  That is part of the
> negotiation, and it normally gets set correctly.  The fact that you're
> running at 2 Mb/s is not the problem.
> 
> > Why is the card not associating? What am I missing?
> 
> Encryption?  Have you checked that the SSID and operational mode are
> being set correctly?
> 
> What does wicontrol show?

After
wicontrol -p1
wicontrol -nPasing
wicontrol -e1
wicontrol -k0x2020202020 (changed ;) )
it shows:

NIC serial number:			[ 99SA01000000 ]
Station name:				[ FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node ]
SSID for IBSS creation:			[ FreeBSD IBSS ]
Current netname (SSID):			[ FreeBSD IBSS ]
Desired netname (SSID):			[ Pasing ]
Current BSSID:				[ 44:44:44:44:44:44 ]
Channel list:				[ 8191 ]
IBSS channel:				[ 3 ]
Current channel:			[ 3 ]
Comms quality/signal/noise:		[ 0 27 27 ]
Promiscuous mode:			[ Off ]
Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc):		[ 1 ]
MAC address:				[ 00:90:d1:00:b2:d8 ]
TX rate (selection):			[ 3 ]
TX rate (actual speed):			[ 2 ]
RTS/CTS handshake threshold:		[ 2347 ]
Create IBSS:				[ Off ]
Access point density:			[ 1 ]
Power Mgmt (1=on, 0=off):		[ 0 ]
Max sleep time:				[ 100 ]
WEP encryption:				[ On ]
TX encryption key:			[ 1 ]
Encryption keys:			[ 0x2020202020 ][  ][  ][  ]

Ifconfig shows:

wi0: flags=8842<BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
	ether 00:90:d1:00:b2:d8 
	media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/2Mbps)
	status: no carrier
	ssid Pasing
	stationname "FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node"
	channel 3 authmode NONE powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
	wepmode MIXED weptxkey 1
	wepkey 1:64-bit

Dumpcis shows:

Configuration data for card in slot 1
Tuple #1, code = 0x1 (Common memory descriptor), length = 3
    000:  00 00 ff
	Common memory device information:
		Device number 1, type No device, WPS = OFF
		Speed = No speed, Memory block size = 512b, 1 units
Tuple #2, code = 0x17 (Attribute memory descriptor), length = 4
    000:  67 5a 08 ff
	Attribute memory device information:
		Device number 1, type SRAM, WPS = OFF
		Speed = 5.0 x 100 ns, Memory block size = 512b, 2 units
Tuple #3, code = 0x1d (Other conditions for attribute memory), length = 5
    000:  03 67 5a 08 ff
	(MWAIT) (3V card)
Tuple #4, code = 0x15 (Version 1 info), length = 80
    000:  05 00 49 4e 54 45 52 53 49 4c 00 49 2d 47 41 54
    010:  45 20 31 31 4d 20 50 43 20 43 61 72 64 20 2f 20
    020:  50 43 20 43 61 72 64 20 70 6c 75 73 00 56 65 72
    030:  73 69 6f 6e 20 30 31 2e 30 32 00 00 00 00 00 00
    040:  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff
	Version = 5.0, Manuf = [INTERSIL], card vers = [I-GATE 11M PC Card / PC Card plus]
	Addit. info = [Version 01.02],[]
Tuple #5, code = 0x20 (Manufacturer ID), length = 4
    000:  56 01 02 00
	PCMCIA ID = 0x156, OEM ID = 0x2
Tuple #6, code = 0x21 (Functional ID), length = 2
    000:  06 00
	Network/LAN adapter
Tuple #7, code = 0x22 (Functional EXT), length = 2
    000:  01 07
	Network technology: Wireless
Tuple #8, code = 0x22 (Functional EXT), length = 5
    000:  02 40 42 0f 00
	Network speed: 1 Mb/sec
Tuple #9, code = 0x22 (Functional EXT), length = 5
    000:  02 80 84 1e 00
	Network speed: 2 Mb/sec
Tuple #10, code = 0x22 (Functional EXT), length = 5
    000:  02 60 ec 53 00
	Network speed: 5 Mb/sec
Tuple #11, code = 0x22 (Functional EXT), length = 5
    000:  02 c0 d8 a7 00
	Network speed: 11 Mb/sec
Tuple #12, code = 0x22 (Functional EXT), length = 2
    000:  03 07
	Network media: 2.4 GHz
Tuple #13, code = 0x22 (Functional EXT), length = 8
    000:  04 06 00 90 d1 00 b2 d8
	Network node ID: 00 90 d1 00 b2 d8
Tuple #14, code = 0x22 (Functional EXT), length = 2
    000:  05 01
	Network connector: closed connector standard
Tuple #15, code = 0x1a (Configuration map), length = 7
    000:  03 01 e0 03 00 00 01
	Reg len = 4, config register addr = 0x3e0, last config = 0x1
	Registers: X------- 
Tuple #16, code = 0x1b (Configuration entry), length = 16
    000:  c1 01 19 77 b5 1e 35 b5 3c 36 36 05 46 7f ff ff
	Config index = 0x1(default)
	Interface byte = 0x1 (I/O)
	Vcc pwr:
		Nominal operating supply voltage: 3 x 1V, ext = 0x1e
		Minimum operating supply voltage: 3 x 1V
		Maximum operating supply voltage: 3 x 1V, ext = 0x3c
		Max current average over 1 second: 3 x 100mA
		Max current average over 10 ms: 3 x 100mA
		Power down supply current: 1 x 10mA
	Card decodes 6 address lines, limited 8/16 Bit I/O
		IRQ modes: Level, Pulse
		IRQs:  NMI IOCK BERR VEND 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Tuple #17, code = 0xff (Terminator), length = 0
2 slots found

/var/log/messages does not show anything for an0.

In the same time, other clients can communicate with the AccessPoint.
On the same machine, the Cisco Systems (340 Series Wireless LAN
Adapter) is working great.

Regards,
		Florian
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