Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:51:15 +0930 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr> Subject: Re: New wireless drivers committed Message-ID: <200504211451.15494.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <000b01c545dc$5dbf0a90$0300a8c0@COMETE> References: <000b01c545dc$5dbf0a90$0300a8c0@COMETE>
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On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 04:38, Damien Bergamini wrote: > ipw(4) and iwi(4) both require firmwares to operate. > These firmwares can't be redistributed with the base system due to > license restrictions. See firmware licensing terms here: > http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?fid=4 > Ports which include the firmware images as well as the firmware loader > are being worked on. It seems you have to bring the interface up before SSID scanning happens, eg.. [inchoate 11:25] ~ >sudo kldload if_ipw SSH passphrase: [inchoate 11:25] ~ >sudo ipwcontrol -i ipw0 -f /usr/local/libdata/if_ipw/ipw2100-1.3.fw [inchoate 11:30] ~ >/usr/bin/time sudo ifconfig ipw0 scan 0.06 real 0.02 user 0.01 sys [inchoate 11:30] ~ >sudo ifconfig ipw0 ssid x up 1.2.3.4 [inchoate 14:45] ~ >/usr//bin/time sudo ifconfig ipw0 scan SSID BSSID CHAN RATE S:N INT CAPS 00:00:00:00:00:00 9 0M 0:0 0 0... 00:07:85:92:bf:10 9 11M 10:0 100 ES WME AP0CAE6B 00:03:2f:0c:ae:6b 6 22M 10:0 100 EB 0.11 real 0.01 user 0.00 sys Also I expect the first entry in that list is a little bogus :) -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C
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