Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 15:30:03 -0400 From: Jesse Guardiani <jesse@wingnet.net> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wireless card Message-ID: <bechmi$sqe$1@main.gmane.org> References: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0307020200230.17113-100000@gnom.astro.psu.edu> <3F05E851.1020201@linuxpowered.com> <20030705131934.29f53fd4.plate@gol.com>
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Ulrich Plate wrote: > Jon Disnard wrote: > >> You will do well with any card that is based on the PRISM2 chip set. >> To see a list of cards that support the Prism2 silicon, see the wi(4) >> man page. As it happens, your choice of the Netgear ma401 is a prism2 >> card, and supports the ability to become an AP, and has a jack for an >> external antenna. >> >> Avoid the Lucent cards like plauge. They are of major suck. > > This may well be true, but funny as it seems, I'm having no trouble > whatsoever with my Lucent Silver card in getting it to work inside my > WEP setup, while the Netgear MA401 refuses to acknowledge the keys (and > DHCP times out because of that). I've asked about this a few weeks ago, > but the only remedy suggested back then didn't solve it... I'd certainly > appreciate if someone could look over this again and tell me where I go > wrong. I have 'ifconfig_wi0="DHCP"' in rc.conf and a start_if.wi0 that > goes '/sbin/ifconfig ssid XXXXX wepmode on weptxkey 3 wepkey 1:XXXXX > 2:XXXXX 3:XXXXX 4:XXXXX'. Manually assigning an IP address doesn't work, Is that a hex key, or a text key? You should ALWAYS use hex keys for maximum portability. I can't use text keys and WEP at all with my AP. > either, and a third card I've tested, an equally Prism2-based Planex > GW-CF11H, has identical problems. > > TIA > Ulrich Plate -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net
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