From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 7 12:30:35 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E1F637B401 for ; Mon, 7 Jul 2003 12:30:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from main.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.224.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D0D643F93 for ; Mon, 7 Jul 2003 12:30:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-mobile@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19ZbgI-0000Lj-00 for ; Mon, 07 Jul 2003 21:29:46 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from news by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19Zbfu-0000K8-00 for ; Mon, 07 Jul 2003 21:29:22 +0200 From: Jesse Guardiani Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 15:30:03 -0400 Organization: WingNET Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <3F05E851.1020201@linuxpowered.com> <20030705131934.29f53fd4.plate@gol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org User-Agent: KNode/0.7.2 X-Mail-Copies-To: never Sender: news Subject: Re: wireless card X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jesse@wingnet.net List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 19:30:35 -0000 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