Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:49:31 -0800 From: Peter Lazar <pgl@bok.net> To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: wi driver Message-ID: <20120207194931.GB1676@pgl-P5K-E>
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Hi there, After reading http://forums.freebsd.org/archive/index.php/t-27830.html Here's my two cents on the wi driver. I tried/tested the wi driver with the following PCMCIA cards: Lucent Orinoco Gold (also known as: Lucent WaveLAN) SENAO 2511CD PLUS EXT2 On two different laptops: Dell LS400 IBM T42 With the following FreeBSD RELEASE versions: 7.4 (and 7.2) 8.2 9.0 On a home wireless network off Linksys WRT54G. I find as follows: 1. Both cards work on 7.4 and 7.2 2. Both cards fail to work correctly on 8.2, and on 9.0. after: ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev wi0 ifconfig wlan0 ssid xxxx wepmode on weptxkey 1 wepkey 0xxxxx up command ifconf wlan0 shows there is either no association, or ssid is empty (""). and, as expected, attempt to "dhclient wi0" fails. 3. When inserted, on a laptop with either 8.2 and 9.0, Lucent Orinoco gives the following console message: interrupt storm detected on "irq11:" throttling interrupt source wi0: <Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE> at port 0x100-0x13f irq11 function 0 config 1 on pccard1 wi0: [ITHREAD] on LS400, it is irq10 on T42, it is irq11 Lastly, here's my conclusion: 1. prior to introduction of "wlan" (generic link-layer), wi driver works as desired. 2. on and after introduction of "wlan", wi driver does not work. Regards, Peter Lazar Mountain View, CA, U.S.A. pgl@bok.net
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