From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 14 15:28:29 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org 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 5EC7516A41F for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:28:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from frank@exit.com) Received: from tinker.exit.com (tinker.exit.com [206.223.0.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 038E343D45 for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:28:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from frank@exit.com) Received: from realtime.exit.com (realtime [206.223.0.5]) by tinker.exit.com (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j8EFSmmI007850; Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:28:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from frank@exit.com) Received: from realtime.exit.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by realtime.exit.com (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j8EFSQt2004283; Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:28:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from frank@exit.com) Received: (from frank@localhost) by realtime.exit.com (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id j8EFSPo9004282; Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:28:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from frank@exit.com) X-Authentication-Warning: realtime.exit.com: frank set sender to frank@exit.com using -f From: Frank Mayhar To: howie@nauticall.co.uk In-Reply-To: <20050914150119.1A89643D46@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <20050914150119.1A89643D46@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Exit Consulting Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:28:25 -0700 Message-Id: <1126711705.3686.2.camel@realtime.exit.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.86.2/1082/Wed Sep 14 08:22:17 2005 on tinker.exit.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Senao WiFi problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: frank@exit.com List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:28:29 -0000 On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 16:07 +0100, Howard Drake wrote: > I have a Senao 2511 MP Plus mini PCI card running under FreeBSD 5.3. I am > trying to make it scan for available networks and currently run the > following two commands "ifconfig wi0 ssid ''" followed by "wicontrol -L", > but I get wildley different results each time I run these commands - > sometimes I get a list of 6 or 7 access points and other times I don't get > any listed. These tests are carried out in the same location, consecutively, > so I would expect to see the same number of available access points. > > Does anyone have any ideas as to what I'm missing, or what the problem is? I urge you to upgrade to FreeBSD 6, which has a _lot_ of new code and bug fixes that won't be backported to 5 (due to API changes in 6). I'm running that card or a very similar one (mine is an a/b/g card) on -current with no problems at all. 5, though, will, I'm afraid, never fully support those cards, at least not to the extent that 6 does and 7-current will. -- Frank Mayhar frank@exit.com http://www.exit.com/ Exit Consulting http://www.gpsclock.com/ http://www.exit.com/blog/frank/