Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 20:36:41 -0600 From: Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> To: Brian Barto <bartobri@comcast.net>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: wireless driver for dell latitude d505? Message-ID: <41ABDCB9.8040801@computer.org> In-Reply-To: <AA3A74BA-4276-11D9-9FF7-000A95886E00@comcast.net> References: <1DE489A0-4240-11D9-9FF7-000A95886E00@comcast.net> <298628DD311BB1996756A890@utd49554.utdallas.edu> <AA3A74BA-4276-11D9-9FF7-000A95886E00@comcast.net>
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Brian Barto wrote: > >> --On Monday, November 29, 2004 02:51:53 PM -0500 Brian Barto >> <bartobri@comcast.net> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, I have a dell latitude c505 laptop that has a build-in wireless >>> nic, but when I loaded freebsd 5.3 it did not detect it. I'm guess i >>> have >>> to load a driver via kldload but I have no idea what driver it could be. >>> Anyone know off hand? Dell's website isn't any help. >>> >> I'm pretty sure all the Dell built-ins are Orinoco cards. man wi(4) >> should be the right one. It lists the Dell Truemobile card. >> >> If your wireless network uses wep, you need to issue a command similar >> to this: >> >> ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \ >> wepmode on wepkey 0x8736639624 >> >> Or, in /etc/rc.conf, use something like this: >> >> ifconfig_wi0="inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xfffff00 ssid my_net\ >> wepmode on wepkey 0x8736639624" >> >> If you're using dhcp for ip/mask assignment, then something like this: >> >> ifconfig_wi0="inet ssid my_net wepmode on wepkey 0x8736639624" >> >> Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) >> Adjunct Information Security Officer >> The University of Texas at Dallas >> AVIEN Founding Member >> http://www.utdallas.edu >> > > Thanks Paul and the others who replied. I will definitely be using the > extra info you provided. But unfortunately the wi driver doesn't seem to > be working. "kldload if_wi" returns the following output: > > module_register: module pccard/wi already exists! > Module pccard/wi failed to register: 17 > module_register: module pci/wi already exists! > Module pci/wi failed to register: 17 > > I'm guessing that this means the the wi driver is already included in > the kernel build? > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > If you have access to the card you might try to identify the chipset. My Dell Truemobile 1300 was a broadcom. I was using NDISulator (Project Evil) at the time. -- Regards, Eric
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