Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 01:47:19 -0500 From: Patrick Bowen <pbowen@fastmail.fm> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless Inspiron 6400 anyone? Message-ID: <453B13F7.8080509@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <200610211941.25504.lane@joeandlane.com> References: <200610211852.46359.lane@joeandlane.com> <453AFC5C.3080806@fastmail.fm> <200610211941.25504.lane@joeandlane.com>
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Lane wrote: > On Sunday 22 October 2006 00:06, Patrick Bowen wrote: > >> Lane wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I've a new inspiron 6400 running FreeBSD 6.1 and I can't get Wireless to >>> work. It works on WXP using the Dell WLAN drivers at >>> http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R115321.EXE >>> >>> I've followed the instructions at >>> http://dannyman.toldme.com/2005/01/05/freebsd-howto-ndisulate-windows-dri >>> vers/ but no ndis driver shows up after kldload if_ndis. >>> >>> ifconfig -a looks like: >>> >>> bfe0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >>> options=8<VLAN_MTU> >>> inet6 fe80::215:c5ff:feb8:39e%bfe0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 >>> inet 172.16.1.42 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 172.16.1.255 >>> ether 00:15:c5:b8:03:9e >>> media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) >>> status: active >>> fwe0: >>> flags=108943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,NEEDSGIANT> >>> mtu 1500 >>> options=8<VLAN_MTU> >>> inet6 fe80::304f:c0ff:fe9c:7541%fwe0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 >>> inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255 >>> ether 32:4f:c0:9c:75:41 >>> ch 1 dma 0 >>> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 >>> inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 >>> inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 >>> inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 >>> >>> It seems as if the fwe0 devices wants to be the wireless, as the bfe0 >>> driver is my "wired" ethernet card. >>> >> ...snip... >> >> >>> Any help is appreciated. >>> >>> lane >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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" >>> >> Lane; >> >> When I did the same thing for a Broadcom wireless card the resulting >> loadable module was named "bcmwl5_sys". Did you end up with something >> appropriate to your .sys and .inf files? >> >> Also, the .sys and .inf files that came on the disk that came with the >> card either wouldn't work with ndisgen, or gave a file that didn't work >> with the card. I ended up using the .sys and .inf files from the Dell >> website that were reference in another ndis article. >> >> Good Luck. >> >> Patrick >> _______________________________________________ >> > Patrick, > > Thanks for your attention. > > Yes, when I tried ndisgen the file bcmwl5_sys.ko was created, but I got a > kernel panic when I tried to kldload it. > > Do you remember the filename that you downloaded from DELL? Did you save it? > Or do you have the link for the other ndis article you mentioned? > > What about pciconf on your system? Does it show this card and chip > combination? > > none4@pci11:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x00071028 chip=0x431114e4 > rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' > class = network > > Thanks, again > > lane > If nothing else, your response tells me that I'm on the right track. > _______________________________________________ > 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" > > Lane; I can't find the article, but the file is R50907.EXE. You can find it by googling "dell R50907". Heres a link.... http://ftp1.us.dell.com/network/R90507.EXE It's a self-extracting Windows archive. BTW, you asked about my pciconf. Here ya go... none3@pci6:4:0: class=0x028000 card=0x000617f9 chip=0x431814e4 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' class = network Also, if this is on a mini-card, you should be able to crack the case and look at the card and see exactly what the chipset is. Mine is a BCM94318. Hope this helps some. Patrick
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