Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:00:17 -0300 From: AT Matik <asstec@matik.com.br> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: need help!!! nic driver not working. Message-ID: <200709181800.17443.asstec@matik.com.br> In-Reply-To: <46F02053.4030205@gmualumni.org> References: <4953180.1190128776835.JavaMail.tjw43@drexel.edu> <46F02053.4030205@gmualumni.org>
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> > > > The bcmwl5_sys,ko, if_ndis.ko and ndis.ko modules come up as loaded, > > along with the kernel. Does this mean that the coverted drivers are not > > working on my machine? Or is there something else I need to do? > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" > > I've been fighting off and on with broadcom wifi drivers since I got my > HP Pavilion dv9205us in February. I've gotten everything from kernel > panics to dmesg listings for ndis0. When I did manage to get the dmesg > listing for ndis0, it did me absolutely no good. ifconfig ndis0 scan > didn't work and the light indicating the wifi was active never changed > to blue on the laptop. I've revisited the problem several times in the > intervening months and get stymied at every attempt. I level disdain in > broadcom's general direction anytime I decide to mess with this wifi > again. All of my attempts were using FreeBSD/amd64 as the i386 boot cd > would hang almost from the get go. I know I'm not any help, but I > figured I'd let you know that you are not alone in your misery. > well, I am not so sure if ndis is available for amd64 ... anyway, I have a bunch of Acer NBs which all use all day long the broadcom= =20 device with ndis driver look how it works well and stable: compile your kernel with aditional options NDISAPI device ndis you need device wlan also but should be the default already then convert the dirver executing ndisgen and follow the instructions copy the new module bcmwl5_sys.ko into /boot/kernel or /boot/modules then load the bcmwl5_sys.ko=20 kldload bcmwl5_sys and you should see the ndis0 interface when calling ifconfig so set the ssid and IP on it and ready to go, something like this should wo= rk ifconfig ndis0 200.1.1.10/28 ssid your_ssid up ifconfig ndis0 scan or=20 ifconfig ndis0 list ap=20 should show available APs Jo=C3=A3o A mensagem foi scaneada pelo sistema de e-mail e pode ser considerada segura. Service fornecido pelo Datacenter Matik https://datacenter.matik.com.br
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