Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 09:46:55 +0300 From: Andrew Belashov <bel@orel.ru> To: andy@neu.net Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wireless card config problem Message-ID: <419C455F.50009@orel.ru> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.56.0411171354390.31806@Mira.dandy.net> References: <Pine.LNX.4.56.0411171354390.31806@Mira.dandy.net>
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Hello, Andy! andy@neu.net wrote: > I am trying to setup a wireless AP/gateway on FBSD 5.3 Rlease. The > machine is an IBM Thinkpad A20m. After > consulting the wi manpage I bought a DLINK DWL-650. When I insert the > card I get the following message: > > wi0: <D-Link DWL-650 Wireless PC Card RevP> at port 0x200-0x27f irq 11 > function 0 config 1 on pccard0 > wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear. > : init failed > device_attach: wi0 attach returned 6 For DWL-650: boot verbosely (type "boot -v" at loader prompt). With the help dmesg double check IO port conflicts for 0x200-0x27f range. Special attention to PnP messages near this: "can't assign resources (port)". See IO ports in BIOS SetUp for range 0x200-0x27f. Post your dmesg to maillist. > I searched Google and it seems there is a patch, but I did not see any > confirmation that the patch fixed the problem. I did not try the patch to > see if it works. I want something that works with a generic install. > > So I tried another card to see if that would work, I bought a Linksys > WPC11 ver.4 (it is also on the list from man wi). However, this did not > work either, and this is the message when the card is inserted: > > cardbus0: <network, ethernet> at device 0.0 (no driver attached) > cbb0: CardBus card activation failed Hmm... Your card is actually Linksys WPC11, WPC11 2.5 or WPC11 3? WPC11 4 is not listed in wi(4). IMHO, all listed card is pccard (16-bit), but your card is cardbus (32-bit). Post messegas from "pciconf -lv" for this card. > I did not try to rebuild the kernel, as support is included in the GENERIC > config file. Here are the relevent parts of the Kernel config file. > > # PCCARD (PCMCIA) support > # PCMCIA and cardbus bridge support > device cbb # cardbus (yenta) bridge > device pccard # PC Card (16-bit) bus > device cardbus # CardBus (32-bit) bus > > # Wireless NIC cards > device wlan # 802.11 support > device an # Aironet 4500/4800 802.11 wireless NICs. > device awi # BayStack 660 and others > device wi # WaveLAN/Intersil/Symbol 802.11 wireless > NICs. > #device wl # Older non 802.11 Wavelan wireless NIC. > > Here is dmesg: [...] > > I would really appreciate feedback on the following: > > 1. How to configure one of the cards I have, and or documentation (I have > read all the documentation I could find) > > 2. A suggestion for a wireless card that is known to work in BSS mode > (Acess Point mode) to use as a base station. > > TIA, > > Andy Best Regards, Andrew Belashov.
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