Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 20:18:26 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: gabriel <normal1.lists@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: D-Link NIC. Message-ID: <422A6872.7000706@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <efb8582050305180969f84a9b@mail.gmail.com> References: <efb858205030513273fea6df1@mail.gmail.com> <422a3b4c.6460c00f.48d7.412b@smtp.gmail.com> <efb8582050305180969f84a9b@mail.gmail.com>
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gabriel wrote: > I _am_ certain that it works because I have the pc dual booting > windows and it works there. The problem is I dont know what the > default driver is I should use. > > Cheers! > > > On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 04:35:33 +0530, Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >>Indian Institute of Information Technology >>Subhro Sankha Kar >>Block AQ-13/1, Sector V >>Salt Lake City >>PIN 700091 >>India >> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- >>>questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of gabriel >>>Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 2:57 >>>To: freebsd-questions >>>Subject: Re: D-Link NIC. >>> >>>Can anyone provide any insight? >>> >>>ndis0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >>> ether 00:11:95:87:8b:e4 >>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect >>> status: no carrier >>> ssid "" >>> channel -1 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 >>> rtsthreshold 2312 protmode CTS >>> wepmode OFF weptxkey 1 >>>dolores# >>> >>>if I try to use dhcp the ip address will just go to zeroes. :\ >> >>Are you positive that the DHCP function of your AP works perfectly? I am >>asking thing because I have come across a couple of routers which happily >>routes packets to static IPs but messes everything up as soon as it is asked >>to handle DHCP. >> >>Also I strongly feel something fishy in the WLAN interface being detected as >>ndisX instead of wiX. The first thing I would do is use the default driver >>*even* if some documentation says that it is buggy. >> >>Regards, >>S. >> >> >> > > > Try the ath driver. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.3-RELEASE -- Best regards, Chris Teamwork is essential. It allows you to blame someone else.
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