Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 09:43:29 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: "Jeff Rollin" <jeff.rollin@gmail.com> Cc: Gregers Petersen <gp.ioa@cbs.dk>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless woes Message-ID: <20060509164329.208F245042@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 09 May 2006 17:12:36 BST." <8a0028260605090912re6b7f7bkb181bba64a0d9f5c@mail.gmail.com>
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> Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 17:12:36 +0100 > From: "Jeff Rollin" <jeff.rollin@gmail.com> > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > Gregers, > > > > > OK > > Is it possible to use the PC-card slot at all --> eg. is the hardware of > > the > > 'slot' supported by FreeBSD + you might have to edit the .conf file of th= > e > > PC-card slot to make it work properly (default.conf - it's somewhere in > > ../examples - works normally with the most, but sometimes you need to add > > stuff) > > > Hopefully you meant /etc/defaults/pccard.conf, as I just spent some quality > time vgrepping through that. It seems from that file that all of the DLink > 650s listed use the if_wi driver; however "ifconfig wi0 up" gives the same > error (interface does not exist or similar) as before. I think i remember > something about an "iwconfig" command - is that now obsolete? To refresh my addled, post vacation brain: What version of FreeBSD? NEWCARD or OLDCARD kernel? dmesg.boot file? kldstat output? kernel configuration file? pciconf -vl output? Is any card seen when plugged into the card slot? This is just a shot in the dark, but is device wlan in the kernel? -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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