Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 17:02:25 -0500 From: jldera@mac.com To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Netgear MA401/MA301 Message-ID: <433CBCB2-EC27-11D5-920B-0003931A551A@mac.com>
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Hello hello. I am trying to setup my FreeBSD box with an 802.11b
wireless card. I went out and purchased a Netgear MA401 card, as well as
the MA301 PCI adapter. Plugged it into my mobo, recompiled my kernel to
include the wi device, rebooted, and now it's showing in an ifconfig.
The problem I'm having at this point is I'm trying to set up a computer
to computer network between the BSD system and an Apple iBook (2001
model) with an Airport card installed. The iBook is running Mac OS X
10.1.1, with all the newest Airport updates and such. Since we're
dealing with UNIX in both places, I'm gonna kinda show what's going on,
and hopefully you guys can help me out. My BSD box is mojito, the iBook
is mog. So, here we go:
mojito:~# ifconfig wi0
wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
ether 00:30:ab:09:48:01
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/2Mbps
<adhoc>)
status: associated
ssid "FreeBSD IBSS"
stationname artoftech
channel 11 authmode NONE powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
wepmode OFF weptxkey 1
mojito:~# mojito:~# wicontrol
NIC serial number: [ 99SA01000000 ]
Station name: [ artoftech ]
SSID for IBSS creation: [ FreeBSD IBSS ]
Current netname (SSID): [ FreeBSD IBSS ]
Desired netname (SSID): [ artoftech ]
Current BSSID: [ 00:00:00:00:00:00 ]
Channel list: [ 2047 ]
IBSS channel: [ 11 ]
Current channel: [ 11 ]
Comms quality/signal/noise: [ 0 27 27 ]
Promiscuous mode: [ Off ]
Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc): [ 3 ]
MAC address: [ 00:30:ab:09:48:01 ]
TX rate (selection): [ 3 ]
TX rate (actual speed): [ 2 ]
RTS/CTS handshake threshold: [ 2347 ]
Create IBSS: [ On ]
Access point density: [ 1 ]
Power Mgmt (1=on, 0=off): [ 0 ]
Max sleep time: [ 100 ]
WEP encryption: [ Off ]
TX encryption key: [ 1 ]
Encryption keys: [ ][ ][ ][ ]
mojito:~#
In this state, I have a solid link light on the Netgear card, I've
statically assigned it a 192.168.1.1 IP address, and I actually have
dhcpd configured to be running on it as well.
Here's a little my routing table in case it comes up:
mojito:~# route -nv get 192.168.1.1
u: inet 192.168.1.1; u: link ; RTM_GET: Report Metrics: len 164, pid: 0,
seq 1, errno 0, flags:<UP,GATEWAY,HOST,STATIC>
locks: inits:
sockaddrs: <DST,IFP>
192.168.1.1
route to: 192.168.1.1
destination: 192.168.1.0
mask: 255.255.255.0
interface: wi0
flags: <UP,DONE,CLONING>
recvpipe sendpipe ssthresh rtt,msec rttvar hopcount mtu
expire
0 0 0 0 0 0 1500
-1816
locks: inits:
sockaddrs: <DST,GATEWAY,NETMASK,IFP,IFA>
192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 wi0:0.30.ab.9.48.1 192.168.1.1
mojito:~# mojito:/home/musouka# ping 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.109 ms
^C
--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.109/0.109/0.109/0.000 ms
mojito:/home/musouka# ping 192.168.1.2
PING 192.168.1.2 (192.168.1.2): 56 data bytes
^C
--- 192.168.1.2 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
mojito:/home/musouka#
So, based on this, I see the Netgear card is in ad-hoc mode with a
network name of "artoftech" right? Let's look at the Mac...
The Mac is running in "Computer to Computer" mode with a network named
"artoftech" and using channel 11. I've statically assigned its IP
address to eliminate the possibility of it being an issue with DHCPd.
It's IP is 192.168.1.2:
[mog:/Users/musouka] root# /sbin/ifconfig en1
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,b6,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
ether 00:30:65:09:9b:26
media: autoselect status: active
supported media: autoselect
[mog:/Users/musouka] root# /sbin/route -n get 192.168.1.1
route to: 192.168.1.1
destination: 192.168.1.0
mask: 255.255.255.0
interface: en1
flags: <UP,DONE,CLONING>
recvpipe sendpipe ssthresh rtt,msec rttvar hopcount mtu
expire
0 0 0 0 0 0
1500 -604
[mog:/Users/musouka] root#[mog:/Users/musouka] root# ping 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1): 56 data bytes
^C
--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
[mog:/Users/musouka] root# ping 192.168.1.2
PING 192.168.1.2 (192.168.1.2): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.1.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=1.747 ms
^C
--- 192.168.1.2 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 1.747/1.747/1.747 ms
[mog:/Users/musouka] root#
Based on this, I'd think that a ping to 192.168.1.1 would work from the
Mac, or a ping to 192.168.1.2 would work from the BSD box. No such love,
anyone have any ideas? Your help is much appreciated.
Jason Deraleau
jldera@mac.com
http://homepage.mac.com/jldera
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Hello hello. I am trying to setup my FreeBSD box with an 802.11b
wireless card. I went out and purchased a Netgear MA401 card, as well
as the MA301 PCI adapter. Plugged it into my mobo, recompiled my
kernel to include the wi device, rebooted, and now it's showing in an
ifconfig. The problem I'm having at this point is I'm trying to set
up a computer to computer network between the BSD system and an Apple
iBook (2001 model) with an Airport card installed. The iBook is
running Mac OS X 10.1.1, with all the newest Airport updates and such.
Since we're dealing with UNIX in both places, I'm gonna kinda show
what's going on, and hopefully you guys can help me out. My BSD box is
mojito, the iBook is mog. So, here we go:
mojito:~# ifconfig wi0
wi0: flags=8843<<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
ether 00:30:ab:09:48:01
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/2Mbps
<<adhoc>)
status: associated
ssid "FreeBSD IBSS"
stationname artoftech
channel 11 authmode NONE powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
wepmode OFF weptxkey 1
mojito:~# mojito:~# wicontrol
NIC serial number: [ 99SA01000000 ]
Station name: [ artoftech ]
SSID for IBSS creation: [ FreeBSD IBSS ]
Current netname (SSID): [ FreeBSD IBSS ]
Desired netname (SSID): [ artoftech ]
Current BSSID: [ 00:00:00:00:00:00 ]
Channel list: [ 2047 ]
IBSS channel: [ 11 ]
Current channel: [ 11 ]
Comms quality/signal/noise: [ 0 27 27 ]
Promiscuous mode: [ Off ]
Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc): [ 3 ]
MAC address: [ 00:30:ab:09:48:01 ]
TX rate (selection): [ 3 ]
TX rate (actual speed): [ 2 ]
RTS/CTS handshake threshold: [ 2347 ]
Create IBSS: [ On ]
Access point density: [ 1 ]
Power Mgmt (1=on, 0=off): [ 0 ]
Max sleep time: [ 100 ]
WEP encryption: [ Off ]
TX encryption key: [ 1 ]
Encryption keys: [ ][ ][ ][ ]
mojito:~#
In this state, I have a solid link light on the Netgear card, I've
statically assigned it a 192.168.1.1 IP address, and I actually have
dhcpd configured to be running on it as well.
Here's a little my routing table in case it comes up:
mojito:~# route -nv get 192.168.1.1
u: inet 192.168.1.1; u: link ; RTM_GET: Report Metrics: len 164, pid:
0, seq 1, errno 0, flags:<<UP,GATEWAY,HOST,STATIC>
locks: inits:
sockaddrs: <<DST,IFP>
192.168.1.1
route to: 192.168.1.1
destination: 192.168.1.0
mask: 255.255.255.0
interface: wi0
flags: <<UP,DONE,CLONING>
recvpipe sendpipe ssthresh rtt,msec rttvar hopcount mtu
expire
0 0 0 0 0 0 1500
-1816
locks: inits:
sockaddrs: <<DST,GATEWAY,NETMASK,IFP,IFA>
192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 wi0:0.30.ab.9.48.1 192.168.1.1
mojito:~# mojito:/home/musouka# ping 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.109 ms
^C
--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.109/0.109/0.109/0.000 ms
mojito:/home/musouka# ping 192.168.1.2
PING 192.168.1.2 (192.168.1.2): 56 data bytes
^C
--- 192.168.1.2 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
mojito:/home/musouka#
So, based on this, I see the Netgear card is in ad-hoc mode with a
network name of "artoftech" right? Let's look at the Mac...
The Mac is running in "Computer to Computer" mode with a network named
"artoftech" and using channel 11. I've statically assigned its IP
address to eliminate the possibility of it being an issue with DHCPd.
It's IP is 192.168.1.2:
[mog:/Users/musouka] root# /sbin/ifconfig en1
en1: flags=8863<<UP,BROADCAST,b6,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
ether 00:30:65:09:9b:26
media: autoselect status: active
supported media: autoselect
[mog:/Users/musouka] root# /sbin/route -n get 192.168.1.1
route to: 192.168.1.1
destination: 192.168.1.0
mask: 255.255.255.0
interface: en1
flags: <<UP,DONE,CLONING>
recvpipe sendpipe ssthresh rtt,msec rttvar hopcount mtu
expire
0 0 0 0 0 0 1500
-604
[mog:/Users/musouka] root#[mog:/Users/musouka] root# ping 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1): 56 data bytes
^C
--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
[mog:/Users/musouka] root# ping 192.168.1.2
PING 192.168.1.2 (192.168.1.2): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.1.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=1.747 ms
^C
--- 192.168.1.2 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 1.747/1.747/1.747 ms
[mog:/Users/musouka] root#
Based on this, I'd think that a ping to 192.168.1.1 would work from
the Mac, or a ping to 192.168.1.2 would work from the BSD box. No such
love, anyone have any ideas? Your help is much appreciated.
Jason Deraleau
jldera@mac.com
<underline><color><param>1A1A,1A1A,FFFF</param>http://homepage.mac.com/jldera</color></underline>;
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