Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 00:08:12 -0600 From: Lorin Lund <wbs@infowest.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Can't make wi0: work on Toshiba notebook with mini-PCI network card. Message-ID: <447FD5CC.5050701@infowest.com>
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I have a Toshiba Satelite Pro 6100 with a Toshiba mini-PCI wireless
network card.
The wireless stuff seems to be there (for as much as I know)
This is a dual boot machine. When booted as Windows XP it connects and
works
just fine.
I see that ifconfig -a shows the right IP address. But there is a lot
more info there
and I don't know what values are supposed to be there.
The wireless access point is 192.168.0.1
++++ dmesg +++++
wi0: <TOSHIBA Wireless LAN Card> at port 0xd000-0xd03f irq 11 function 0
config 1 on pccard0
wi0: using Lucent Embedded WaveLAN/IEEE
wi0: Lucent Firmware: Station (8.10.1)
wi0: Ethernet address: 00:02:2d:57:72:77
++++ from /etc/rc.conf +++++
ifconfig_wi0="inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid TBJTRUCKING
wepmode on wepkey 0xzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"
+++++ ifconfig -a +++++
fxp0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
options=8<VLAN_MTU>
ether 00:00:39:9e:58:d0
media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
status: no carrier
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::202:2dff:fe57:7277%wi0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
ether 00:02:2d:57:72:77
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/11Mbps)
status: associated
ssid TBJTRUCKING channel 1 bssid 00:15:05:12:74:43
stationname "FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node"
authmode OPEN privacy MIXED deftxkey UNDEF wepkey 1:104-bit
txpowmax 100 bintval 100
++++ ping ++++++
PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1): 56 data bytes
--- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet los
---------
when I try to kldload if_wi it seems to already be loaded.
when I do kldstat it doesn't show as a loaded module.
So I think the wi stuff is compiled into the kernel. That is why
I've commented out the if_wi load.
I'm using 6.1 RELEASE generic kernel
+++++ /boot/loader.conf +++++
#if_wi_load="YES"
wlan_wep_load="YES"
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