Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 22:32:52 +0200 From: Anthony Simm <simm.anthony@googlemail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: wireless networking - halfway solved Message-ID: <544AB774.5000109@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410241406310.59239@wonkity.com> References: <544A13D7.7000202@gmail.com> <CAJ5UdcN0Ykn5uv1arktwR6JSJayiTxk7XF8hjSJHCOFHMe%2BHog@mail.gmail.com> <544A539F.8080103@gmail.com> <CAJ5UdcOvTt%2BDygocn_-7Hxy_8tC3WxrfZ3m__siyQ=ddMw9CdQ@mail.gmail.com> <544A7A19.4080405@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410241105540.6025@wonkity.com> <544A9365.4060508@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410241255340.41363@wonkity.com> <544AA91A.40700@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410241406310.59239@wonkity.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 10/24/2014 10:19 PM, Warren Block wrote: > On Fri, 24 Oct 2014, Anthony Simm wrote: >> On 10/24/2014 09:00 PM, Warren Block wrote: >>> >>> I searched for firmware updates and found none. Then I updated the >>> Windows driver and surprise, the card now supported WPA. I still have >>> that T42, although it does not get used. It worked the last time I >>> tried FreeBSD on it, and I can drag it out if testing is needed. >> >> Would you really do that? > > If necessary, sure. > >> But for the time being let me try this Windoze update. Or do you think >> that it is in fact updated? This machine came with Debian and has >> reportedly not been used a lot but sure there was Windows on it at >> some time. No such sticker though. > > If it made a WPA connection, you are set. The output of 'ifconfig' > shows some information on how it connected. ifconfig now gives ipw0: flags=8802<POINTTOPOINT, SIMPLEX, MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290 ether 00:0c:f1:5e:4c:58 nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11b status: associated So the card is really updated. Great, that saves me this XP hassle! > > (It's possible I've forgotten or confused some of the details in the > years since I did that with my T42. But as I remember it, it did not > work with WPA on FreeBSD until that Windows driver update.) > >> So for the Handbook, what's missing at least for this card, are the >> commands to identify it, the legal acknowledgement in >> >> /boot/loader.conf, >> >> the addition of >> >> wlans_ipw0="wlan0" >> >> and >> >> ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP" >> >> in /etc/rc.conf >> >> And there was a change in >> >> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf >> >> Did I forget anything? Well, the Windoze thing... crazy. > > We can't cover every card in detail, there are just too many. What I > wanted to have in the quick start was an easy way for the user to find > out which card they had, and more importantly, which driver supported > it. Unfortunately, the drivers do not have a standard method of being > queried for which PCI IDs they support, or a script could set this all > up for the user. > Yes, I see that. Forget that I wrote that. Just wanted to be nice. > Usually when I have an idea like that, five years go by, then someone > else thinks of it and is hailed as a genius. > Time always flies by... you three are my heroes, rest assured. Thanks once more, Anthony -- mobile +250 78 8778 161 B.P.155 Gisenyi Rwanda "Artificial intelligence will never match natural stupidity"
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?544AB774.5000109>