Actually, I've just sofar tried to perform a 'ifconfig wpi0 list scan' to verify which AP are available....after I have put the interface up of course. But it just gets stuck on this scan....doesn't do anything.
info from /var/log/messages Jan 9 13:05:31 desmo sudo: username : TTY=ttyp2 ; PWD=/data/username ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/sbin/ifconfig wpi0 scan list Jan 9 13:05:32 desmo kernel: HERER On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 07:55:11PM +0800, PstreeM China wrote: > what tha AP you connect ?? > maybe , the wlan can not connect a AP, the hardware will turn off ... > check your file /etc/wpa_supp**.conf > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Alain G. Fabry <alainfa...@belgacom.net>wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm having problems with my 3945ABG Wireless card. > > > > I keep on getting "wpi0: Radio Transmitter is switched off" > > > > pushing 802.11 button on laptop -> Turning OFF > > ------------------------------- > > Jan 9 07:59:08 desmo kernel: ugen0: at uhub0 port 1 (addr 2) disconnected > > Jan 9 07:59:08 desmo kernel: ugen0: detached > > > > pushing 802.11 button again -> Turning ON > > ----------------------------------------- > > Jan 9 07:59:13 desmo root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x03f0 product > > 0x171d bus uhub0 > > Jan 9 07:59:13 desmo kernel: ugen0: <Broadcom Corp HP Integrated Module, > > class 224/1, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2> on uhub0 > > > > ifconfig wpi0 up > > ---------------- > > Jan 9 07:58:51 desmo kernel: NEWSTATE:INIT > > Jan 9 07:58:51 desmo kernel: Resetting the card - clearing any uploaded > > firmware > > Jan 9 07:58:51 desmo kernel: Loading microcode size 0x384 > > Jan 9 07:58:51 desmo kernel: firmware status=0xffff0000, val=0x40400000, > > result=0x40400000 > > Jan 9 07:58:51 desmo kernel: Status Match! - ntries = 0 > > Jan 9 07:58:51 desmo kernel: microcode alive notification version 10e02 > > alive 1 > > Jan 9 07:58:51 desmo kernel: microcode alive notification version 10e02 > > alive 1 > > Jan 9 07:58:51 desmo kernel: wpi0: Radio Transmitter is switched off > > Jan 9 07:58:51 desmo kernel: state changed to 1 > > Jan 9 07:58:51 desmo kernel: wpi0: Radio transmitter is switched off > > > > I notice that I didn't have the license at > > /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_wpi/LICENSE, so I grabbed it from > > http://people.freebsd.org/~benjsc/downloads/wpi/20071102-freebsd-wpi.tar.gz<http://people.freebsd.org/%7Ebenjsc/downloads/wpi/20071102-freebsd-wpi.tar.gz> > > > > /boot/loader.conf includes the following > > ---------------------------------------- > > if_wpi_load="YES" > > wlan_load="YES" > > wlan_amrr_load="YES" > > firmware_load="YES" > > wpifw_load="YES" > > legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 > > > > What am I doing wrong here....?? > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Alain > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
