So it figures... I finally get a driver built w/ the ndiswrapper for my wireless card, it sees the network and now that the WLAN is configure as WEP, it even connects and gets me online. However, now the damn machine reboots with no warning and for no apparent reason after sitting idle for about 3-4 minutes. Note - it only reboots if I logon and connect to the WLAN. If I leave it at the logon prompt, it does not reboot.
And here I thought I had it all working... :( Anyone care to tell me if there's and way to find out why it's rebooting. Are there logs I can check? -Z -----Original Message----- From: Renee Danson [mailto:renee.dan...@sun.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:50 AM To: Mr. Z Cc: Mikore.Li at sun.com; laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org; 'James Carlson' Subject: Re: [laptop-discuss] FW: [osol-discuss] New to Solaris On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 10:06:40AM -0700, Mr. Z wrote: > I was able to get the nwam pop-up to work. It sees all the WLANs in the > area, including mine. It also recognizes which are WEP, WPA and no > security. However, when I attempt to connect to my WPA secured WLAN, > nothing happens. A minute or so later, the nwam pop-up reappears. Yeah, it's not very informative (we're working on that!); but that behavior probably means that it failed to connect to the selected wlan; and given Michael's report about support for WPA in the driver, that's a reasonable assumption. If you would like to see more detail, you could try turning on nwam debugging (see step 5 on http://opensolaris.org/os/project/nwam/phase0/troubleshooting/); the debug messages should indicate more specifically what happened when nwam attempted to connect. -renee > I have a second AP on a separate firewalled network segment that I can > configure with WEP for now. But I'd really like to get WPA working. Where > can I go to keep track of the development process you mentioned? > > -Z > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mikore.Li at Sun.COM [mailto:Mikore.Li at Sun.COM] > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 1:00 AM > To: Mr. Z > Cc: laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org; 'James Carlson' > Subject: Re: [laptop-discuss] FW: [osol-discuss] New to Solaris > > nwam pop-up could show up normally when test with adapters like BCM4311 > and BCM4328, I don't test with the adapter BCM4309. > How about the command: #svcadm restart nwam? > ndis1.2 can now report WPA Access Point with scan command, but doesn't > support the association. support WPA/WPA2 feature in ndiswrapper is now > in developemnt. > > Thanks, > Michael > > Mr. Z ??: > > Hi Michael, > > > > Thanks for your help. I got the driver installed and the card is > > recognized. The only problem I have now is that nwam does not > automatically > > pop-up and ask to configure it. I tried using the wificonfig commands to > > create a profile (which I did), but I was only able create a profile that > > has the SSID in it. My wireless network using WPA/TKIP, not WEP. I can't > > seem to figure out how to enter the WPA password and get signed on. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Thanks, > > > > -Z > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mikore.Li at Sun.COM [mailto:Mikore.Li at Sun.COM] > > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 9:17 PM > > To: Mr. Z > > Cc: laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org; 'James Carlson' > > Subject: Re: [laptop-discuss] FW: [osol-discuss] New to Solaris > > > > Indiana is different than SXDE and SXCE, so you need a bit extra effort > > to put tools in your working path, see this blog: > > http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=237674𺁪 > > > > Once everything is ready, you need to issue: > > #add_drv -i '"pci14e4,4324"' bcmndis (your laptop has different chipset > > with the one in above blog) > > > > Maybe, you will hit an issue as "device alias conflict" reported before, > > you could resolve it by refering below message: > > http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=130393🵙 > > > > Good luck! > > > > - Michael > > > > Mr. Z ??: > > > >> I think I got most of this, but when I try the make ndiscvt command, I > get > >> the following error: > >> > >> sh: line 1: /usr/sfw/bin/gcc: not found > >> > >> When I browse the /usr/sfw/bin folder, there is no gcc file or folder in > >> there. So I checked the Package Manager for "gcc" and found three items: > >> > >> SUNWgcc > >> SUNWgccruntime > >> gcc-dev > >> > >> Am I on the right track? If so, which of these three do I need? If I > >> > > just > > > >> select it and choose install, will there be anything else I need to do > >> before running the make ndiscvt command again? > >> > >> On a side note, I noticed the Package Manager has a Installed Version > >> > > column > > > >> and a Latest Version column. If a value is in the Installed Version > >> > > column, > > > >> does that mean that version is installed on my machine? The > >> > > SUNWgccruntime > > > >> has the value of 3.4.3-0.86 in the Installed Version column. The other > >> > > two > > > >> only have values in the Latest Version column. > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> -Z > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Mikore.Li at Sun.COM [mailto:Mikore.Li at Sun.COM] > >> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 6:53 PM > >> To: Mr. Z > >> Cc: laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org; 'James Carlson' > >> Subject: Re: [laptop-discuss] FW: [osol-discuss] New to Solaris > >> > >> It is obviousely Broadcom WLAN adapte. You can try NDIS1.2 with an XP > >> driver binary here: > >> ftp://ftp.dell.com/network/R74092us.EXE(you need to extract it firstly) > >> Please refer to "Carlton's ndiswrapper setup experience > >> > >> > > > <http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/downloads/Wireless_Success.p > > > >> df>." > >> to bring it up. As dell 600m is an 32bit machine, you don't need to edit > >> Grub menu. > >> For more information, see: > >> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/ndis/ > >> > >> - Michael > >> > >> Mr. Z ??: > >> > >> > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> After following James' instructions below, the information returned on > my > >>> wireless card is: > >>> > >>> pci bus 0x002 cardnum 0x03 function 0x00: vendor 0x14e4 device 0x4324 > >>> Broadcom Corporation BCM4309 802.11a/b/g > >>> > >>> I'm hoping this will tell you what I need in order to get my wireless > >>> > > card > > > >>> working. I'm running OpenSolaris 2008.05 on a Dell Inspiron 600m with a > >>> Intel PRO/Wireless 2200GB card (or so I thought). It is not recognized > >>> > > by > > > >>> the system or NWAM. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> -Z > >>> > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: James Carlson [mailto:james.d.carlson at sun.com] > >>> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 2:31 PM > >>> To: Mr. Z > >>> Cc: opensolaris-discuss at opensolaris.org > >>> Subject: RE: [osol-discuss] New to Solaris > >>> > >>> Mr. Z writes: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> When following James' instructions below, I found that only three > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> interfaces > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> exist. Two of which are loopbacks (lo0: interfaces) and one which is > my > >>>> wired interface (bge0:). There is no wireless interface or anything > >>>> > > with > > > >>>> the name iwi. The scan-wifi command returned nothing (just got another > >>>> prompt). > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> OK; that confirms that the driver isn't loading. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> When I try the command "ifconfig iwi0 plumb", I get the error > "ifconfig: > >>>> connot open link "iwi0": DLPI link does not exist" > >>>> > >>>> How can I get the OS to recognize the wireless card? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> First find out what the card really is. I suggest running: > >>> > >>> pfexec /usr/X11/bin/scanpci > >>> > >>> This should show the list of PCI devices in your system, and the > >>> wireless card should be among them. The interesting part of this > >>> display are the "vendor" and "device" values, which you should report > >>> to the folks who maintain the driver. The right mailing list for that > >>> is: > >>> > >>> laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org > >>> > >>> (No, if the driver doesn't want to load, you can't "force" it to load. > >>> Drivers load only when they recognize the attached hardware.) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> laptop-discuss mailing list > >> laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org > >> > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > laptop-discuss mailing list > > laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > laptop-discuss mailing list > laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org
