Re: No wifi signal with usb antenna (rum driver)
2009/2/5 Paul B. Mahol : > On 2/5/09, Lars Lonne wrote: >> 2009/2/5 Paul B. Mahol : >>> On 2/4/09, Lars Lonne wrote: >>>> Hi all. I have recently installed FreeBSD-7.1-RELEASE on my Compaq Evo >>>> laptop. It used to dualboot with windows xp and gentoo linux, but I >>>> decided to give FreeBSD a try instead, so now it dualboots with >>>> windows and FreeBSD. My biggest problem is connecting to the internet >>>> over the local wifi network. I am using a usb antenna, which uses the >>>> rum driver in FreeBSD. When using windows, the signal strength is low >>>> (I am located quite far from the access point), but works fine. I can >>>> connect to the network and get on the internet, no problem. Problem is >>>> when I start FreeBSD, I cannot get a signal, i.e. ifconfig always >>>> reports "no carrier". I can connect to the network with FreeBSD if I >>>> move closer to the AP, but it is impractical for me to do so. >>>> >>>> Has anyone experienced anything similar, or know what could be causing >>>> it? Please let me know if you need more information. Hope you can help >>>> me. >>>> >>>> /lars >>>> ___ >>>> 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" >>>> >>> >>> This is known "rum" issue, some code is missing. >>> >>> I debuged it some time ago, but with no luck. >>> I will try again some time later >>> >>> -- >>> Paul >>> >> >> Thank you for your reply. I have the same problem with the ral driver >> (as I mentioned in an earlier email to this mailing list) when I am >> using a different antenna (a pc-card). Is this also a known issue with >> the ral driver? > > If on linux(open source driver, not via ndiswrapper) you do not have > such problem, than it is ral driver fault. > > -- > Paul > Ok, thank you for your help. I'll try the ndiswrapper and see if I can get better results with that. -- Lars ___ 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"
Re: No wifi signal with usb antenna (rum driver)
2009/2/5 Paul B. Mahol : > On 2/4/09, Lars Lonne wrote: >> Hi all. I have recently installed FreeBSD-7.1-RELEASE on my Compaq Evo >> laptop. It used to dualboot with windows xp and gentoo linux, but I >> decided to give FreeBSD a try instead, so now it dualboots with >> windows and FreeBSD. My biggest problem is connecting to the internet >> over the local wifi network. I am using a usb antenna, which uses the >> rum driver in FreeBSD. When using windows, the signal strength is low >> (I am located quite far from the access point), but works fine. I can >> connect to the network and get on the internet, no problem. Problem is >> when I start FreeBSD, I cannot get a signal, i.e. ifconfig always >> reports "no carrier". I can connect to the network with FreeBSD if I >> move closer to the AP, but it is impractical for me to do so. >> >> Has anyone experienced anything similar, or know what could be causing >> it? Please let me know if you need more information. Hope you can help >> me. >> >> /lars >> ___ >> 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" >> > > This is known "rum" issue, some code is missing. > > I debuged it some time ago, but with no luck. > I will try again some time later > > -- > Paul > Thank you for your reply. I have the same problem with the ral driver (as I mentioned in an earlier email to this mailing list) when I am using a different antenna (a pc-card). Is this also a known issue with the ral driver? ___ 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"
No wifi signal with usb antenna (rum driver)
Hi all. I have recently installed FreeBSD-7.1-RELEASE on my Compaq Evo laptop. It used to dualboot with windows xp and gentoo linux, but I decided to give FreeBSD a try instead, so now it dualboots with windows and FreeBSD. My biggest problem is connecting to the internet over the local wifi network. I am using a usb antenna, which uses the rum driver in FreeBSD. When using windows, the signal strength is low (I am located quite far from the access point), but works fine. I can connect to the network and get on the internet, no problem. Problem is when I start FreeBSD, I cannot get a signal, i.e. ifconfig always reports "no carrier". I can connect to the network with FreeBSD if I move closer to the AP, but it is impractical for me to do so. Has anyone experienced anything similar, or know what could be causing it? Please let me know if you need more information. Hope you can help me. /lars ___ 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"
wireless signal strength
Hi. I have recently install FreeBSD-7.1 on my laptop. The laptop used to have windows and linux, but I have replaced linux with FreeBSD because I thought it looked very promising. However, I have one problem: the wireless signal strength seems to be significantly weaker when I am running FreeBSD. On windows I can connect and get online, but when I'm running FreeBSD it keeps connecting and disconnecting, or not even seeing the network at all. Also in linux it was never a problem. Is there something that can be done with this? In linux I was using wireless-tools (iwconfig) and dhclient, which worked fine. Are there perhaps other software that will work better than using ifconfig? /lars ___ 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"
