Re: Wireless cards

[Yury Michurin]

Hi,
I'm using D-Link DWA-547 for a couple of months now in hostap mode and it
seems to work grate.
It's a PCI card with atheros chipset.

Yury.


On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 4:37 AM, J. Altman wrote:

> Greetings...
>
> uname -a
> FreeBSD whisperer.chthonixia.net 8.0-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2
> #0: Sat May 15 11:47:55 EDT 2010
> r...@whisperer.chthonixia.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/WHISPERER  amd64
>
> My Netgear WG311T, with an Atheros chipset, seems to be at its
> end. The box is about thirty feet from the WAP, almost directly in
> line through an open door:
>
> --- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
> 27 packets transmitted, 21 packets received, 22.2% packet loss
> round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 1.811/9.526/35.551/8.051 ms
>
> I see this:
>
>  dmesg | grep "wlan0: link state changed to" | wc
>   9  54 296
>
> Where "up" or "down" follows "to" for a box with this uptime: up 2:04
>
> Over several days, this can occur hundreds of times; and often,
> ifconfig shows this: DS/1 Mbps or similar; then it will bounce back to
> OFDM; bounce around between OFDM bandwidths: then eventually fall to
> DS. This is suboptimal.
>
> So: what are people using these days? The WG311T is old. I've had no
> luck looking for a modern card using an Atheros chip. I don't care who
> makes it; whether it's Atheros or not; nor if it is PCI or PCI-X. I
> just want it to work.
>
> Thanks for any recommendations; and best regards,
>
> Joe
>
>
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Re: Wireless cards

[J. Altman]

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 09:37:12PM -0400, J. Altman wrote:
> 
> So: what are people using these days? The WG311T is old. I've had no
> luck looking for a modern card using an Atheros chip. I don't care who
> makes it; whether it's Atheros or not; nor if it is PCI or PCI-X. I
> just want it to work. 

Thanks, Jerry; but I know about that page. I also know that, for
instance, the link
 is 
non-functional, for me at least. I suspect Atheros took down the host.

Anyway: it was a question more like "What are people finding to work
well?"; sort of a request for recommendations; including using the
NDIS wrapper. I assume that experience with that may vary by card.

I neglected to mention that I'm not on the list, so a Cc: to my
address is welcome. Thanks.
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Re: Wireless cards

[Jerry]

On Tue, 25 May 2010 21:37:12 -0400
J. Altman  articulated:

> So: what are people using these days? The WG311T is old. I've had no
> luck looking for a modern card using an Atheros chip. I don't care who
> makes it; whether it's Atheros or not; nor if it is PCI or PCI-X. I
> just want it to work.

You can view a listing of known supported cards here:

http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.0R/hardware.html#WLAN

However; if you are looking for a modern, supported 'N' wireless card,
you are pretty much out of luck. There is a dearth of drivers for any
of the newer chips with no discernible relief in sight.

-- 
Jerry
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Wireless cards

[J. Altman]

Greetings...

uname -a
FreeBSD whisperer.chthonixia.net 8.0-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2
#0: Sat May 15 11:47:55 EDT 2010
r...@whisperer.chthonixia.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/WHISPERER  amd64

My Netgear WG311T, with an Atheros chipset, seems to be at its
end. The box is about thirty feet from the WAP, almost directly in
line through an open door:  

--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
27 packets transmitted, 21 packets received, 22.2% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 1.811/9.526/35.551/8.051 ms

I see this:

 dmesg | grep "wlan0: link state changed to" | wc
   9  54 296

Where "up" or "down" follows "to" for a box with this uptime: up 2:04

Over several days, this can occur hundreds of times; and often,
ifconfig shows this: DS/1 Mbps or similar; then it will bounce back to
OFDM; bounce around between OFDM bandwidths: then eventually fall to
DS. This is suboptimal.

So: what are people using these days? The WG311T is old. I've had no
luck looking for a modern card using an Atheros chip. I don't care who
makes it; whether it's Atheros or not; nor if it is PCI or PCI-X. I
just want it to work. 

Thanks for any recommendations; and best regards,

Joe


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Good wireless cards for freebsd

[Warren Liddell]

Im looking to go wireless on my network an after some easy but good 
wireless NIC cards that freebsd has good support for.  The network card 
im looking at is *P-Link Wireless N PCI Adapter, Atheros, 2T2R, 2.4GHz, 
802.11n Draft 2.0, 802.11g/b


*Thoughts and experiences welcomed.*
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Any PCI Draft-N wireless cards supported?

[Thomas T. Veldhouse]

Can anybody tell me if there are any 802.11n (draft) wireless PCI cards 
supported by FreeBSD?


Thanks!

Tom Veldhouse
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Wireless setup in non atheros wireless cards (project evil)

[Viswas Nair]

So I created a wrapper for my wireless card (Netgear WG311v3) drivers from
windows using ndisgen following instructions at
http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2005/07/15/Project-Evil.htm
I loaded the module into loader.conf

On boot I get this message:

ndis0:  mem
0xe0a0-0xe0a0,0xe0a1-0xe0a1 irq 18 at device 9.0 on pci5
ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.0
ndis0: init handler failed
device_attach: ndis0 attach returned 6

Any suggestions on how to fix this and what I am doing wrong?

Thanks,
Vishy
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Re: Bridge, networking, wireless cards, and ypbind.... (*sigh*

[Wes Santee]

Paul Pathiakis wrote:
> On Saturday 10 June 2006 01:00, you wrote:
>> Paul Pathiakis wrote:
> Seems that once I rebooted, both interfaces came up in promiscuous mode, so 
> that's a no go now.  I still believe it to be a frag/UDP/RPC issue.
> 
> Wes do you or anyone else have any further insight?
> 

Well, I don't run NIS, so I'm not sure I'll be much more help.  I
imagine that by default ypbind is broadcasting to find a server (ayup,
just checked the manpage for it).  Are you seeing those broadcasts come
across the bridge (via tcpdump)?  If not, does the -m switch to ypbind
help at all?

If none of that helps, someone with more NIS experience will probably
need to step in to help.

Cheers,
-Wes






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Re: Bridge, networking, wireless cards, and ypbind.... (*sigh*

[Paul Pathiakis]

On Saturday 10 June 2006 01:00, you wrote:
> Paul Pathiakis wrote:
> > my rc.conf has:
> >
> > ifconfig_ath0="inet 192.168.1.24 netmask 0xff00 ssid my_ap mode 11g
> > mediaopt adhoc"
> > defautrouter="192.168.1.12"
> > nis_client_enable="YES"
> >
> > ifconfig -a shows:
> >
> > ath0: flags=8843 mtu 1500
> > inet6 fe80::213:46ff:fe94:75c3%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
> > ether 00:13:46:94:75:c3
> > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g 
> > status: associated
> > ssid my_ap channel 3 bssid 02:13:46:94:75:c5
> > authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpowmax 36 protmode CTS burst bintval
> > 100
> >
> > I assume that since the bssid shows the MAC address of AP, it is bound.
>
> Why isn't the ath0 card in promisc mode?  I thought it pretty much has
> to be in order for the bridge to work (both NICs in my bridge stay in
> promisc mode).
>
> I'm not sure if you're using "device if_bridge", or "options BRIDGE",
> but if it's the former, and you're running traffic through pf, take note
> of the warning in the if_bridge man page:
>
> The bridge may not forward fragments that have been reassembled by a
> packet filter.  In pf(4) fragment reassembly can be disabled in the
> scrub option.
>
> That's just my guesses for places to look based on the info you described.
>
> Cheers,
> -Wes

Thanks, Wes.

Sorry, but nothing more to report.

I am using if_bridge as my rc.conf shows I clone the interface and create the 
bridge.  This autoloads the if_bridge.ko as shown:

1   12 0xc040 534520   kernel
 21 0xc0935000 121e4geom_mirror.ko
 31 0xc0948000 10958if_ath.ko
 43 0xc0959000 26b60ath_hal.ko
 52 0xc098 40ac ath_rate.ko
 61 0xc0985000 58554acpi.ko
 71 0xc3567000 8000 if_bridge.ko
 81 0xc3661000 4000 logo_saver.ko

Pretty much I copied this from the ath man page:

   ifconfig ath0 inet up ssid my_ap media DS/11Mbps mediaopt hostap
   sysctl net.inet.ip.check_interface=0
   ifconfig bridge0 create
   ifconfig bridge0 addm ath0 addm fxp0
 
Seems that once I rebooted, both interfaces came up in promiscuous mode, so 
that's a no go now.  I still believe it to be a frag/UDP/RPC issue.

Wes do you or anyone else have any further insight?

Thank you,

Paul Pathiakis
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Re: Bridge, networking, wireless cards, and ypbind.... (*sigh*

[Wes Santee]

Paul Pathiakis wrote:

> my rc.conf has:
> 
> ifconfig_ath0="inet 192.168.1.24 netmask 0xff00 ssid my_ap mode 11g 
> mediaopt adhoc"
> defautrouter="192.168.1.12"
> nis_client_enable="YES"
> 
> ifconfig -a shows:
> 
> ath0: flags=8843 mtu 1500
> inet6 fe80::213:46ff:fe94:75c3%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
> ether 00:13:46:94:75:c3
> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g 
> status: associated
> ssid my_ap channel 3 bssid 02:13:46:94:75:c5
> authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpowmax 36 protmode CTS burst bintval 100
> 
> I assume that since the bssid shows the MAC address of AP, it is bound.

Why isn't the ath0 card in promisc mode?  I thought it pretty much has
to be in order for the bridge to work (both NICs in my bridge stay in
promisc mode).

I'm not sure if you're using "device if_bridge", or "options BRIDGE",
but if it's the former, and you're running traffic through pf, take note
of the warning in the if_bridge man page:

The bridge may not forward fragments that have been reassembled by a
packet filter.  In pf(4) fragment reassembly can be disabled in the
scrub option.

That's just my guesses for places to look based on the info you described.

Cheers,
-Wes
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Bridge, networking, wireless cards, and ypbind.... (*sigh*

[Paul Pathiakis]

Hi,

I wish this was a little less complicated, but it seems pretty straightforward 
and I got it to work in no time at all, so I think I have it right.

Machines:
Two AMD Socket 462 boxen
512 MB RAM
RTL8169 Gb chipset (reX) cards
Wireless card is Atheros 5212 based

OK.  Everything on the NIS/NFS machine has worked fine and I just added a 
wireless card.  I'm going wireless on a few machines to test the wireless as 
I'm in an apartment and I'm thinking the landlord isn't going to like me 
hacking up the walls for wall plates, etc

So... I add the Atheros card, configure it to be the hostap (ap->access point 
and voila' it works.  Nice)

On the NIS Server machine, I have the 192.168.1.x with 255.255.255.0 address 
space.

In loader.conf, I have:

if_ath_enable="YES"

In rc.conf, I have:

nis_server_enable="YES"
nis_client_enable="YES"
nfs_server_enable="YES"
cloned_interfaces="bridge0"
ifconfig_bridge0="addm re0 addm ath0 up"
ifconfig_re0="inet 192.168.1.11 netmask 255.255.255.0"
defaultrouter="192.168.1.12"
ifconfig_ath0="ssid my_ap mode 11g mediaopt hostap"

my ifconfig -a shows:

ath0: flags=8943 mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::213:46ff:fe94:75c5%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
ether 00:13:46:94:75:c5
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g 
status: associated
ssid my_ap channel 1 bssid 00:13:46:94:75:c5
authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpowmax 30 protmode CTS burst
dtimperiod 1 bintval 100
re0: flags=8943 mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::20e:a6ff:fe71:45b1%vr0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
inet 192.168.1.11 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 10.1.1.255
ether 00:0e:a6:71:45:b1
media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseTX )
status: active
bridge0: flags=8043 mtu 1500
ether ac:de:48:f4:6b:4e
priority 32768 hellotime 2 fwddelay 15 maxage 20
member: ath0 flags=3
member: vr0 flags=3

my sysctl.conf has (these were gotchas I wasn't expecting..)

net.inet.ip.check_interface=0
net.link.bridge.pfil_member=0
net.link.bridge.pfil_onlyip=0
net.link.bridge.pfil_bridge=0


Everything good so far.  I have a wireless card bridged to my Gb ethernet and 
it seems to work.

ypwhich shows the machine bound to this server as it is the only master.

Ok, the first wireless client gets the next Wireless card (for those wanting 
to know the name and model, they are D-LINK DWL-G520 108G card).  

my rc.conf has:

ifconfig_ath0="inet 192.168.1.24 netmask 0xff00 ssid my_ap mode 11g 
mediaopt adhoc"
defautrouter="192.168.1.12"
nis_client_enable="YES"

ifconfig -a shows:

ath0: flags=8843 mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::213:46ff:fe94:75c3%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
ether 00:13:46:94:75:c3
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g 
status: associated
ssid my_ap channel 3 bssid 02:13:46:94:75:c5
authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpowmax 36 protmode CTS burst bintval 100

I assume that since the bssid shows the MAC address of AP, it is bound.

I can ping the x.x.x.11 address.  I can ping the x.x.x.12 gw address.  I can 
resolve out to the world.  Life is great, right?

No, I can't ypbind and only the default accounts are coming up.  

I can mount NFS exported drives from the server with no issue.

if I ypwhich it tells me the domain is not bound.  (Yes, the domainname is 
correct)

I believe I'm missing something with UDP or ICMP or some such.  This is 
driving me 3 days crazy.  Is there a sysctl or something I'm missing?  Does 
this seem like an RPC or UDP issue.

Part of my trouble shooting had me hardwiring the machines instead of 
wireless.  No sooner did I boot up the client then it was bound to the 
server.  Why does it refuse to do this on the wireless?

Thank you for your wisdom oh-wise-and-powerful list

Paul Pathiakis


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RE: Wireless Cards ?

[Uwe Kolsch]

Edmund Allain wrote:
> What wireless cards work on BSD ? I need a specific card in which I 
> can go to Compusa and purchase it. I have already bought a smc2602w 
> which was suppose to work but they change the chip. I m really 
> frustrated with this delimna. Please give specific card names Thanks 
> in advance eddie
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I'm using a D-Link AirPlus Xtreme, got it from ebuyer.co.uk, but guess you
can
get it from ebuyer.com as well.
Works fine, except: WEP doesn't work (when I gave the key I used with w2k
and linux
ifconfig did not accept it, because it were to short, if I added two random
digits
ifconfig accepted the key, but the router didn't as the key was not the
proper key anymore.
so I switched to access restriction by MAC address, which is not a problem
as it is
my home network. Another problem was that the card did not come up at boot
time just
by putting the ifconfig statements into /etc/rc.conf like
 
ifconfig_ath0="inet 192.168.6.202  netmask 255.255.255.0"
ifconfig_ath0_alias0="inet 192.168.6.205  netmask 255.255.255.255"
ifconfig_ath0_alias1="inet 192.168.6.206  netmask 255.255.255.255"

So I create ath0_up.sh in /usr/local/etc/rc.d as:

#!/bin/sh
/sbin/ifconfig ath0 inet 192.168.6.202 netmask 255.255.255.0
/sbin/ifconfig ath0 alias 192.168.6.205 netmask 255.255.255.255
/sbin/ifconfig ath0 alias 192.168.6.206 netmask 255.255.255.255
/sbin/route add default 192.168.6.1

Works without problems since then (but maybe someone has a hint how to avoid
all this)

Uwe

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Re: Wireless Cards ?

[Pavel Duda]

Edmund Allain wrote:
What wireless cards work on BSD ? I need a specific card in which I can
go to Compusa and purchase it. I have already bought a smc2602w which
was suppose to work but they change the chip. I m really frustrated with
this delimna. Please give specific card names
Thanks in advance 
eddie
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I was using wifi cards based on Prism chipset - Z-COM XI-626 (PCI) in 
desktop and Z-COM XI-325 (PCMCIA) in laptop.

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Re: Wireless Cards ?

[uidzero]

Larry Rosenman wrote:

I'm using a WPC54GS from Linksys/Cisco using the NDISulator on
5-CURRENT.
What's recommended for a desktop? I have one single cable connected 
(through out the house) from my desk top to my wireless hub.

Thanks,

Michael
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Re: Wireless Cards ?

[Larry Rosenman]

--On Tuesday, May 11, 2004 12:38:45 -0400 Edmund Allain 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

What wireless cards work on BSD ? I need a specific card in which I can
go to Compusa and purchase it. I have already bought a smc2602w which
was suppose to work but they change the chip. I m really frustrated with
this delimna. Please give specific card names
I'm using a WPC54GS from Linksys/Cisco using the NDISulator on
5-CURRENT.

Thanks in advance
eddie
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Wireless Cards ?

[Edmund Allain]

What wireless cards work on BSD ? I need a specific card in which I can
go to Compusa and purchase it. I have already bought a smc2602w which
was suppose to work but they change the chip. I m really frustrated with
this delimna. Please give specific card names
Thanks in advance 
eddie
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pcmcia wireless cards

[sAndri Kok]

Hi guys,

I noticed that the hardware list for wireless interfaces are quite old. I'm 
thinking of buying a wlan pcmcia card, but it seems that the ones I can find 
around my area are not in the list. The nearest I can find is SMC 2635W (the 
one in the list is SMC 2632W). Anyone have tried this card before? Is it 
compatible? what about belkin cards? or Netgear MA521 that supports 821.1g?

And have anyone tried Compaq WL400 wlan access point with freebsd yet? can 
you configure it from freebsd an not from windows? any replies would be 
appreciated. Thx a lot guys =)

regards,

Andri

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Re: Running 2 wireless cards

[Pete Muller]

Bob Johnson asked:

>>So when you ping the second card, you're turning off WEP on your laptop?
_ _ _ _

Most definitely - never have it on, as a matter of fact.

WEP is only running to [marginally] secure the link between wi0 and the
AP that's 10 miles away.

I've yet to ever have a problem with wi0 (the 192.168.10.x network in this
case).


It's wi1 that I can't "talk" to.  :-(


Pete


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Re: Running 2 wireless cards

[Bob Johnson]

On Friday 20 September 2002 10:48 pm, Pete Muller appears to have 
written:
> Adam Weinberger wrote:
>>
>>
>> tell me whether i have this wrong: you have 2 cards in one computer,
>> at you're trying to get them both to communicate with a card in a
>> laptop running in host mode?
>>
>
> Well... one at a time of course.  :-)
>
> One of the cards (the 192.168.10.x network) is already in use as a
> link to a friend's house about 20 miles away (with an AP1000 midway).
> That entire card/network/interface functions perfectly.
>
> The second card/network (192.168.20.x) is the one I'm trying to get
> to work and yes: I'm just using my laptop to try and communicate
> with it.
>
> 
>
>>
>> can you show your wicontrol scripts? and the output of "ifconfig -a"?
>> and of "wicontrol -i wi0" and "wicontrol -i wi1".
>>
>
> Sure 
>
[...stuff deleted for space]
>
>
> - begin  wicontrol -i wi0  output ->
[...]
> Power Mgmt (1=on, 0=off):   [ 0 ]
> Max sleep time: [ 100 ]
> WEP encryption: [ On ]
> TX encryption key:  [ 1 ]
> Encryption keys:[ x ][  ][  ][  ]
>
> <- end wicontrol -i wi0 output---
>
>
> - begin  wicontrol -i wi1  output ->
[...]
> Power Mgmt (1=on, 0=off):   [ 0 ]
> Max sleep time: [ 100 ]
> WEP encryption: [ Off ]
> TX encryption key:  [ 1 ]
> Encryption keys:[  ][  ][  ][  ]
>
> <- end wicontrol -i wi0 output---
>
>
> 
>
>> are either of the cards associating?
>
> Yes.
>
>> if you assign wi1 an IP, say: ifconfig wi1 inet 192.168.20.222 can
>> you
>> then ping the ip?
>
> I can ping either card when telneted into the machine.
>
> Since the first card wi0 is in BSS mode, (it has to be to communicate
> with the AP1000 that is my repeater 10 miles away), I can't ping that
> card from my laptop unless I hop it over to ad-hoc mode (that works
> fine though if I do).
>
> I can't ping the second card from "outside" no matter what I've
> tried.   :-(

So when you ping the second card, you're turning off WEP on 
your laptop?

- Bob

>
>
> Thanks
> Pete
>


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Re: Running 2 wireless cards

[Pete Muller]

Adam Weinberger wrote:

>>
tell me whether i have this wrong: you have 2 cards in one computer, at
you're trying to get them both to communicate with a card in a laptop
running in host mode?
<<

Well... one at a time of course.  :-)

One of the cards (the 192.168.10.x network) is already in use as a link to a
friend's house about 20 miles away (with an AP1000 midway). That entire
card/network/interface functions perfectly.

The second card/network (192.168.20.x) is the one I'm trying to get to
work and yes: I'm just using my laptop to try and communicate with it.



>>
can you show your wicontrol scripts? and the output of "ifconfig -a"? and of
"wicontrol -i wi0" and "wicontrol -i wi1".
<<

Sure 


- start of wireless.sh (192.168.10) ->

#!/bin/sh
# Run via the sh shell

# Set the frequency here
wicontrol -i wi0 -f 11

# Set the speed
# Default setting is 2 (fixed standard)
# 3 is auto rate select high
wicontrol -i wi0 -t 3

# Set the station name
wicontrol -i wi0 -s heidi

# Set the SSID
wicontrol -i wi0 -q tass2pete

# Set the network name
wicontrol -i wi0 -n tass2pete

# Set BSS or ad-hoc mode
wicontrol -i wi0 -p 1
#wicontrol -i wi0 -p 3

# Set encryption key and turn on encryption
wicontrol -i wi0 -k x
wicontrol -i wi0 -e 1

# Set the IP address and netmask
ifconfig wi0 192.168.10.1  netmask 255.255.255.0
heidi#

<- end of wireless.sh (192.168.10) ---



- start of wireless1.sh (192.168.20) ->

#!/bin/sh
# Run via the sh shell

# Set the frequency here
wicontrol -i wi1 -f 5

# Set the speed
# Default setting is 2 (fixed standard)
wicontrol -i wi1 -t 5

# Set the station name
wicontrol -i wi1 -s heidi

# Set the SSID
wicontrol -i wi1 -q shop2pete

# Set the network name
wicontrol -i wi1 -n shop2pete

# Set BSS or ad-hoc mode
#wicontrol -i wi1 -p 1
wicontrol -i wi1 -p 3

# Set the IP address and netmask
ifconfig wi1 192.168.20.1  netmask 255.255.255.0
heidi#

<- end of wireless1.sh (192.168.20) ---


- start of ifconfig -a output (wi adapters shown only)->

wi0: flags=8843 mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::202:2dff:fe2b:4c6d%wi0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6
inet 192.168.10.1 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.10.255
ether 00:02:2d:2b:4c:6d
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/11Mbps)
status: associated
ssid tass2pete
stationname heidi
channel 11 authmode NONE powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
wepmode MIXED weptxkey 1
wepkey 1:64-bit
wi1: flags=8843 mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::202:2dff:fe0a:dd7c%wi1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x7
inet 192.168.20.1 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.20.255
ether 00:02:2d:0a:dd:7c
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect
status: associated
ssid shop2pete
stationname heidi
channel 5 authmode NONE powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
wepmode OFF weptxkey 1

<-- end of ifconfig -a output-


- begin  wicontrol -i wi0  output ->

NIC serial number:  [ 01UT14337859 ]
Station name:   [ heidi ]
SSID for IBSS creation: [ tass2pete ]
Current netname (SSID): [ tass2pete ]
Desired netname (SSID): [ tass2pete ]
Current BSSID:  [ 00:02:2d:2b:4c:62 ]
Channel list:   [ 2047 ]
IBSS channel:   [ 11 ]
Current channel:[ 11 ]
Comms quality/signal/noise: [ 21 76 55 ]
Promiscuous mode:   [ Off ]
Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc):[ 1 ]
MAC address:[ 00:02:2d:2b:4c:6d ]
TX rate (selection):[ 3 ]
TX rate (actual speed): [ 11 ]
RTS/CTS handshake threshold:[ 2347 ]
Create IBSS:[ Off ]
Access point density:   [ 1 ]
Power Mgmt (1=on, 0=off):   [ 0 ]
Max sleep time: [ 100 ]
WEP encryption: [ On ]
TX encryption key:  [ 1 ]
Encryption keys:[ x ][  ][  ][  ]

<- end wicontrol -i wi0 output---


- begin  wicontrol -i wi1  output ->

NIC serial number:  [ 00UT48371550 ]
Station name:   [ heidi ]
SSID for IBSS creation: [ shop2pete ]
Current netname (SSID): [ shop2pete ]
Desired netname (SSID): [ shop2pete ]
Current BSSID:  [ 00:00:00:00:00:00 ]
Channel list:   [ 2047 ]
IBSS channel:   [ 5 ]
Current channel:[ 5 ]
Comms quality/signal/noise: [ 0 27 27 ]
Promiscuous mode:   [ Off ]
Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc):[ 3 ]
MAC address:[ 00:02:2d:0a:dd:7c ]
TX 

Re: Running 2 wireless cards

[Adam Weinberger]

can you show your wicontrol scripts? and the output of "ifconfig -a"? 
and of "wicontrol -i wi0" and "wicontrol -i wi1".

tell me whether i have this wrong: you have 2 cards in one computer, at
you're trying to get them both to communicate with a card in a laptop
running in host mode?

are either of the cards associating? if you assign wi1 an IP, say:
ifconfig wi1 inet 192.168.20.222
can you then ping the ip?

-Adam


>> (09.19.2002 @ 2322 PST): Pete Muller said, in 3.8K: <<
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Old 233mhz Vectra, FBSD v4.5
> 
> I'm struggling to get 2 Orinoco Silver .11b cards to run on FBSD v4.5.  Each
> card is in an ISA adapter.
> 
> The box does nat through the wired NIC to the world. (3Com 3C905 card)
> 
> One wireless card is set up as the 192.168.10 network, the second being the
> 192.168.20 network.
> 
> The problem I'm having is getting the *second* card to work. I can ping it,
> the lights are on, but the card is not talking. I've "wicontrol'd" this
> thing to death... trying every conceivable combination of settings, still
> with no luck.  btw: I'm trying to talk to it using a Dell laptop running W2k
> with [another] Orinoco Silver card (same cards in the FBSD box).
> 
> 
> Here are the relevant parts of my config:
> 
> - /etc/rc.conf --->
> 
> natd_program="/sbin/natd"
> natd_enable="YES"
> natd_interface="xl0"
> natd_flags="-dynamic"
> gateway_enable="YES"
> firewall_enable="YES"
> firewall_script="/etc/rc.firewall"
> firewall_type="OPEN"
> firewall_quiet="NO"
> firewall_logging_enable="YES"
> log_in_vain="YES"
> # and here's the stuff for the PCMCIA adapter 
> pccard_enable="YES"
> pccard_mem="DEFAULT"
> portmap_enable="YES"
> accept_sourceroute="NO"
> # script to configure first card (wi0)
> /usr/local/sbin/wireless.sh   [[these are my wicontrol parameters]]
> # script to configure second card (wi1)
> /usr/local/sbin/wireless1.sh
> 
> <<-- end of /etc/rc.conf ---
> 
> 
> --- kernel config file -->
> 
> # PCCARD (PCMCIA) support
> device  card
> # The first pair of lines are for direct assignment
> # The second pair of lines are for polling mode
> #device pcic0   at isa? irq 4 port 0x3e0 iomem 0xd
> #device pcic1   at isa? irq 5 port 0x3e2 iomem 0xd4000
> device  pcic0   at isa? port 0x3e0 iomem 0xd
> device  pcic1   at isa? port 0x3e2 iomem 0xd4000
> 
> << end of kernel config snippet ---
> 
> 
> I've experimented with direct port assignments... cards seem to both "come
> alive" either way.  Currently running in polling mode.
> 
> 
>   /etc/defaults/pccard.conf --->
> 
> # Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE -- Dual Wireless NICs - test
> #
> card "Lucent Technologies" "WaveLAN/IEEE"
> config  0x1 "wi0" ?
> config  0x1 "wi1" ?
> insert  /etc/pccard_ether "wi0" start
> insert  /etc/pccard_ether "wi1" start
> 
> << end of  /etc/defaults/pccard.conf  snippet 
> 
> 
>  relevant lines of  dmesg output --->
> 
> pccard: card inserted, slot 0
> pccard: card inserted, slot 2
> wi0:  at port 0x240-0x27f irq 3 slot 0 on pccard0
> wi0: Ethernet address: 00:02:2d:2b:4c:6d
> wi1:  at port 0x280-0x2bf irq 5 slot 2 on pccard2
> wi1: Ethernet address: 00:02:2d:0a:dd:7c
> 
> << end of  dmesg output snippet ---
> 
> 
> 
> The *only* thing I've noticed is a slight difference in what echos to the
> screen when the cards "come up" during bootup.
> 
> The sequence I see/hear:
> 
> - tone when wi0 comes up
> - a line echos to the screen similar to the wi0 line in dmesg
> - ~10 seconds later a second line echos spelling out config information of
> the interface (not the config of the card)
> - tone when wi1 comes up
> - a line echos to the screen similar to the wi1 line in dmesg
> - ~10 seconds later something like "pccard running" (or some simple two word
> message) echos
> 
> 
> These latter lines echoing to the screen (the final line that shows for each
> card during bootup) do *not* show in dmesg (sorry... I'm a
> beginner at this, so I don't know if I'm describing this correctly).
> There is definitely a difference in what I'm seeing on the screen during
> bootup for the 2 cards.
> 
> Card wi0 *always* works -- and I have *never* been able to "talk" to wi1
> no matter what I've tried.
> 
> Any suggestions for this rank beginner?
> 
> Advice greatly appreciated thx
> 
> Pete
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Running 2 wireless cards

[Pete Muller]

Hi all,

Old 233mhz Vectra, FBSD v4.5

I'm struggling to get 2 Orinoco Silver .11b cards to run on FBSD v4.5.  Each
card is in an ISA adapter.

The box does nat through the wired NIC to the world. (3Com 3C905 card)

One wireless card is set up as the 192.168.10 network, the second being the
192.168.20 network.

The problem I'm having is getting the *second* card to work. I can ping it,
the lights are on, but the card is not talking. I've "wicontrol'd" this
thing to death... trying every conceivable combination of settings, still
with no luck.  btw: I'm trying to talk to it using a Dell laptop running W2k
with [another] Orinoco Silver card (same cards in the FBSD box).


Here are the relevant parts of my config:

- /etc/rc.conf --->

natd_program="/sbin/natd"
natd_enable="YES"
natd_interface="xl0"
natd_flags="-dynamic"
gateway_enable="YES"
firewall_enable="YES"
firewall_script="/etc/rc.firewall"
firewall_type="OPEN"
firewall_quiet="NO"
firewall_logging_enable="YES"
log_in_vain="YES"
# and here's the stuff for the PCMCIA adapter 
pccard_enable="YES"
pccard_mem="DEFAULT"
portmap_enable="YES"
accept_sourceroute="NO"
# script to configure first card (wi0)
/usr/local/sbin/wireless.sh   [[these are my wicontrol parameters]]
# script to configure second card (wi1)
/usr/local/sbin/wireless1.sh

<<-- end of /etc/rc.conf ---


--- kernel config file -->

# PCCARD (PCMCIA) support
device  card
# The first pair of lines are for direct assignment
# The second pair of lines are for polling mode
#device pcic0   at isa? irq 4 port 0x3e0 iomem 0xd
#device pcic1   at isa? irq 5 port 0x3e2 iomem 0xd4000
device  pcic0   at isa? port 0x3e0 iomem 0xd
device  pcic1   at isa? port 0x3e2 iomem 0xd4000

<< end of kernel config snippet ---


I've experimented with direct port assignments... cards seem to both "come
alive" either way.  Currently running in polling mode.


  /etc/defaults/pccard.conf --->

# Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE -- Dual Wireless NICs - test
#
card "Lucent Technologies" "WaveLAN/IEEE"
config  0x1 "wi0" ?
config  0x1 "wi1" ?
insert  /etc/pccard_ether "wi0" start
insert  /etc/pccard_ether "wi1" start

<< end of  /etc/defaults/pccard.conf  snippet 


 relevant lines of  dmesg output --->

pccard: card inserted, slot 0
pccard: card inserted, slot 2
wi0:  at port 0x240-0x27f irq 3 slot 0 on pccard0
wi0: Ethernet address: 00:02:2d:2b:4c:6d
wi1:  at port 0x280-0x2bf irq 5 slot 2 on pccard2
wi1: Ethernet address: 00:02:2d:0a:dd:7c

<< end of  dmesg output snippet ---



The *only* thing I've noticed is a slight difference in what echos to the
screen when the cards "come up" during bootup.

The sequence I see/hear:

- tone when wi0 comes up
- a line echos to the screen similar to the wi0 line in dmesg
- ~10 seconds later a second line echos spelling out config information of
the interface (not the config of the card)
- tone when wi1 comes up
- a line echos to the screen similar to the wi1 line in dmesg
- ~10 seconds later something like "pccard running" (or some simple two word
message) echos


These latter lines echoing to the screen (the final line that shows for each
card during bootup) do *not* show in dmesg (sorry... I'm a
beginner at this, so I don't know if I'm describing this correctly).
There is definitely a difference in what I'm seeing on the screen during
bootup for the 2 cards.

Card wi0 *always* works -- and I have *never* been able to "talk" to wi1
no matter what I've tried.

Any suggestions for this rank beginner?

Advice greatly appreciated thx

Pete






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