[RFT] Intel 3945abg wireless driver (wpi)
KISEL Jan
j.kisel at rambler.ru
Sun Nov 4 15:01:54 PST 2007
Hello!
I've installed last version of wpi driver, but DHCP discovering doesn't
work in my case.
Installation done w/o problems, `ifconfig wpi0 up scan' gave me a right
ssid list; then i'd set ssid by `ifconfig wpi0 ssid $myssid` and tried
to receive an address - dhclient wpi0, but nothing...
# tail -f /var/log/messages
Nov 5 01:00:03 kernel: temperature -112->-111
Nov 5 01:00:03 kernel: Temp in calibration is: -111
Nov 5 01:00:16 last message repeated 26 times
Nov 5 01:00:16 kernel: sending data: qid=0 idx=38 len=336 nsegs=2
Nov 5 01:00:17 kernel: Temp in calibration is: -111
Nov 5 01:00:21 last message repeated 9 times
Nov 5 01:00:21 kernel: sending data: qid=0 idx=39 len=336 nsegs=2
Nov 5 01:00:22 kernel: Temp in calibration is: -111
# uname -a
FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #5: Mon Nov 5 00:20:13 MSK
2007 root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/DKROT_ASUSW7S i386
# ifconfig wpi0
wpi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
ether 00:1b:77:3e:9f:6b
inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/24Mbps)
status: associated
ssid dkrot_home channel 6 (2437 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:13:46:de:8e:63
authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpowmax 100 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60
protmode CTS bintval 100
WBR,
Kisel Jan
Benjamin Close wrote:
> Howdy All, I'm pleased to announce the first 'official'
> experimental version of the wpi wireless driver and hence require your
> help in making it become stable.
> Expect a few things not to work (ie bg scanning, setting txpower) but
> in general the driver should be usable in station mode (hostap is not
> yet supported).
>
> If you've got an Intel 3945abg wireless card, grab the tarball at:
>
>
> http://people.freebsd.org/~benjsc/downloads/wpi/20071102-freebsd-wpi.tar.gz
>
>
> Untar and follow the instructions in the README.
> If you want more info about the driver, or to checkout the FAQ checkout:
>
> http://www.clearchain.com/wiki/Wpi
>
> I'm interested in all reports related to panics, things not working as
> expected, etc.
> The driver still has debug enabled so expect a few messages to be
> dumped to the screen whilst in use.
>
> Finally, many thanks to all those that have been helping debug the
> driver along the way.
>
> Cheers,
> Benjamin
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