Wireless PCI card setup

Andrew L. Gould algould at datawok.com
Mon Jan 5 10:23:18 PST 2004


On Monday 05 January 2004 12:02 pm, G. Held wrote:
> >Can you just paste dmesg -a?
>
> Righty-O:
>
>
> --G. Held
> ----------------------
>
> Copyright (c) 1992-2003 The FreeBSD Project.
> Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
> 	The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
> FreeBSD 5.2-RC2 #0: Mon Dec 22 07:23:48 GMT 2003
>      root at wv1u.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
> Preloaded elf kernel "/boot/kernel/kernel" at 0xc09e1000.
> mptable_probe: MP Config Table has bad signature: Mou
> Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
> CPU: AMD Athlon(tm)  (1094.15-MHz 686-class CPU)
>    Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x6a0  Stepping = 0
>
> Features=0x383fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA
>,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE> AMD Features=0xc0400000<AMIE,DSP,3DNow!>
> real memory  = 536805376 (511 MB)
> avail memory = 511774720 (488 MB)
> Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
> npx0: [FAST]
> npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
> npx0: INT 16 interface
> pcibios: BIOS version 2.10
> Using $PIR table, 16 entries at 0xc00fde60
> pcib0: <Host to PCI bridge> at pcibus 0 on motherboard
> pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
> agp0: <NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Controller> mem 0xe0000000-0xe3ffffff at
> device 0.0 on pci0
> pci0: <memory, RAM> at device 0.1 (no driver attached)
> pci0: <memory, RAM> at device 0.2 (no driver attached)
> pci0: <memory, RAM> at device 0.3 (no driver attached)
> pci0: <memory, RAM> at device 0.4 (no driver attached)
> pci0: <memory, RAM> at device 0.5 (no driver attached)
> isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
> isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
> pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 1.1 (no driver attached)
> ohci0: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> mem 0xeb003000-0xeb003fff irq
> 5 at device 2.0 on pci0
> usb0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support
> usb0: SMM does not respond, resetting
> usb0: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> on ohci0
> usb0: USB revision 1.0
> uhub0: (0x10de) OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
> uhub0: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered
> ohci1: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> mem 0xeb004000-0xeb004fff irq
> 11 at device 2.1 on pci0
> usb1: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support
> usb1: SMM does not respond, resetting
> usb1: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> on ohci1
> usb1: USB revision 1.0
> uhub1: (0x10de) OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
> uhub1: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered
> pci0: <serial bus, USB> at device 2.2 (no driver attached)
> pci0: <network, ethernet> at device 4.0 (no driver attached)
> pci0: <multimedia, audio> at device 6.0 (no driver attached)
> pcib1: <PCIBIOS PCI-PCI bridge> at device 8.0 on pci0
> pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
> pci_cfgintr: 1:7 INTA BIOS irq 5
> pci_cfgintr: 1:9 INTA BIOS irq 11
> pci_cfgintr: 1:10 INTA BIOS irq 11
> pci1: <network, ethernet> at device 7.0 (no driver attached)
> rl0: <D-Link DFE-530TX+ 10/100BaseTX> port 0xc000-0xc0ff mem
> 0xea010000-0xea0100ff irq 11 at device 9.0 on pci1
> rl0: Ethernet address: 00:40:05:85:ee:cc
> miibus0: <MII bus> on rl0
> rlphy0: <RealTek internal media interface> on miibus0
> rlphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> ahc0: <Adaptec aic7850 SCSI adapter> port 0xc400-0xc4ff mem
> 0xea011000-0xea011fff irq 11 at device 10.0 on pci1
> ahc0: Host Adapter Bios disabled.  Using default SCSI device parameters
> aic7850: Single Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 3/253 SCBs
> atapci0: <nVidia nForce2 UDMA133 controller> port 0xf000-0xf00f at
> device 9.0 on pci0
> ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
> ata0: [MPSAFE]
> ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0
> ata1: [MPSAFE]
> pcib2: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
> pci2: <PCI bus> on pcib2
> pci_cfgintr: 0:30 INTA routed to irq 11
> pcib2: slot 0 INTA is routed to irq 11
> pci2: <display, VGA> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
> orm0: <Option ROMs> at iomem
> 0xd4000-0xd57ff,0xd0000-0xd3fff,0xc0000-0xcefff on isa0
> pmtimer0 on isa0
> atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x64,0x60 on isa0
> atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0
> kbd0 at atkbd0
> psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
> psm0: model IntelliMouse, device ID 3
> fdc0: <Enhanced floppy controller (i82077, NE72065 or clone)> at port
> 0x3f7,0x3f0-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0
> fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
> fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
> ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
> ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode
> ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
> plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
> lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
> lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
> ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
> sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
> sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
> sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
> sio0: type 16550A
> sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
> sio1: type 16550A
> vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
> unknown: <PNP0303> can't assign resources (port)
> unknown: <PNP0f13> can't assign resources (irq)
> unknown: <PNP0501> can't assign resources (port)
> unknown: <PNP0700> can't assign resources (port)
> unknown: <PNP0400> can't assign resources (port)
> unknown: <PNP0501> can't assign resources (port)
> Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1094147174 Hz quality 800
> Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
> GEOM: create disk ad0 dp=0xc48ef660
> ad0: 29311MB <Maxtor 93073U6> [59554/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA66
> acd0: CDROM <TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-5602B> at ata1-master PIO3
> Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle
> Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
> ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xea000000-0xea00ffff irq 5 at device 7.0 on pci1
> ath0: mac 5.6 phy 4.1 5ghz radio 1.7 2ghz radio 2.3
> ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps
> 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
> ath0: 802.11 address: 00:0d:88:8b:d2:c7
>
> >-----Original Message-----
>
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>
> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of G. Held
> >Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 5:07 PM
> >To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >Subject: Wireless PCI card setup
> >
> >Greetings,
> >
> >I have a D-Link DWL-G520 PCI card that I am trying to install, with
> >less success than I would like.
> >
> >I am using FreeBSD 5.2-RC2.  I have been able to bring the card up
> >manually with ifconfig for an Atheros chipset ("ifconfig ath0 inet
> >192.168.39.100 netmask 255.255.255.0") and doing so, I can see the
> >.html setup screens for my router (D-Link Di-624 (192.168.39.1))--so
> >there is a connection.  However, there I am stopped.  I cannot get
> >past the wireless router to my other machines (hooked into a Linksys
> >Cable/DSL router (192.168.38.1)) or the Internet in general.  No
> >http, no pings, nada.

Did you set the gateway

defaultrouter="192.168.39.1"

in /etc/rc.conf so that the computer could find 192.168.38.1?

> >
> >I'm led to believe that the fault is with my setup of the wireless
> >card.  If I hook the machine into one of the wireless router's rj45
> >jacks, the connection is just fine.  The wireless card also
> >functioned without problems in a short-lived win98 install.  So the
> >card works, and the router setup seems to be good.  That leaves the
> >card setup within FreeBSD.
> >
> >I am at a loss as to what to try next.  I've tried DHCP, I've tried
> >setting up a network interface via sysinstall after bringing up the
> >ath0 whoozit with ifconfig (apparently the card is not detected at
> >startup?)...
> >
> >What am I missing?
> >
> >Any suggestions?  Relevant documentation you can direct me to?
> >Direct solutions?  :)
> >
> >
> >   --G. Held

Best of luck,

Andrew Gould



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