ndis0 no carrier

[Mathias Bergqvist]

Hi,

on my Dell D800 with FreeBSD 5.3 RELEASE I've managed to build and load the 
ndis modules, and gotten as far as the ndis0 device showing up on ifconfig.

However, I can't seem to get a 'carrier tone', and the SSID doesn't stick. I 
actually have a DHCP server, so eventually I want to move the ifconfig-stuff 
to dhclient.conf but for now I just want to get the status to change for the 
device. Does anybody have a clue about what I'm missing or doing wrong here?

> dmesg
ndis0: <Dell TrueMobile 1400 Dual Band WLAN Mini-PCI Card> mem 
0xfafec000-0xfafedfff irq 5 at device 3.0 on pci2
ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.1
ndis0: Ethernet address: 00:90:4b:62:47:92
ndis0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ndis0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
ndis0: 11g rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps

> ifconfig ndis0 inet <IP> netmask 255.255.0.0 <http://255.255.0.0> ssid 
<SSID> nwkey <KEY> channel 11
ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists

> ifconfig ndis0
ndis0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::290:4bff:fe62:4792%ndis0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5
ether 00:90:4b:62:47:92
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect
status: no carrier
ssid ""
channel 11 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
rtsthreshold 2312 protmode CTS
wepmode MIXED weptxkey 1
wepkey 1:40-bit


> sysctl -a | grep ndis
hw.ndis_filepath: /compat/ndis
dev.ndis.0.%desc: Dell TrueMobile 1400 Dual Band WLAN Mini-PCI Card
dev.ndis.0.%driver: ndis
dev.ndis.0.%location: slot=3 function=0
dev.ndis.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x14e4 device=0x4324 subvendor=0x1028 
subdevice=0x0001 class=0x028000
dev.ndis.0.%parent: pci2
dev.ndis.0.RoamDelta: 1
dev.ndis.0.MPC: 1
dev.ndis.0.RadioState: 0
dev.ndis.0.PowerSaveMode: 2
dev.ndis.0.PLCPHeader: 0
dev.ndis.0.frag: 2346
dev.ndis.0.rts: 2347
dev.ndis.0.NetworkAddress:
dev.ndis.0.antdiv: -1
dev.ndis.0.BTCoexist: 1
dev.ndis.0.FrameBursting: 0
dev.ndis.0.Afterburner: 0
dev.ndis.0.gpio0: -1
dev.ndis.0.gpio1: -1
dev.ndis.0.gpio2: -1
dev.ndis.0.gpio3: -1
dev.ndis.0.EnableLEAP: 1
dev.ndis.0.Interference_Mode: -1
dev.ndis.0.ccx_rm: 1
dev.ndis.0.ccx_rm_limit: 300
dev.ndis.0.Country: US
dev.ndis.0.Channel: 11
dev.ndis.0.WME: 0
dev.ndis.0.WZCCoexist: 0
dev.ndis.0.abcap: 1
dev.ndis.0.RoamTrigger: -70
dev.ndis.0.11HNetworks: 0
dev.ndis.0.IBSSGMode: 0
dev.ndis.0.IBSSGProtection: 2
dev.ndis.0.LegacyMode: 0
dev.ndis.0.band: 0
dev.ndis.0.BandPref: 0
dev.ndis.0.AssocRoamPref: 0
dev.ndis.0.RateA: 0
dev.ndis.0.Rate: 0
dev.ndis.0.ApCompatMode: 0
dev.ndis.0.10280001: Dell TrueMobile 1400 Dual Band WLAN Mini-PCI Card
dev.ndis.0.Environment: 1
dev.ndis.0.NdisVersion: 0x00050001
dev.ndis.0.BusType: 5
dev.ndis.0.InterruptNumber: 5
dev.ndis.0.ForcePIO: UNSET
dev.ndis.0.NoRadio: UNSET
dev.ndis.0.AdapterDesc: UNSET
dev.ndis.0.DriverDesc: UNSET
dev.ndis.0.Brand: UNSET
dev.ndis.0.WPA: UNSET
dev.ndis.0.IBSSLink: UNSET
dev.ndis.0.PwrOut: UNSET
dev.ndis.0.BadFramePreempt: UNSET
dev.ndis.0.scan_channel_time: UNSET
dev.ndis.0.scan_unassoc_time: UNSET
dev.ndis.0.scan_home_time: UNSET
dev.ndis.0.scan_passive_time: UNSET
dev.ndis.0.scan_passes: UNSET
dev.ndis.0.EnableAutoConnect: UNSET