wireless networking

[Anthony Simm]

> Anthony,
>
> Have you tried Warren's suggestion?
>
>> I would try to check if the driver that is required for that wireless
>> is loaded or not with
>> # kldstat
>>
>> if it is, then why is it not associated?


Hello Antonio,

Yes, I just tried Warren's suggestions.
I overlooked the kldstat suggestion in the first place.

Here is what kldstat gives

Id  Refs  Address      Size      Name
1   7     0xc0400000   1289f7c   kernel
3   1     0xc1697000   b9a0      if_wi.ko

It seems to me that if_wi.ko should be a wireless driver.

Warren's question as to why it is not associated really leaves me 
blank-faced. I have no idea.

I have never studied IT in any formal school and am closer to 60 than to 
50 years old... have been using Linux for about 5 years, and FreeBSD 
since a day. Never used a forum other than just looking for answers. And 
honestly, the suggestion in the FreeBSD Handbook to write to someone 
personally (you) was a gamechanger for me. I like Linux, but I had no 
one to kickstart me (I live in Central Africa) and it took quite some 
time to grasp much of it and enjoy it fully. Hey I had internet speeds 
of 5kb/s for years until recently. This personal intervention of yours 
is a different thing. Makes me feel much more welcome.

However, very grateful for your help, time, patience, ...

So, why is that driver not associated and what can be done about it?!

Best regards,

Anthony




On 10/24/2014 05:35 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Anthony Simm
> <simm.anthony at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Dear Antonio,
>> wow, that was a quick reply!!
>> And AsciiDoc rocks, looks really good: I discovered Lyx recently myself but
>> this looks better!
>>
>> I have a different wireless card than the one that you mentioned, so I
>> googled it's driver's name and found this:
>> http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man4/ipw.4.html
>> This page was written by Damien Bergamini.
>>
>> So I replaced the relevant line with this:
>>
>> if_ipw_load="YES"
>>
>> and rebootet.
>> Nothing.
>>
>> ifconfig ipw0
>>
>> gives the same as before:
>>
>> ipw0: flags=8802<POINTTOPOINT, SIMPLEX, MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
>> ether 00:0c:f1:5e:4c:58
>> nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
>> status: no carrier
>>
>> But I am connected to the same router with the laptop that I use to write to
>> you! There is a carrier, it is just not detected.
>>
>> In the meantime I bootet the FreeBSD box with PartEdMagic; it finds the
>> router and connects. So the hardware is o.k.
>>
>> That Ubuntu page includes links to an IPW webpage
>> http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/
>> but the link is dead.
>> I hope Damien is alive and kicking!
>>
>> This link is dead as well:
>> http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man8/ipwcontrol.8.html
>>
>> Very strange...
>>
>> This is a quote from that page:
>>
>>>       This driver requires firmware to be loaded before it will work.  You
>>> need
>>>       to obtain ipwcontrol(8) from the IPW web page listed below to
>>> accomplish
>>>       loading the firmware before ifconfig(8) will work.
>>
>>
>>
>> Do you have any more ideas?
>>
>> Thank you very much!
>>
>> One more question; this is the first time that I installed FreeBSD, is this
>> community so close that each question will be answered individually? Or
>> should we not carry this to a forum?!
>>
>> Reagrds,
>>
>> Anthony
>
> Anthony,
>
> Have you tried Warren's suggestion?
>
> ``
>>> ifconfig | grep -A4 -i wireless
>>
>>
>> which gives
>>
>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
>> status: no carrier
>> plip0: flags=8810<POINTTOPOINT, SIMPLEX, MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
>> nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>> lo0: flags=8049<UP, LOOPBACK, RUNNING, MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
>
>
> Hmm.  That should be -B3:
> ifconfig | grep -B3 -i wireless
>
> ''
>
> I would try to check if the driver that is required for that wireless
> is loaded or not with
> # kldstat
>
> if it is, then why is it not associated?
>
> For this other question(s)
> ``
>> One more question; this is the first time that I installed FreeBSD, is this
>> community so close that each question will be answered individually? Or
>> should we not carry this to a forum?!
>
> ''
> Community members many times are very helpful and provide suggestions
> and help.  Other times, the question may not be answered right away
> since people are busy and not have much tiime on their hands.  On a
> forum other folks show up and may or may not be able to help.
> YMMV(your mileage may vary).
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
> Antonio
>

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