netgear wg311 v2 and configuration

Evan Dower evantd at hotmail.com
Thu Sep 2 11:05:41 PDT 2004 

No I haven't gotten around to adding WEP encryption to my network quite yet 
though it is on my list of things to do.

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Evan Dower
Undergraduate, Computer Science
University of Washington
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Key fingerprint = D321 FA24 4BDA F82D 53A9  5B27 7D15 5A4F 033F 887D





>From: "cell" <bettan at nerim.net>
>To: "Evan Dower" <evantd at hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: netgear wg311 v2 and configuration
>Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 17:11:25 +0200
>
>And you have found how to give an webkey to this card ?
>Because i obtain ndis0 : set webkey failed :/
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Evan Dower" <evantd at hotmail.com>
>To: <bettan at nerim.net>
>Cc: <freebsd-current at freebsd.org>
>Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 4:40 PM
>Subject: Re: netgear wg311 v2 and configuration
>
>
> > I had no problem giving it an ssid. I did however find that some things
> > worked better after fresh after a restart. That is I put the appropriate
> > command in /etc/start_if.ndis0 (which gets run automatically) and
> > ifconfig_ndis0="DHCP" in /etc/rc.conf. When I restarted, it seemed to me
> > that it picked up things it had ignored previously. Of course, you'll 
>need
> > to autoload the firmware then as well.
> > Cheers,
> > --
> > Evan Dower
> > Undergraduate, Computer Science
> > University of Washington
> > Public key: http://students.washington.edu/evantd/pgp-pub-key.txt
> > Key fingerprint = D321 FA24 4BDA F82D 53A9  5B27 7D15 5A4F 033F 887D
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "bettan" <bettan at nerim.net>
> > >To: "Evan Dower" <evantd at hotmail.com>
> > >Subject: Re: netgear wg311 v2 and configuration
> > >Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 10:02:27 +0200
> > >
> > >Can you give a ssid with NDSulator ? I would like know if other people
>can
> > >because when i do "ifconfig ndis0 inet 192.168.2.1 netmask 
>255.255.255.0
> > >ssid test" i have with ifconfig ndis0 :
> > >
> > >ndis0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> > >         inet6 fe80::209:5bff:fe8f:fa5d%ndis0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8
> > >         inet 192.168.2.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
> > >         ether 00:09:5b:8f:fa:5d
> > >         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect
> > >         status: no carrier
> > >         ssid ""
> > >         channel 6 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
> > >         rtsthreshold 2312 protmode CTS
> > >         wepmode OFF weptxkey 1
> > >
> > >ssid "" ?
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Evan Dower" <evantd at hotmail.com>
> > >To: <bettan at nerim.net>
> > >Cc: <freebsd-current at freebsd.org>
> > >Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 3:49 AM
> > >Subject: Re: netgear wg311 v2 and configuration
> > >
> > >
> > > > You may very well be able to. I have no idea whether setting 
>"mediaopt
> > > > hostap" will work. I have no experience with it. I do know that you
> > >cannot
> > > > set "mode 11g", but that there is no need, because it will
>automatically
> > > > associate at the highest speed it can. Since it is not a native
>driver,
> > > > things may not work exactly as expected. You should have several
>sysctls
> > >to
> > > > play with, and you may need to use these instead of doing things the
> > >normal
> > > > way. I really have no idea. The expert would be Bill Paul (wpaul),
>since
> > >he
> > > > just recently added the support for this card. Perhaps he'll chime
>in...
> > > > Sorry I couldn't be of more assistance,
> > > > --
> > > > Evan Dower
> > > > Undergraduate, Computer Science
> > > > University of Washington
> > > > Public key: http://students.washington.edu/evantd/pgp-pub-key.txt
> > > > Key fingerprint = D321 FA24 4BDA F82D 53A9  5B27 7D15 5A4F 033F 887D
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >From: "bettan" <bettan at nerim.net>
> > > > >To: "Evan Dower" <evantd at hotmail.com>
> > > > >Subject: Re: netgear wg311 v2 and configuration
> > > > >Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 22:52:09 +0200
> > > > >
> > > > >I can't do an access point with this card ?
> > > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > > >From: "Evan Dower" <evantd at hotmail.com>
> > > > >To: <bettan at nerim.net>; <freebsd-current at freebsd.org>
> > > > >Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 10:36 PM
> > > > >Subject: RE: netgear wg311 v2 and configuration
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > I don't believe there is any need to specify the media (or mode
>for
> > >that
> > > > > > matter). It will simply go as fast as it can. Furthermore, 
>setting
> > >the
> > > > > > stationname is still unsupported and will fail.
> > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Evan Dower
> > > > > > Undergraduate, Computer Science
> > > > > > University of Washington
> > > > > > Public key: 
>http://students.washington.edu/evantd/pgp-pub-key.txt
> > > > > > Key fingerprint = D321 FA24 4BDA F82D 53A9  5B27 7D15 5A4F 033F
>887D
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >From: "bettan" <bettan at nerim.net>
> > > > > > >To: <freebsd-current at freebsd.org>
> > > > > > >Subject: netgear wg311 v2 and configuration
> > > > > > >Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 21:10:32 +0200
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >hello , i tried to configure my wireless card and when i do :
> > > > > > >ifconfig ndis0 ssid linux-win.com channel 11 media DS/54Mbps
> > >mediaopt
> > > > > > >hostap up stationname "FreeBSD AP"
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >I have : ifconfig: unknown media subtype: DS/54Mbps
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  and i don't understand why.FreeBSD supports 54 Mbps no ? Have
>you
> > >a
> > > > > > >solution ?
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