NDISulator and "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG" - no connection cache and signal strength info

[Andrey Smirnov]

On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 23:54:24 +0400, Vladimir Grebenschikov <vova at fbsd.ru> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> Exercising on fresh 6-CURRENT
> 
> ndis0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection> mem
> 0xd0201000-0xd0201fff irq 9 at device 11.0 on pci2
> ndis0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.1
> ndis0: Ethernet address: 00:0e:35:03:82:74
> ndis0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> ndis0: 11g rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
> 
> Anybody can provide some clues ?

I've got Intel 2200BG with my Asus M3700Np notebook. Today installed
it under FreeBSD with NDIS. Used drivers from Intel installation CD,
sorry, at the moment can't provide any details. I have no problems
with it:
kldload if_ndis
ifconfig ndis0 ssid xxxx wepmode on wepkey 0xxxxxx
dhclient ndis0

and here it works! 

I've got only one small problem - if_ndis doesn't appear when loaded
through /boot/loader.conf, only when loaded through kldload later.
(Doesn't seem to be related to /compat/ndis, because firmware is
integrated in the .SYS file, which goes directly to if_ndis.ko).



Andrey.