Can't make wi0: work on Toshiba notebook with mini-PCI network card.

[Vulpes Velox]

On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 00:08:12 -0600
Lorin Lund <wbs at infowest.com> wrote:

> I have a Toshiba Satelite Pro 6100 with a Toshiba mini-PCI wireless 
> network card.
> The wireless stuff seems to be there (for as much as I know)
> This is a dual boot machine.  When booted as Windows XP it connects
> and works
> just fine.
> 
> I see that ifconfig -a shows the right IP address.  But there is a
> lot more info there
> and I don't know what values are supposed to be there.
> 
> The wireless access point is 192.168.0.1
> 
> 
> 
> ++++  dmesg  +++++
> wi0: <TOSHIBA Wireless LAN Card> at port 0xd000-0xd03f irq 11
> function 0 config 1 on pccard0
> wi0: using Lucent Embedded WaveLAN/IEEE
> wi0: Lucent Firmware: Station (8.10.1)
> wi0: Ethernet address: 00:02:2d:57:72:77
> 
> ++++ from /etc/rc.conf  +++++
> ifconfig_wi0="inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid
> TBJTRUCKING wepmode on wepkey 0xzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"

You need to tell it what key to use. Add this in... weptxkey 1. I
remember coming across the same thing after moving my laptop from
releng_5 to 6.
 
> +++++  ifconfig -a  +++++
> 
> fxp0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>     options=8<VLAN_MTU>
>     ether 00:00:39:9e:58:d0
>     media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
>     status: no carrier
> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
>     inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
>     inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
>     inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
> wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>     inet6 fe80::202:2dff:fe57:7277%wi0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
>     inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
>     ether 00:02:2d:57:72:77
>     media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/11Mbps)
>     status: associated
>     ssid TBJTRUCKING channel 1 bssid 00:15:05:12:74:43
>     stationname "FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node"
>     authmode OPEN privacy MIXED deftxkey UNDEF wepkey 1:104-bit
>     txpowmax 100 bintval 100
> 
> ++++  ping  ++++++
> 
> PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1): 56 data bytes
> 
> --- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics ---
> 4 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet los
> 
> 
> ---------
> when I try to kldload if_wi it seems to already be loaded.
> when I do kldstat it doesn't show as a loaded module.
> So I think the wi stuff is compiled into the kernel.  That is why
> I've commented out the if_wi load.
>   I'm using 6.1 RELEASE generic kernel
> +++++ /boot/loader.conf  +++++
> #if_wi_load="YES"
> wlan_wep_load="YES"
> 
> 
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