if_bwn woes

Eitan Adler lists at eitanadler.com
Thu Oct 7 13:57:21 UTC 2010


On a fresh 8.1-RELEASE install

ifconfig wlan0 scan results in no output and takes forever (ie - it hangs)
ifconfig wlan0 ssid my_ssid
dhclient wlan0
results in no link being discovered

Here is some relevant system config and such to help diagnose the problem:

#ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev bwn0

#ifconfig bwn0
bwn0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNIN,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
   ether xx:yy:zz:xx:yy:zz
   media: IEEE 8.2.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g
   status: associated

# cat /boot/loader.conf |head -2
bwn_b4_lp_ucode_load="YES"
if_bwn_load="YES"

#kldstat |grep bwn
2 1 0xc0fb6000 37248 if_bwn.ko
3 2 0xc0fee000 a26c siba_bwn.ko
7 1 0xc1078000 2cbd8 bwn_v4_lp_ucode

#pciconf -lv | grep -A3 bwn
siba_bwn0 at pci0:4:0:0:  class=0x028000 card=0x04b514e4 chip=0x431514e4
rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
    vender = 'Broadcom Corporation'
    device = 'Broadcom Wireless b/g (BCM4315/BCM22062000)'
    class    = network

#uname -rms
FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE i386

On a Lenovo G530

-- 
Eitan Adler


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