if_bwn woes

[Eitan Adler]

>>
>> ifconfig wlan0 scan results in no output and takes forever (ie - it hangs)
> If you set wlan0 for manual roaming it will not hang.
>
> Use 'ifconfig wlan0 list scan' instead.
That worked, thanks.

dhclient still results in no link being found.

>
>> 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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Eitan Adler