2009/2/5 Paul B. Mahol <[email protected]>: > On 2/5/09, Lars Lonne <[email protected]> wrote: >> 2009/2/5 Paul B. Mahol <[email protected]>: >>> On 2/4/09, Lars Lonne <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi all. I have recently installed FreeBSD-7.1-RELEASE on my Compaq Evo >>>> laptop. It used to dualboot with windows xp and gentoo linux, but I >>>> decided to give FreeBSD a try instead, so now it dualboots with >>>> windows and FreeBSD. My biggest problem is connecting to the internet >>>> over the local wifi network. I am using a usb antenna, which uses the >>>> rum driver in FreeBSD. When using windows, the signal strength is low >>>> (I am located quite far from the access point), but works fine. I can >>>> connect to the network and get on the internet, no problem. Problem is >>>> when I start FreeBSD, I cannot get a signal, i.e. ifconfig always >>>> reports "no carrier". I can connect to the network with FreeBSD if I >>>> move closer to the AP, but it is impractical for me to do so. >>>> >>>> Has anyone experienced anything similar, or know what could be causing >>>> it? Please let me know if you need more information. Hope you can help >>>> me. >>>> >>>> /lars >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> [email protected] mailing list >>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>> "[email protected]" >>>> >>> >>> This is known "rum" issue, some code is missing. >>> >>> I debuged it some time ago, but with no luck. >>> I will try again some time later .... >>> >>> -- >>> Paul >>> >> >> Thank you for your reply. I have the same problem with the ral driver >> (as I mentioned in an earlier email to this mailing list) when I am >> using a different antenna (a pc-card). Is this also a known issue with >> the ral driver? > > If on linux(open source driver, not via ndiswrapper) you do not have > such problem, than it is ral driver fault. > > -- > Paul >
Ok, thank you for your help. I'll try the ndiswrapper and see if I can get better results with that. -- Lars _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
