On 2/5/09, Lars Lonne <lonnel...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/2/5 Paul B. Mahol <one...@gmail.com>: >> On 2/5/09, Lars Lonne <lonnel...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> 2009/2/5 Paul B. Mahol <one...@gmail.com>: >>>> On 2/4/09, Lars Lonne <lonnel...@gmail.com> 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 >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >>>>> >>>> >>>> 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.
You mean ndisulator on FreeBSD, ndisgen(8). ndiswrapper works only with linux. -- Paul _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
