On 8/31/05, Jon Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My base station is on channel 6. I did try setting the channel on the card > too, > with the same result (failed to associate; "no carrier". )
Would you please set hw.wi.debug and debug.ieee80211 to 2? This may help to find the problem. Thanks. > > Hiten Pandya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, said on Wed Aug 31, 2005 [03:02:42 AM]: > } Isn't the 'channel' supposed to have a decent value instead of -1 ? Try -1(any channel) maybe OK here. Best Regards, sephe > } changing that, it might help. Check what channel your base station is > } broadcasting on first. > } > } -Hiten > } > } Jon Hamilton wrote: > } >I've been trying to get my laptop (HP Pavillion ze4500) working with my > } >wireless ethernet, > } >and am sure I'm overlooking something obvious. I have a number of cards > } >available, all of > } >which seem to behave in a similar fashion: ifconfig seems to see them > } >fine, reports their > } >MAC address correctly, etc; I can't get any of them to associate with my > } >base station under > } >DragonFly. All of the cards do work fine with the same base station under > } >various other operating systems on various machines. > } > > } >The lowest common denominator among the cards is a DWL-650 which works > } >with the wi driver > } >(and which I've used on the same network with FreeBSD before, albeit on a > } >different laptop). > } >The base station is fine; it works with a number of other machines on the > } >network. I attempted to reset the base station (a Linksys WAP54G) to its > } >factory default configuration, > } >and left MAC filtering and WEP off. Still no luck. I can ifconfig the > } >card up: > } > > } ># ifconfig wi0 ssid linksys up > } > > } >and everything appears fine, but the card won't associate. The access > } >point log > } >does not show any activity, either. > } > > } >I've attached below a dmesg from ``boot -v'', pciconf -lv, and ifconfig > } >output. If anyone > } >can point me in a useful direction, I'd appreciate it. I've tried to do > } >what homework I can > } >but am spinning my wheels; probably it's something staring me in the face. > } > > } >Thanks for any suggestions. > } > > } > } >wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > } > ether 00:05:5d:f2:c1:50 > } > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/2Mbps) > } > status: no carrier > } > ssid linksys 1:linksys > } > stationname "DragonFly WaveLAN/IEEE node" > } > channel -1 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 > } > rtsthreshold 2312 protmode CTS > } > wepmode OFF weptxkey 1 > } > > -- > > Jon Hamilton > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Live Free or Die
