Re: iwi on 7-STABLE

2009-01-06 Thread Peter Harrison
Sunday,  4 January 2009 at 20:43:24 +0100, Per olof Ljungmark said:
 Peter Harrison wrote:
 Wednesday, 31 December 2008 at  2:06:55 +0100, Per olof Ljungmark said:
 Peter Harrison wrote:
 Tuesday, 30 December 2008 at 23:49:23 +0100, Per olof Ljungmark said:
 
 Hi all,
 
 Here I am away with the family visiting friends and I REALLY need
 to get the iwi if up and running.
 
 It's a recently updated system (7.1RC2). Read the man pages, tried 
 different variations on legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1, iwi_load, 
 firmware_load etc. in /boot/loader.conf but I cannot get a
 connection to the router.
 
 It used to work on this box with my basic config, a Thinkpad T42,
 and it still does with XP.
 
 The interface is associated to the access point ok.
 
 Anyone who can hint me on how to debug this? Would sysctl
 debug.iwi.0=1 help? Of course, ANY information is of interest. Does
 iwi have a problem with certain routers?
 
 Sorry, no config files, I'm without connectivity when booting
 FreeBSD...
 
 Any help appriciated!
 I don't know whether iwi has issues with particular routers, however
 I do have it working on 7-STABLE i386 without difficulty.
 
 Does it help to see the relevant bits from my config?
 
 /boot/loader.conf:
 
 if_iwi_load=YES wlan_load=YES firmware_load=YES iwi_bss_load=YES 
 iwi_ibss_load=YES iwi_monitor_load=YES legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1
 
 /etc/rc.conf:
 
 ifconfig_iwi0=inet 192.168.1.4  netmask 255.255.255.0  ssid
 ***  bssid 00:14:bf:94:1e:75  channel 11  wepmode on wepkey
   deftxkey 1
 
 (yes, I know I shouldn't still be using WEP).
 
 Works without difficult connecting to a Linksys router.
 
 I did have some difficulty I seem to recall when I turned off SSID
 broadcast on the router. I'd suggest trying with all the security
 turned off if you haven't already to see if you can connect at all,
 and then reintroduce the security measures later.
 Thanks for your reply.
 
 Your config is identical to mine. I think something fishy is going on
 here but don't know what it is - yet..
 
 The router is a Netgear WNR854T.
 
 Have you tried running without WEP or WPA and with the router broadcasting 
 the SSID, to test whether that's the issue?
 
 
 Yes, did that. In all the cases I've tested iwi is associated but no IP. 
 Several XP boxes works fine with same router and settings. A guess then 
 would be that the problem lies with the routers DHCP server rather than 
 the wireless.
 
 Now back home, I tried same config with our Linksys router and no problem.
 
 I could not find anything odd or unusual in the setup for the Netgear so 
 why this happened is still obscure to me.
 

Well that leaves me a bit stumped too I'm afraid. It could just be a 
compatibility issue with the router - possibly worth noting that I'm also 
successfully using a Linksys here.

Have you tried assigning a static IP address?


Peter Harrison.

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Re: iwi on 7-STABLE

2009-01-04 Thread Peter Harrison
Wednesday, 31 December 2008 at  2:06:55 +0100, Per olof Ljungmark said:
 Peter Harrison wrote:
  Tuesday, 30 December 2008 at 23:49:23 +0100, Per olof Ljungmark said:
  
  Hi all,
  
  Here I am away with the family visiting friends and I REALLY need
  to get the iwi if up and running.
  
  It's a recently updated system (7.1RC2). Read the man pages, tried 
  different variations on legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1, iwi_load, 
  firmware_load etc. in /boot/loader.conf but I cannot get a
  connection to the router.
  
  It used to work on this box with my basic config, a Thinkpad T42,
  and it still does with XP.
  
  The interface is associated to the access point ok.
  
  Anyone who can hint me on how to debug this? Would sysctl
  debug.iwi.0=1 help? Of course, ANY information is of interest. Does
  iwi have a problem with certain routers?
  
  Sorry, no config files, I'm without connectivity when booting
  FreeBSD...
  
  Any help appriciated!
  
  I don't know whether iwi has issues with particular routers, however
  I do have it working on 7-STABLE i386 without difficulty.
  
  Does it help to see the relevant bits from my config?
  
  /boot/loader.conf:
  
  if_iwi_load=YES wlan_load=YES firmware_load=YES iwi_bss_load=YES 
  iwi_ibss_load=YES iwi_monitor_load=YES legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1
  
  /etc/rc.conf:
  
  ifconfig_iwi0=inet 192.168.1.4  netmask 255.255.255.0  ssid
  ***  bssid 00:14:bf:94:1e:75  channel 11  wepmode on wepkey
    deftxkey 1
  
  (yes, I know I shouldn't still be using WEP).
  
  Works without difficult connecting to a Linksys router.
  
  I did have some difficulty I seem to recall when I turned off SSID
  broadcast on the router. I'd suggest trying with all the security
  turned off if you haven't already to see if you can connect at all,
  and then reintroduce the security measures later.
 
 Thanks for your reply.
 
 Your config is identical to mine. I think something fishy is going on
 here but don't know what it is - yet..
 
 The router is a Netgear WNR854T.

Have you tried running without WEP or WPA and with the router broadcasting the 
SSID, to test whether that's the issue?


Peter Harrison

 
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Re: iwi on 7-STABLE

2009-01-04 Thread Per olof Ljungmark

Peter Harrison wrote:

Wednesday, 31 December 2008 at  2:06:55 +0100, Per olof Ljungmark said:

Peter Harrison wrote:

Tuesday, 30 December 2008 at 23:49:23 +0100, Per olof Ljungmark said:


Hi all,

Here I am away with the family visiting friends and I REALLY need
to get the iwi if up and running.

It's a recently updated system (7.1RC2). Read the man pages, tried 
different variations on legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1, iwi_load, 
firmware_load etc. in /boot/loader.conf but I cannot get a

connection to the router.

It used to work on this box with my basic config, a Thinkpad T42,
and it still does with XP.

The interface is associated to the access point ok.

Anyone who can hint me on how to debug this? Would sysctl
debug.iwi.0=1 help? Of course, ANY information is of interest. Does
iwi have a problem with certain routers?

Sorry, no config files, I'm without connectivity when booting
FreeBSD...

Any help appriciated!

I don't know whether iwi has issues with particular routers, however
I do have it working on 7-STABLE i386 without difficulty.

Does it help to see the relevant bits from my config?

/boot/loader.conf:

if_iwi_load=YES wlan_load=YES firmware_load=YES iwi_bss_load=YES 
iwi_ibss_load=YES iwi_monitor_load=YES legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1


/etc/rc.conf:

ifconfig_iwi0=inet 192.168.1.4  netmask 255.255.255.0  ssid
***  bssid 00:14:bf:94:1e:75  channel 11  wepmode on wepkey
  deftxkey 1

(yes, I know I shouldn't still be using WEP).

Works without difficult connecting to a Linksys router.

I did have some difficulty I seem to recall when I turned off SSID
broadcast on the router. I'd suggest trying with all the security
turned off if you haven't already to see if you can connect at all,
and then reintroduce the security measures later.

Thanks for your reply.

Your config is identical to mine. I think something fishy is going on
here but don't know what it is - yet..

The router is a Netgear WNR854T.


Have you tried running without WEP or WPA and with the router broadcasting the 
SSID, to test whether that's the issue?



Yes, did that. In all the cases I've tested iwi is associated but no IP. 
Several XP boxes works fine with same router and settings. A guess then 
would be that the problem lies with the routers DHCP server rather than 
the wireless.


Now back home, I tried same config with our Linksys router and no problem.

I could not find anything odd or unusual in the setup for the Netgear so 
why this happened is still obscure to me.


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iwi on 7-STABLE

2008-12-30 Thread Per olof Ljungmark
Hi all,

Here I am away with the family visiting friends and I REALLY need to get
the iwi if up and running.

It's a recently updated system (7.1RC2). Read the man pages, tried
different variations on legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1, iwi_load,
firmware_load etc. in /boot/loader.conf but I cannot get a connection to
the router.

It used to work on this box with my basic config, a Thinkpad T42, and it
still does with XP.

The interface is associated to the access point ok.

Anyone who can hint me on how to debug this? Would sysctl debug.iwi.0=1
help?
Of course, ANY information is of interest. Does iwi have a problem with
certain routers?

Sorry, no config files, I'm without connectivity when booting FreeBSD...

Any help appriciated!

Thanks,

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Re: iwi on 7-STABLE

2008-12-30 Thread Per olof Ljungmark
Peter Harrison wrote:
 Tuesday, 30 December 2008 at 23:49:23 +0100, Per olof Ljungmark said:
 
 Hi all,
 
 Here I am away with the family visiting friends and I REALLY need
 to get the iwi if up and running.
 
 It's a recently updated system (7.1RC2). Read the man pages, tried 
 different variations on legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1, iwi_load, 
 firmware_load etc. in /boot/loader.conf but I cannot get a
 connection to the router.
 
 It used to work on this box with my basic config, a Thinkpad T42,
 and it still does with XP.
 
 The interface is associated to the access point ok.
 
 Anyone who can hint me on how to debug this? Would sysctl
 debug.iwi.0=1 help? Of course, ANY information is of interest. Does
 iwi have a problem with certain routers?
 
 Sorry, no config files, I'm without connectivity when booting
 FreeBSD...
 
 Any help appriciated!
 
 I don't know whether iwi has issues with particular routers, however
 I do have it working on 7-STABLE i386 without difficulty.
 
 Does it help to see the relevant bits from my config?
 
 /boot/loader.conf:
 
 if_iwi_load=YES wlan_load=YES firmware_load=YES iwi_bss_load=YES 
 iwi_ibss_load=YES iwi_monitor_load=YES legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1
 
 /etc/rc.conf:
 
 ifconfig_iwi0=inet 192.168.1.4  netmask 255.255.255.0  ssid
 ***  bssid 00:14:bf:94:1e:75  channel 11  wepmode on wepkey
   deftxkey 1
 
 (yes, I know I shouldn't still be using WEP).
 
 Works without difficult connecting to a Linksys router.
 
 I did have some difficulty I seem to recall when I turned off SSID
 broadcast on the router. I'd suggest trying with all the security
 turned off if you haven't already to see if you can connect at all,
 and then reintroduce the security measures later.

Thanks for your reply.

Your config is identical to mine. I think something fishy is going on
here but don't know what it is - yet..

The router is a Netgear WNR854T.

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