Re: Activate usb wifi adapter success or not ?
Hello Greg Ed, Thank you for response quickly ! Greg, you point out the things I forgot to check. There is a built-in Ethernet Adapter, fxp0, in my laptop. I use it to complete NetBSD's install process. It was assigned a default gateway, 192.168.1.1, and has a start script as ifconfig.fxp0 in /etc. However, my access point's IP is also 192.168.1.1. For avoiding confuse, I delete /etc/ifconfig.fxp0 and comment default gateway in /etc/rc.conf. Then reboot my laptop again. Great ! I can surf Internet via my usb wifi adapter. Ed, you give me a new thought about saving USB port for something else. My laptop has PCMCIA device. But it had never been used. Although it is ten years old, I don't want to lose it. This is my first laptop. I use it to learn Linux and take some projects as freelancer. Actually, I want to do something with it. But I have no idea now. Regards, ChingYuan On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 5:59 AM, Ed edwar...@gmx.us wrote: On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:40:46 +0800 JingYuan Chen phil@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I have installed NetBSD 6.1.5 in my old laptop, Compaq Presario 2800. Everything works properly but usb wifi adapter, 3COM 3CRUSB10075, can not connect to Internet. This adapter's driver, zyd, was loaded by NetBSD at boot time and assigned as zyd0. After starting wpa_supplicant manually, it shows that it is associated with my AP. However, I find that this adapter's status is active , not associated, in ifconfig. I try to use parameter -d and -f to get wpa_supplicant's log. But there is no error with WPA's authorization. I try to use dhclient with zyd0 and it gets an IP address successfully. So, I think that it works with my AP. But sometimes it returns zyd0 : xfer too short (length=22). What is the meaning of this ? Actually, I can not ping my AP from zyd0. I have to flush route table and add default gateway with interface zyd0. Then I can ping my AP. But I still can not surf Internet. I wonder whether I activate this adapter successfully or not. Is there anything I missed ? Any advice would be appreciated. this Howto from the wiki may help? worked for me. http://wiki.netbsd.org/tutorials/how_to_use_wpa_supplicant/ May be interested in using wireless pccard instead and save the USB port for something else:-) I just picked up a used netgear wg511t pccard for my ten year old pentium m laptop for $8.00 from ebay the ath driver supports it, however, watch out for the caveats mentioned on the ath man page -- Ed edwar...@gmx.us
Activate usb wifi adapter success or not ?
Hello, I have installed NetBSD 6.1.5 in my old laptop, Compaq Presario 2800. Everything works properly but usb wifi adapter, 3COM 3CRUSB10075, can not connect to Internet. This adapter's driver, zyd, was loaded by NetBSD at boot time and assigned as zyd0. After starting wpa_supplicant manually, it shows that it is associated with my AP. However, I find that this adapter's status is active , not associated, in ifconfig. I try to use parameter -d and -f to get wpa_supplicant's log. But there is no error with WPA's authorization. I try to use dhclient with zyd0 and it gets an IP address successfully. So, I think that it works with my AP. But sometimes it returns zyd0 : xfer too short (length=22). What is the meaning of this ? Actually, I can not ping my AP from zyd0. I have to flush route table and add default gateway with interface zyd0. Then I can ping my AP. But I still can not surf Internet. I wonder whether I activate this adapter successfully or not. Is there anything I missed ? Any advice would be appreciated. Regards, ChingYuan
Re: Activate usb wifi adapter success or not ?
Run tcpdump and look at 'netstat -i' counters. It seems likely there is some bug in the driver, but given how much is working it seems likely that it is fixable (with code changes). In particular, it seems there is some mishandling of short packets. You might also get a USB/wifi adaptor that is known to work. I am pretty sure that the Edimax EW-7811Un is ok, and it's pretty inexpensive ($9 at amazon in the US). See urtwn(4). pgpOfwv958D2X.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Activate usb wifi adapter success or not ?
On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:40:46 +0800 JingYuan Chen phil@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I have installed NetBSD 6.1.5 in my old laptop, Compaq Presario 2800. Everything works properly but usb wifi adapter, 3COM 3CRUSB10075, can not connect to Internet. This adapter's driver, zyd, was loaded by NetBSD at boot time and assigned as zyd0. After starting wpa_supplicant manually, it shows that it is associated with my AP. However, I find that this adapter's status is active , not associated, in ifconfig. I try to use parameter -d and -f to get wpa_supplicant's log. But there is no error with WPA's authorization. I try to use dhclient with zyd0 and it gets an IP address successfully. So, I think that it works with my AP. But sometimes it returns zyd0 : xfer too short (length=22). What is the meaning of this ? Actually, I can not ping my AP from zyd0. I have to flush route table and add default gateway with interface zyd0. Then I can ping my AP. But I still can not surf Internet. I wonder whether I activate this adapter successfully or not. Is there anything I missed ? Any advice would be appreciated. this Howto from the wiki may help? worked for me. http://wiki.netbsd.org/tutorials/how_to_use_wpa_supplicant/ May be interested in using wireless pccard instead and save the USB port for something else:-) I just picked up a used netgear wg511t pccard for my ten year old pentium m laptop for $8.00 from ebay the ath driver supports it, however, watch out for the caveats mentioned on the ath man page -- Ed edwar...@gmx.us
Re: USB Wifi adapter
Andy Ruhl acr...@gmail.com wrote: I'd like a recommendation for a USB wifi adapter that has good range, including ones with an external antenna. Also, what driver does it use? So far I've used many USB wifi adapters with NetBSD, but none have an external antenna and I'm not sure they have good range compared to one with a real antenna. This is for a project on my RPI machine, and I'll be using a powered hub so it should have plenty of power available. I recently used an Realteck RTL8188SU based 802.11n adapter made by EDUP (model EP-MS150N) that had an external, detachable/replaceable antenna and nice range. Uses the urtwn(4) driver. Worked fine except that it didn't support HOST/AP mode. Have not looked to replace it but if I do I'd look for another that uses the urtwn(4) driver, like the Realteck RTL8188CU. If 802.11g is enough for you there are many more options. I've found this site to be useful for determining chipsets, etc: https://wikidevi.com/ Good luck!
USB Wifi adapter
Hello all, I'd like a recommendation for a USB wifi adapter that has good range, including ones with an external antenna. Also, what driver does it use? So far I've used many USB wifi adapters with NetBSD, but none have an external antenna and I'm not sure they have good range compared to one with a real antenna. This is for a project on my RPI machine, and I'll be using a powered hub so it should have plenty of power available. Andy
