Re: Problem with wireless card drivers
could you tell us what wireless card you have? perhaps its unsupported and you will need ndis support. -ben I have been trying to get my wireless card working for the last week. Practically I read almost everything about it in man pages, handbook and some google results. Nothing worked. I just cannot see why it doesn't appear. I am doing the kernel module compilation and loading by the book. My last resort is kernel recompilation. Does anyone have a HP/Compaq nx6110 with a working wireless card? Atanas ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with wireless card drivers
The wireless card is not supported by a native driver. It has a BCM4306 chipset (Broadcom). Atanas ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with wireless card drivers
following the isntructions on this post worked fine for me; give it a try http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2004-October/059938.html Atanas Atanasov wrote: The wireless card is not supported by a native driver. It has a BCM4306 chipset (Broadcom). Atanas ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with wireless card drivers
Are you sure one should use ndiscvt? I mean i tried it the same except for getting pccarddefs.h (which as they say will be used in eventual kernel compiles) and for synchronising the source which I cannot do because no network is available. I have wireless only connection. Most people say that ndisgen is the better method as from 6.0. Actually it seems due to unknown reasons the old method is not supported anymore. Atanas ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with wireless card drivers
On Thursday 01 June 2006 15:03, Atanas Atanasov wrote: Are you sure one should use ndiscvt? I mean i tried it the same except for getting pccarddefs.h (which as they say will be used in eventual kernel compiles) and for synchronising the source which I cannot do because no network is available. I have wireless only connection. Most people say that ndisgen is the better method as from 6.0. Actually it seems due to unknown reasons the old method is not supported anymore. I have an hp nx9600 with a similar (or same) card, and ndisgen worked fine. I didn't modify rc.conf, but instead use kldload to load the module when I need it. Here's what I do: # kldunload /root/bcmwl5_sys.ko #dmesg ... ndis0: Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN mem 0xc8206000-0xc8207fff irq 17 at device 3.0 on pci11 ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.1 ndis0: Ethernet address: 00:90:4b:af:7f:68 What does dmesg tell you when you try to load the module? hth... don Atanas ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Don Hinton don.hinton at vanderbilt.edu tel: 615.480.5667 ISIS, Vanderbilt University skype: donhinton http://people.vanderbilt.edu/~don.hinton/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with wireless card drivers
- Original Message - From: Atanas Atanasov [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 7:08 PM Subject: Re: Problem with wireless card drivers Hi Stefi, I am having trouble getting my wlan card working. My problem is that after I load the kernel modules, I see no adapter with ifconfig. Could you please tell me whether after moving the ko file to /boot/kenel you did something else like kldxref or not. I tried to update the references but it gives me an error kldxref: can't read hash table. Have you encountered anything of this type? Atanas Hi Atanas I didn't use anythin like this. All I have done was by the instructions for ndisgen. First I recompiled kernel to be sure that the wireless support is included. Then copy original Windows drivers for wireless card in some directory. To cut the story, just run #ndisgen if you are runnig FreeBsd 6 or higher. Then you'll find all explanations you need on how to recompile Windows drivers for use in BSD. It will generate kernel modules. Copy it to /boot/kernel and load with #kldload name_of_the_file.ko. Be sure to have a firmware for the card too.Load it all. After it you should see your device using ifconfig like ndis0. Use FreeBSD manual to configure your card for wireless network. Cards that are suported for sure are the one with Prism chipset. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with wireless card drivers
I am quite new to FreeBSD. Could you please explain what do you mean by recompiled kernel to be sure that the wireless support is included. Do you mean to create a kernel config with ndis and if_ndis statically linked into it? I haven't done this one so far. Atanas ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with wireless card drivers
In 6.1 you do not need to recompile the kernel. You can load the drivers. kldstat will tell you what you have loaded. check 'man if_ndis' and/or the handbook for configuration setting, chipsets, etc. you can just do: cd /boot/kernel kldload wlan.ko kldload if_ndis.ko You may need the wep dirver if you are using encryption. After all that works, you can load by adding to /boot/loader.conf: if_ndis_load=YES wlan_load=YES This is just a guide. I have a thinkpad so I am not sure if the above is complete. In addition to the handbook and the man pages, you can find a lot of information via Google. Hope this helps. On Wed, 31 May 2006, Atanas Atanasov wrote: I am quite new to FreeBSD. Could you please explain what do you mean by recompiled kernel to be sure that the wireless support is included. Do you mean to create a kernel config with ndis and if_ndis statically linked into it? I haven't done this one so far. Atanas ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with wireless card drivers
Do you still have the wlan device compiled in the kernel? I would also make sure to remove the ral device, as this is for the same chipset family but your card uses a newer version that the native ral driver does not support but I could imagine it might create difficulties. All I can think of... Mark Moellering On Monday 29 May 2006 7:23 am, Stefi wrote: Hi everyone I have Gigabyte GN-WP01GS wireless card that works perfect under Widows XP. It also can simula te an AP mode. FreeBSD 6 (on my machine) does not recognize it at first. I found out how to recompile original driver for use on FreeBSD with ndisgen. Everything works fine an I can see it like ndis0 using ifconfig. But, I can't change any setting using ifconfig. I can't access the card. Does anyone know how to configure that card correctly? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with wireless card drivers
Hi Stefi, I am having trouble getting my wlan card working. My problem is that after I load the kernel modules, I see no adapter with ifconfig. Could you please tell me whether after moving the ko file to /boot/kenel you did something else like kldxref or not. I tried to update the references but it gives me an error kldxref: can't read hash table. Have you encountered anything of this type? Atanas ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
