This is probably more appropriate to mobile than net, but I'll take a
flyer.
First, are you what version of FreeBSD are you using? Anything in this
message is relevant to V4.x where x != 0.
Try wicontrol. This should print out the configuration of the
card. Make sure it's in BSS (not IBSS) mode. This is the most common
problem.
The file you included is not used automatically by FreeBSD. The author
wrote the hooks into system startup.
I just put the wicontrol commands into /etc/pccard.conf.
card "Lucent Technologies" "WaveLAN/IEEE"
config 0x1 "wi" ?
insert /usr/sbin/wicontrol -i $device -p 1
insert /etc/pccard_ether $device start
remove /etc/pccard_ether $device stop
wicontrol must be run before running pccard_ether.
Here is my wicontrol output for a working card talking to an RG-1000
(labeled as an Apple Airport). Note that port type must be 1 to talk
to an access point.
NIC serial number: [ 99UT11422042 ]
Station name: [ FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node ]
SSID for IBSS creation: [ FreeBSD IBSS ]
Current netname (SSID): [ XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX ]
Desired netname (SSID): [ ]
Current BSSID: [ 00:02:2d:0f:c9:35 ]
Channel list: [ 2047 ]
IBSS channel: [ 3 ]
Current channel: [ 1 ]
Comms quality/signal/noise: [ 34 87 53 ]
Promiscuous mode: [ Off ]
Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc): [ 1 ]
MAC address: [ 00:60:1d:f0:37:3f ]
TX rate (selection): [ 3 ]
TX rate (actual speed): [ 11 ]
RTS/CTS handshake threshold: [ 2347 ]
Create IBSS: [ Off ]
Access point density: [ 1 ]
Power Mgmt (1=on, 0=off): [ 0 ]
Max sleep time: [ 100 ]
WEP encryption: [ Off ]
TX encryption key: [ 1 ]
Encryption keys: [ ][ ][ ][ ]
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
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> From: "Satish Sambandham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 17:19:21 -0500
> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Ok, I found out that I cannot use a cardbus card for now, so trying to
> figure out if I can use my orinoco siver 802.11b pcmcia card. This card
> initiallizes fine, I see a power led, and makes a startup beep. Now I am
> trying to figure out how to specify the encryption and other settings so it
> can connect to the residential gateway access point (RG-1000). I read
> somewhere to create the file listed below, change the approprite settings,
> and then place it in /etc folder. Now my question is, how does this file
> get called or run? I tried running it manually by ./setup-wi0, but it would
> return an error message saying " sed: option requires an argument -- e" and
> the name of my access point not found. I know my access point works since i
> can see if fine under win2k. If anyone can point me to good directions or
> know any solution, it would be greatly appreciated!
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