What I really need is an explanation **step by step** on how to set up a wpi connection. Step by step .....
Ciao Vittorio Il Wednesday 02 January 2008 10:41:11 Matthew Seaman ha scritto: > vittorio wrote: > > legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 > > > > is in /boot/loader.conf > > > > BUT > > 1) > > it seems that sysctl is unable to find it and I have to set it via > > kenv legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 > > > > Shouldn't this variable be set by sysctl or by loader.conf? > > > > 2) > > dhclient is unable to get an IP address (trying to set wpi0 up with a > > fixed IP makes wpi0 not associated to any AP) > > Hmmm.... I have a similar setup. In my case, it's a Dell D800 using > iwi: > > % grep iwi /var/run/dmesg.boot > iwi0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG> mem 0xfafee000-0xfafeefff irq 9 at > device 3.0 on pci2 [...] > > and a ZyXEL 660HW router: > > Menu 24.2.1 - System Maintenance - Information > > Name: gate.infracaninophile.co.uk > Routing: IP > ZyNOS F/W Version: V3.40(ACI.7) | 10/18/2006 > ADSL Chipset Vendor: DMT FwVer: 3.4.1.0_A_TC, HwVer: > T14F7_+ Standard: Multi-Mode > > However I have no problems setting legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 > from /boot/loader.conf -- it could be something as stupid as no > newline at end of file. Try running 'od -c /boot/loader.conf' > or 'cat -e /boot/loader.conf' to verify. > > On the question of the DHCP service provided by this combination router > and wlan hardware, and indeed the whole performance at providing wireless > lan connectivity -- I'm not particularly impressed. I'd restart the laptop > and everything would be fine for a few hours, but leave it running > overnight and it would lose the lease and end up without an IPv4 address. > IPv6 addresses autoconfigured with rtadvd and rtsol seem quite a lot more > stable but I've seen every combination of being able or not to ping or > ping6 the laptop from a wired machine. > > In the end I found that setting the ZyXEL to do DHCP Relay and running > isc-dhcpd on a FBSD box with the lease times increased as so: > > default-lease-time 3600; # 1 hour > max-lease-time 86400; # 1 day > > plus moving the laptop to within about 2m of the ZyXEL seems to have > made quite an improvement. > > Cheers, > > Matthew _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
