First, I apologize for the delay -- I had a very long, hectic day at work. Meanwhile, thank you for replying.
> > wi0 at pci0 dev 12 function 0 "National Datacomm Corp NCP130 Rev A2" rev > > 0x01: irq 9 wi0: PRISM2 HWB3163 rev.B, Firmware 0.3.0 (primary), 1.7.1 > > (station), address 00:80:c6:e3:72:2c > > It's ancient but it should work. It was the most current I could find for this particular chipset. If you know of any more modern versions that are supported for this card, I'll happily install them. :-) > > ...my wireless configuration: > > No obvious problem there. Glad to see I'm not totally brain-dead. > > Meanwhile, running "tcpdump -n -i wi0" gives me absolutely zip on the > > OpenBSD host system, and the dhcpd that's listening there is getting no > > requests whatsoever. > > Tcpdump is not your friend here. > > I suspect the problem lies in a crucial file you did not tell us anything > about, your hostname.wi0. Use this: > > inet 192.168.1.42 255.255.255.0 NONE nwid kirknet mediaopt hostap > > (also, don't use non-alphanumeric characters in your nwid) This file did not exist. I created it exactly as above and rebooted the machine, and still had no luck getting my XP client to connect (the Mac system is currently unavailable). > Restart the machine and if your clients still can't connect put the wireless > interface into debug mode: > > ifconfig wi0 debug > > And send us the wi driver's debug output, your hostname.wi0, and a full dmesg > in addition to wicontrol and ifconfig output. Certainly, here you go: debug output (taken from /var/log/messages, I'll supply other info on demand if it exists): Sep 19 20:10:59 shorty /bsd: wihap_shutdown: sc=0xd0816000 whi=0xd0816fa8 Sep 19 20:10:59 shorty /bsd: Sending disassoc to sta ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Sep 19 20:10:59 shorty /bsd: Sending deauth to sta ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Sep 19 20:10:59 shorty /bsd: Sending disassoc to sta ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Sep 19 20:10:59 shorty /bsd: Sending deauth to sta ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Sep 19 20:10:59 shorty /bsd: Sending disassoc to sta ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Sep 19 20:10:59 shorty /bsd: Sending deauth to sta ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Sep 19 20:10:59 shorty /bsd: Sending disassoc to sta ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Sep 19 20:10:59 shorty /bsd: Sending deauth to sta ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Sep 19 20:10:59 shorty /bsd: Sending disassoc to sta ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Sep 19 20:10:59 shorty /bsd: Sending deauth to sta ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Sep 19 20:10:59 shorty /bsd: wihap_init: sc=0xd0816000 whi=0xd0816fa8 Sep 19 20:11:00 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:e0:98:db:02:52 Sep 19 20:11:10 shorty last message repeated 47 times Sep 19 20:11:10 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:04:23:4b:38:fd Sep 19 20:11:10 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:e0:98:db:02:52 Sep 19 20:11:10 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:04:23:4b:38:fd Sep 19 20:11:10 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:e0:98:db:02:52 Sep 19 20:11:10 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:04:23:4b:38:fd Sep 19 20:11:10 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:e0:98:db:02:52 Sep 19 20:11:10 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:04:23:4b:38:fd Sep 19 20:11:10 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:e0:98:db:02:52 Sep 19 20:11:10 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:04:23:4b:38:fd Sep 19 20:11:11 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:e0:98:db:02:52 Sep 19 20:11:11 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:e0:98:db:02:52 Sep 19 20:11:11 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:04:23:4b:38:fd Sep 19 20:11:11 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:04:23:4b:38:fd Sep 19 20:11:11 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:e0:98:db:02:52 Sep 19 20:11:11 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:04:23:4b:38:fd Sep 19 20:11:11 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:e0:98:db:02:52 Sep 19 20:11:11 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:04:23:4b:38:fd Sep 19 20:11:11 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:e0:98:db:02:52 Sep 19 20:11:12 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:04:23:4b:38:fd Sep 19 20:11:12 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:e0:98:db:02:52 Sep 19 20:11:43 shorty last message repeated 147 times Sep 19 20:12:29 shorty last message repeated 217 times Sep 19 20:12:30 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:04:23:4b:38:fd Sep 19 20:12:30 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:e0:98:db:02:52 Sep 19 20:12:30 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:04:23:4b:38:fd Sep 19 20:12:30 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:e0:98:db:02:52 Sep 19 20:12:30 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:04:23:4b:38:fd Sep 19 20:12:30 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:e0:98:db:02:52 Sep 19 20:12:30 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:04:23:4b:38:fd Sep 19 20:12:30 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:e0:98:db:02:52 Sep 19 20:12:30 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:04:23:4b:38:fd Sep 19 20:12:30 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:e0:98:db:02:52 Sep 19 20:12:31 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:e0:98:db:02:52 Sep 19 20:12:31 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:04:23:4b:38:fd Sep 19 20:12:31 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:e0:98:db:02:52 Sep 19 20:12:31 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:04:23:4b:38:fd Sep 19 20:12:31 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:04:23:4b:38:fd Sep 19 20:12:31 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:e0:98:db:02:52 Sep 19 20:12:31 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:04:23:4b:38:fd Sep 19 20:12:31 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:e0:98:db:02:52 Sep 19 20:12:31 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:04:23:4b:38:fd Sep 19 20:12:31 shorty /bsd: wihap_data_input: no TODS src=00:e0:98:db:02:52 shorty.kirknet.net:~$ cat /etc/hostname.wi0 inet 192.168.1.42 255.255.255.0 NONE nwid kirknet mediaopt hostap shorty.kirknet.net:~$ dmesg OpenBSD 3.4-stable (GENERIC) #0: Sun Sep 18 18:29:41 EDT 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC cpu0: Intel Celeron (Mendocino) ("GenuineIntel" 686-class, 128KB L2 cache) 500 MHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR real mem = 66629632 (65068K) avail mem = 55914496 (54604K) using 838 buffers containing 3432448 bytes (3352K) of memory mainbus0 (root) bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(8a) BIOS, date 03/20/00, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfd7a0 apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2 apm0: AC on, battery charge unknown pcibios0 at bios0: rev. 2.1 @ 0xfd7a0/0x860 pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev. 1.0 @ 0xfdf50/144 (7 entries) pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:01:0 ("SIS 85C503 PCI System I/O Chipset" rev 0x00) pcibios0: PCI bus #1 is the last bus WARNING: can't reserve area for I/O APIC. bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x8000 0xe8000/0x8000 pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "SIS 620 Host-PCI" rev 0x02 pciide0 at pci0 dev 0 function 1 "SIS 5513 EIDE" rev 0xd0: 620: DMA, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <Maxtor 90871U2> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 8063MB, 16383 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 16514064 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <LITEON, CD-ROM LTN485S, JKF1> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable wd1 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 1: <Maxtor 4R080L0> wd1: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 78167MB, 16383 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 160086528 sectors cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 wd1(pciide0:1:1): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 pcib0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "SIS 85C503 PCI System I/O Chipset" rev 0xb1 "SIS 5595 PCI System I/O Chipset" rev 0x00 at pci0 dev 1 function 1 not configured ohci0 at pci0 dev 1 function 2 "SIS 5597/5598 USB" rev 0x11: irq 11, OHCI version 1.0, legacy support usb0 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0 at usb0 uhub0: SIS OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered ppb0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "SIS 86C201 Host-AGP" rev 0x00 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "SIS 530 VGA" rev 0x2a: aperture at 0xf7000000, size 0x400000 wsdisplay0 at vga1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) clcs0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 "Cirrus Logic CS4614" rev 0x01: irq 10 ac97: codec id 0x43525903 (Cirrus Logic CS4297 rev 3) ac97: codec features headphone, 18 bit DAC, 18 bit ADC, No 3D Stereo audio0 at clcs0 rl0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0 "Accton Technology MPX 5030/5038" rev 0x10: irq 3 address 00:e0:29:5a:f1:7e rlphy0 at rl0 phy 0: RTL internal phy ne3 at pci0 dev 11 function 0 "Realtek 8029" rev 0x00: irq 9 ne3: address 00:c0:f0:28:03:20 wi0 at pci0 dev 12 function 0 "National Datacomm Corp NCP130 Rev A2" rev 0x01: irq 9 wi0: PRISM2 HWB3163 rev.B, Firmware 0.3.0 (primary), 1.7.1 (station), address 00:80:c6:e3:72:2c isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> sysbeep0 at pcppi0 lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16 pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec biomask c840 netmask ca48 ttymask caca pctr: 686-class user-level performance counters enabled mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support dkcsum: wd0 matched BIOS disk 80 dkcsum: wd1 matched BIOS disk 81 root on wd0a rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302 Please let me know if you need any further information to help debug this. Again, I really appreciate the response, as I'm sort of at wit's end with this card. Thanks, Alex Kirk