I said I was writing blindly because the laptop was at home but, of course, after an ifconfig iwi0 up I get the correct flag there... UP
2006/11/28, Vim Visual <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
ahem... I did this, of course... 2006/11/28, Bruno Carnazzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2006/11/28, Vim Visual <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > As I wrote in the previous email, I have pkg_add'ed the damien firmware. > > > > this means that I did > > > > sudo pkg_add http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/packages/openbsd/iwi-firmware-3.0.tgz > > > > the files > > > > /etc/firmware/iwi-license > > /etc/firmware/iwi-boot > > /etc/firmware/iwi-bss > > /etc/firmware/iwi-ibss > > /etc/firmware/iwi-monitor > > /etc/firmware/iwi-ucode-bss > > /etc/firmware/iwi-ucode-ibss > > /etc/firmware/iwi-ucode-monitor > > > > are there and dmesg | grep iwi tells me that the adpater has been > > recognized during the boot process; what's more, I get *something* > > like > > > > # ifconfig iwi0 > > iwi0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx > > nwid "" > > media: IEEE802.11 autoselect > > status: no network > > Maybe > # ifconfig iwi0 up > ? > > > > > but I am missing the "powersave" line. I don't know whether this is > > related to the problem. > > > > It cannot be a hardware problem because the crashbox with the debian > > variant ubuntu recognised the chip and I was able to connect to my > > nwid > > > > I am wondering whether this has something to do with the encryption > > bit rate... I see that the maximum is 104-bit and I don't remember > > which rate I chose (the wlan modem is at home, I am in the office now) > > > > Mmmh... maybe I should try to switch off the wep and see what happens... > > > > 2006/11/28, Der Engel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Did you install the firmware? > > > > > > On 11/28/06, Vim Visual <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I am still testing a "crashbox" (not bad, from zero to a full OpenBSD > > > > system including port trees in less than a week, my first OpenBSD system :) ) > > > > but I have now an issue with the wlan connection. The card is an Intel > > > > PRO/Wireless > > > > 2200BG > > > > > > > > First of all: I have read the man pages (good boy, good boy! arf, arf!) > > > > > > > > My net: > > > > > > > > nwid: pepitogrillo > > > > > > > > nwkey: eltrenloco > > > > > > > > (hahaha!) > > > > > > > > I have pkg_add'ed the damien firmware. > > > > > > > > But still I cannot connect. My command line is > > > > > > > > sudo ifconfig iwi0 nwkey eltrenloco nwid pepitogrillo > > > > > > > > (I hope that the order of the factors doesn't alter the product! Is > > > > iwi an abelian group? ) > > > > > > > > and then > > > > > > > > sudo dhclient iwi0 > > > > > > > > After the first DHCPDISCOVER on iwi0 to 255.255.255.255 I get > > > > "send_packet: No buffer space available", this goes on some 12 times > > > > and then No DHCPOFFERS received and No working leases in presistent > > > > database - sleeping > > > > > > > > I cannot show you dmesg because, as a matter of fact, the crashbox > > > > doesn't have connection :) And I don't feel like typping everything! > > > > > > > > Trying it via /etc/hostname.iwi0 doesn't help > > > > > > > > Any hint? (I am sure yes!) > > > > > > > > thanks in advance, > > > > > > > > Pau > > > > > > > > PS: The "send_packet: No buffer space available" disappears after a > > > > sudo ifconfig iwi0 down, sudo ifwonfig iwi0 up
