Hello,

I use OpenBSD 4.2 on a FSC Amilo Pro V3205 notebook with an Intel
3945ABG wireless adapter and the following firmware package:
http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/packages/openbsd/wpi-firmware-2.14.4.tgz

My wireless network uses 11a and 128bit-WEP. I can successfully set
the nwid, nwkey and IP with ifconfig and start the interface, but when
I try to scan (ifconfig -M wpi0), the wireless light will blink once
and immediately I see a "wpi0: fatal firmware error" (or similar)
message on the terminal.

I tried with an older firmware version as well, but I was unable to
set the wep key with it and got firmware errors as well.

The killswitch is off, too, otherwise I get a thermal sensor message.

Unfortunately I forgot to save dmesg, but I didn't see any additional
output save the firmware error. It is a bit difficult, because OpenBSD
can't mount jfs and I have to use my USB hdd with an ext2 partition
for file transfers to linux.

kind regards and thanks in advance for your help

Johannes

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