DaemonForums  

Go Back   DaemonForums > FreeBSD > FreeBSD General

FreeBSD General Other questions regarding FreeBSD which do not fit in any of the categories below.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1   (View Single Post)  
Old 13th July 2008
disappearedng disappearedng is offline
Shell Scout
 
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 128
Default ATH not loaded during boot time??

Hi everyone. I am currently trying to figure out the wireless card issue that I am dealing with on my T61.

I read through http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/...-wireless.html and followed the procedures outlined:

1) I modified my /boot/loader.conf such that it now has
if_ath_load="YES"
wlan_wep_load="YES"
wlan_ccmp_load="YES"
wlan_tkip_load="YES"

2) I am still using my GENERIC kernel.

When I start my computer I notice the following in my dmesg:
Code:
ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF241, RF5413)
I looked up my specifications and found that my driver under linux is Madwifi. I have read somewhere that madwifi uses the atheros driver.

When I ifconfig, all I can see is em0, fwe0 fwip0 and lo0 and I can't seem to find ath0 or wlan0. How can this be?

How should I diagnose this problem?

BTW my chipset is 11a/b/g Wi-Fi wireless LAN Mini-PCIe .

Thanks
Reply With Quote
  #2   (View Single Post)  
Old 14th July 2008
18Googol2's Avatar
18Googol2 18Googol2 is offline
Real Name: whoami
Spam Deminer
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: pwd
Posts: 283
Default

I suspect in term of hardware, the card is disabled. Did you accidentally disable it in BIOS, by wireless switch or function key (smt like Fn + F5)?

Check this page for more info:

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkP...xpress_Adapter
Reply With Quote
  #3   (View Single Post)  
Old 14th July 2008
disappearedng disappearedng is offline
Shell Scout
 
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 128
Default

No I am pretty sure it is enabled in the BIOS
I have two partitions: Ubuntu and FreeBSD.

I can serve online no problem with Ubuntu's network driver.
Any suggestions?

If I am using the generic kernel, it should have the ath0 modules included right? In addition, if I add those in /boot/loader.conf, I should get some response right?
Reply With Quote
  #4   (View Single Post)  
Old 14th July 2008
phoenix's Avatar
phoenix phoenix is offline
Risen from the ashes
 
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 696
Default

Please show the ouput of # pciconf -v

That will show all the hardware that the kernel can detect, and whether or not a driver has been attached.
__________________
Freddie

Help for FreeBSD: Handbook, FAQ, man pages, mailing lists.
Reply With Quote
  #5   (View Single Post)  
Old 14th July 2008
TerryP's Avatar
TerryP TerryP is offline
Arp Constable
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: USofA
Posts: 1,547
Default

Yes, the generic kernel build for FreeBSD is ready op for using the ath(4) driver. I'm running off FreeBSD 7 without a hitch on an AR5212 chipset.
__________________
My Journal

Thou shalt check the array bounds of all strings (indeed, all arrays), for surely where thou typest ``foo'' someone someday shall type ``supercalifragilisticexpialidocious''.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
NFS time outs trilog General software and network 1 5th May 2009 07:21 AM
Time drift cajunman4life FreeBSD General 4 18th June 2008 07:21 AM
GENERIC.MP kernel failing to boot AMD dual-core system < 75% of the time JMJ_coder NetBSD General 3 9th June 2008 01:54 PM
iwi not loaded by OS leonardz OpenBSD General 3 4th June 2008 12:35 AM
Dual-boot laptop won't boot OpenBSD after upgrade to 4.3 kbeaucha OpenBSD Installation and Upgrading 17 30th May 2008 02:40 PM


All times are GMT. The time now is 09:27 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Content copyright © 2007-2010, the authors
Daemon image copyright ©1988, Marshall Kirk McKusick