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TEW-649UB usb wifi adapter doesn't work
Hi Daemons,
Has anyone been able to use Trendnet TEW-649UB USB Wifi adapter with OpenBSD 5.9 or 6.0? I know that rsu firmware does not support 802.11n but it doesn't work in 802.11g/b/auto mode either. Would you be able to provide any hint about why this adapter does not work with the rsu(4) firmware? I have the latest snapshot OpenBSD v6.0 and rsu-rtl8712fw v1.2 firmware installed. On bootup I think the firmware loads but the following error messages are displayed and I am not able to get an IP address: Partial dmesg output: Code:
rsu0: could not send join command rsu0: could not send site survey command Code:
user@pc15 /etc/firmware % ifconfig lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 32768 index 2 priority 0 llprio 3 groups: lo inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 enc0: flags=0<> index 1 priority 0 llprio 3 groups: enc status: active rsu0: flags=8c43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,OACTIVE,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 lladdr d8:eb:97:14:b6:7a index 3 priority 4 llprio 3 groups: wlan media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (DS1) status: no network ieee80211: nwid mywifi-ssid pflog0: flags=141<UP,RUNNING,PROMISC> mtu 33144 index 4 priority 0 llprio 3 groups: pflog user@pc15 ~ % sudo sh /etc/netstart Password: DHCPDISCOVER on rsu0 - interval 3 DHCPDISCOVER on rsu0 - interval 3 DHCPDISCOVER on rsu0 - interval 5 DHCPDISCOVER on rsu0 - interval 13 DHCPDISCOVER on rsu0 - interval 21 DHCPDISCOVER on rsu0 - interval 16 No acceptable DHCPOFFERS received. No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. Code:
nwid mywifi-ssid dhcp Thanks |
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Hello and welcome!
That particular NIC is mentioned in the rsu(4) man page. If it is not working with a -current snapshot, I recommend reporting your problem problem to the Project. Right now, -current is very close to what will be OpenBSD 6.0. www.openbsd.org/report.html |
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Thanks jggimi. Yes I switched from FreeBSD to OpenBSD after reading the rsu(4) man page which states that the firmware should work with this wifi adapter, but it doesn't work, so I'm glad that my friend let me borrow his adapter. The exact version of the wifi adapter that the developer used might have been somewhat different than what I have but I'm not sure. All other essential hardware in my laptop is working great in OpenBSD.
Recently I requested help from the developer, who wrote the firmware several years ago, and I also posted to this forum to find out whether anyone else has had success with this hardware. If I am not able to resolve the issue in a few days then I will also create a problem report as you suggested. |
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As you recommended, I submitted a bug report. The bug was confirmed, fixed, and committed in a few hours. I just downloaded the -current source tree, rebuilt the kernel, and verified that the wifi adapter works!
Now I'm getting much more signal! |
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