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Asus WL-167G setup on FreeBSD 7.0
Okay, I'll need a little help with this one here.. This is my first time using a wireless card under FreeBSD..
I've bought a new Asus WL-167G wireless card, but I can't get it work under FreeBSD 7.0. I've tested the card under WinXP machine and it works fine there - scans, connects, etc.. During boot time my Asus WL-167G card has been detected by FreeBSD and the rum driver is loaded, so the card appears as rum0 Here's what I've done so far, perhaps someone can show me where I'm doing something wrong.. Code:
# ifconfig rum0 list scan -- getting information about available access points --- # ifconfig rum0 ssid MYSSID Also the IP address is set by DHCP, so dhclient rum0 always shows no link........... giving up Adding this to /etc/rc.conf have no result either: Code:
ifconfig_rum0="DHCP ssid MYSSID" Thanks! |
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what is output of:
$ ifconfig
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This is the output of ifconfig rum0:
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rum0: flags=108802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,NEEDSGIANT> metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 00:1e:8c:bd:25:3a media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) status: no carrier ssid "MYSSID" channel 1 (2412 Mhz 11b) authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 50 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11b 7 roam:rate11b 1 bintval 0 Code:
SSID BSSID CHAN RATE S:N INT CAPS MYSSID 00:e3:xx:x:xx:xx 6 54M -94:-95 100 ES ATH I'm currently using the following to connect, but with no success (in /etc/rc.conf) Code:
ifconfig_rum0="DHCP ssid MYSSID channel 6" Thanks for any help! |
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First rum0 interface is down:
use: # ifconfig rum0 up second, signal is to low to be actually useful (known problem of this driver because I have similar card) Try to improve signal strength, so that it become at least 92. Also use following command: # ifconfig rum0 roam:rssi 0 roam:rate 0 So that card do not roam if signal strength is lower than 7 rssi (7 is default). |
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I was in a hurry to get this card working that actually I haven't noticed that the card was down. The command I used is this (after bringing the interface up): # ifconfig rum0 roam:rssi11g 0 roam:rate11g 0 Currently I'm not at home and that's why I use this wireless card, and btw the signal is not that good really, but it serves me well - I get about 600-700KB/s which is enough for now. Anyway I wasn't able to connect with this settings either.. Seems that I'll have to stick on winxp for the next two weeks, because I need that inet connection.. Anyway, Thanks for your help, I appreciate it! |
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