Wireless Problems

Wed Dec 17 04:25:39 PST 2003

Sorry to post about a problem with a desktop machine
but I may have more luck here given the problem is a
cardbus one.  I have installed FreeBSD on a Desktop
Machine with a TI 1410 PCI Cardbus Bridge and an Avaya
Silver Wireless Network Card.

The card connects perfectly to a D-Link Access Point
in Debian and even in Windows XP.  However, in FreeBSD
there is "no carrier" no matter what I seem to try.
Troubleshooting help would be much appreciated.

 Device seems to come up with:

 ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.4.8 netmask 255.255.255.0
 ssid HOME wepmode ON 
 wepkey 1234567890

 dmesg is as follows:

 Copyright (c) 1992-2003 The FreeBSD Project.
 Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989,
 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
         The Regents of the University of California.
 All rights reserved.
 FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE #0: Thu Jun  5 02:55:42 GMT 2003

root at wv1u.btc.adaptec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
 Preloaded elf kernel "/boot/kernel/kernel" at
 0xc06d4000.
 Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/acpi.ko" at
 0xc06d421c.
 Timecounter "i8254"  frequency 1193182 Hz
 Timecounter "TSC"  frequency 1199664705 Hz
 CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor (1199.66-MHz 686-class
 CPU)
   Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x642  Stepping = 2

Features=0x183f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR>
   AMD Features=0xc0440000<RSVD,AMIE,DSP,3DNow!>
 real memory  = 134135808 (127 MB)
 avail memory = 122912768 (117 MB)
 Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
 npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
 npx0: INT 16 interface
 acpi0: <ASUS   A7V-133 > on motherboard
 pcibios: BIOS version 2.10
 Using $PIR table, 9 entries at 0xc00f1720
 acpi0: power button is handled as a fixed feature
 programming model.
 Timecounter "ACPI-fast"  frequency 3579545 Hz
 acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port
 0xe408-0xe40b on acpi0
 acpi_cpu0: <CPU> on acpi0
 acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
 pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on
 acpi0
 pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
 agp0: <VIA 82C8363 (Apollo KT133A) host to PCI
 bridge>
 mem 
 0xe6000000-0xe7ffffff at device 0.0 on pci0
 pcib1: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
 pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
 pci1: <display, VGA> at device 0.0 (no driver
 attached)
 isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 4.0 on pci0
 isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
 atapci0: <VIA 82C686B UDMA100 controller> port
 0xd800-0xd80f at device 4.1 on 
 pci0
 ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
 ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0
 uhci0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port
 0xd400-0xd41f
 irq 9 at device 4.2 on 
 pci0
 usb0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci0
 usb0: USB revision 1.0
 uhub0: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00,
 addr 1
 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
 uhci1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port
 0xd000-0xd01f
 irq 9 at device 4.3 on 
 pci0
 usb1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci1
 usb1: USB revision 1.0
 uhub1: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00,
 addr 1
 uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
 pci0: <multimedia> at device 9.0 (no driver
 attached)
 cbb0: <TI1410 PCI-CardBus Bridge> at device 10.0 on
 pci0
 cardbus0: <CardBus bus> on cbb0
 pccard0: <16-bit PCCard bus> on cbb0
 pcib0: slot 10 INTA is routed to irq 5
 rl0: <RealTek 8139 10/100BaseTX> port 0xa400-0xa4ff
 mem 0xd5000000-0xd50000ff 
 at device 11.0 on pci0
 rl0: Realtek 8139B detected. Warning, this may be
 unstable in autoselect mode
 pcib0: slot 11 INTA is routed to irq 10
 rl0: Ethernet address: 00:50:bf:27:7b:64
 miibus0: <MII bus> on rl0
 rlphy0: <RealTek internal media interface> on
 miibus0
 rlphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX,
 100baseTX-FDX, auto
 pci0: <multimedia, audio> at device 12.0 (no driver
 attached)
 sym0: <810a> port 0x9800-0x98ff mem
 0xd4800000-0xd48000ff irq 9 at device 13.0 
 on pci0
 sym0: Symbios NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-10, SE, parity
 checking
 sym0: open drain IRQ line driver
 sym0: using LOAD/STORE-based firmware.
 atapci1: <Promise PDC20265 UDMA100 controller> port 

0x8000-0x803f,0x8400-0x8403,0x8800-0x8807,0x9000-0x9003,0x9400-0x9407
 mem 
 0xd4000000-0xd401ffff irq 10 at device 17.0 on pci0
 ata2: at 0x9400 on atapci1
 ata3: at 0x8800 on atapci1
 fdc0: <Enhanced floppy controller (i82077, NE72065
 or
 clone)> port 
 0x3f7,0x3f2-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0
 fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
 fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
 ppc0 port 0x778-0x77b,0x378-0x37f irq 7 drq 3 on
 acpi0
 ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in
 COMPATIBLE mode
 ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/8 bytes threshold
 ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
 plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
 lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
 lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
 ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
 sio0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on acpi0
 sio0: type 16550A
 sio1 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0
 sio1: type 16550A
 atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port
 0x64,0x60
 irq 1 on acpi0
 atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0
 kbd0 at atkbd0
 psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
 psm0: model MouseMan+, device ID 0
 orm0: <Option ROM> at iomem 0xcc000-0xcdfff on isa0
 pmtimer0 on isa0
 sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
 sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
 vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem
 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
 Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
 acpi_cpu: throttling enabled, 16 steps (100% to
 6.2%),
 currently 100.0%
 wi0: <Avaya Communication Avaya Wireless PC Card> at
 port 0x100-0x13f irq 5 
 function 0 config 1 on pccard0
 wi0: 802.11 address: 00:02:2d:74:3b:25
 wi0: using Lucent Technologies, WaveLAN/IEEE
 wi0: Lucent Firmware: Station (7.28.1)
 wi0: supported rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
 ad0: 29333MB <WDC WD307AA-00BAA0> [59598/16/63] at
 ata0-master UDMA66
 ad4: 76319MB <ST380011A> [155061/16/63] at
 ata2-master
 UDMA100
 ad6: 76319MB <ST380011A> [155061/16/63] at
 ata3-master
 UDMA100
 acd0: DVD-ROM <Pioneer DVD-ROM ATAPIModel DVD-115
 0133> at ata1-master PIO4
 acd1: DVD-R <PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D> at ata1-slave
 PIO4
 Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle
 (noperiph:sym0:0:-1:-1): SCSI BUS reset delivered.
 ad0: UDMA ICRC error cmd=read fsbn 1529248 retrying
 Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
 ad0: UDMA ICRC error cmd=read fsbn 4415 of 4415-4418
 retrying
 ad0: UDMA ICRC error cmd=read fsbn 4415 of 4415-4418
 retrying
 ad0: UDMA ICRC error cmd=read fsbn 4447 of 4447-4450
 retrying
 ad0: UDMA ICRC error cmd=read fsbn 4447 of 4447-4450
 retrying
 ad0: UDMA ICRC error cmd=read fsbn 18463 of
 18463-18590 retrying
 ad0: UDMA ICRC error cmd=read fsbn 18463 of
 18463-18590 retrying
 ad0: UDMA ICRC error cmd=read fsbn 18463 of
 18463-18590 retrying
 ad0: UDMA ICRC error cmd=read fsbn 18463 of
 18463-18590 falling back to PIO 
 mode 
 ifconfig shows:

 wi0:
 flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>
 mtu
 1500
         inet 192.168.4.88 netmask 0xffffff00
 broadcast
 192.168.4.255
         inet6 fe80::202:2dff:fe74:3b25%wi0 prefixlen
 64 scopeid 0x4 
         ether 00:02:2d:74:3b:25
         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet
 autoselect (DS/2Mbps)
         status: no carrier
         ssid HOME 1:HOME
         stationname "FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node"
         channel -1 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF
 powersavesleep 100
         wepmode MIXED weptxkey 1
         wepkey 1:64-bit

 wicontrol (omitting or changing some details) shows:

 NIC serial number:                      [  ]
 Station name:                           [ FreeBSD
 WaveLAN/IEEE node ]
 SSID for IBSS creation:                 [ HOME ]
 Current netname (SSID):                 [ HOME ]
 Desired netname (SSID):                 [ HOME ]
 Current BSSID:                          [
 00:40:05:ae:fe:27 ]
 Channel list:                           [ 7ff ]
 IBSS channel:                           [ 10 ]
 Current channel:                        [ 10 ]
 Comms quality/signal/noise:             [ 41 97 56 ]
 dBm Coms Quality:                       [ 43 ]
 Promiscuous mode:                       [ Off ]
 Process 802.11b Frame:                  [ Off ]
 Intersil-Prism2 based card:             [ 0 ]
 Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc):            [ 1 ]
 MAC address:                            [  ]
 TX rate (selection):                    [ 0 ]
 TX rate (actual speed):                 [ 2 ]
 RTS/CTS handshake threshold:            [ 2347 ]
 Create IBSS:                            [ Off ]
 Access point density:                   [ 1 ]
 Power Mgmt (1=on, 0=off):               [ 0 ]
 Max sleep time:                         [ 100 ]
 PRI Identity:                           [ 21 1 4 4 ]
 STA Identity:                           [ 31 1 7 28
 ]
 Card ID register:                       [ 1 1 4 2 ]
 Regulatory Domains:                     [ usa,
 canada,
 eu/au, es, fr, jp new ]
 Temperature Range:                      [ 1 ]
 WEP encryption:                         [ On ]
 TX encryption key:                      [ 1 ]
 Encryption keys:                        [  ][  ][ 
 ][ 
 ]

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