NDISulator results with MPI350

[James Earl]

----- Original Message -----
From: wpaul at FreeBSD.ORG (Bill Paul)
Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 2:20 pm
Subject: Re: NDISulator results with MPI350

> > The following are some results from trying out the NDISulator 
> with an MPI350 MiniPCI card under 5.2.1-RELEASE and NDIS sources as 
> of 2004/03/09.  I updated to the latest firmware and downloaded the 
> latest Windows drivers.
> > 
> 
> Ok, people: do you have any idea how _unhelpful_ it is when all
> you say is you have "the latest drivers?" You have, right in front
> of you, the names of the files you downloaded, and even the version
> numbers. Couldn't you just say what they are instead of forcing me
> to play detective? Please don't assume that I'll be able to find
> same "latest" files that you have.

v1.2 (17 Nov 2003)
Filename: Win-Client-802.11a-b-Ins-Wizard-v12.exe


> > # sysctl debug.bootverbose=1
> > debug.bootverbose: 0 -> 1
> > # kldload if_ndis
> > ndis0: <Cisco Systems PCI Wireless LAN Adapter> port 0x8000-
> 0x80ff mem 0xc040000
> > 0-0xc07fffff,0xc0200000-0xc0203fff irq 11 at device 2.0 on pci2
> > pcib2: device ndis0 requested decoded memory range 0xc0400000-
> 0xc07fffff> pcib2: device ndis0 requested decoded memory range 
> 0xc0200000-0xc0203fff
> > pcib2: device ndis0 requested decoded I/O range 0x8000-0x80ff
> > can't re-use a leaf (NodeName)!
> > can't re-use a leaf (InfrastructureMode)!
> > can't re-use a leaf (PowerSaveMode)!
> > can't re-use a leaf (SupportedRates)!
> > can't re-use a leaf (SSID1)!
> > ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.0
> > ndis0: 802.11 address: ac:e9:03:00:00:00
> > ndis0: couldn't retrieve channel info: 19
> > ndis0: bpf attached
> > ndis0: bpf attached
> > ndis0: 11b rates:
> 
> Something is very wrong here. I really don't think ac:e9:03:00:00:00
> is a proper MAC address. Please take a step back and tell me just
> which driver files you're trying to use. (Also, note that the surest
> way to get a card working is for me to get my hands on one so that
> I can debug the problems myself. It's almost impossible for anyone
> to "help" me by offering to test patches since I have no idea what
> to patch unless I have the thing in front of me.)
> 

The MAC address was changing each time I loaded the if_ndis module.

James