Wireless on hp 6710b

[Andrey]

Hi, besideinfo!

It sounds like you've not loaded properly all the required modules.

Make sure that everything you encountered in /boot/loader.conf is 
actually loaded (on this purpose use kldstat for example. NOTE I cut off 
unnecessary output below):

# kldstat
Id Refs Address    Size     Name
....
  4    1 0xc08f8000 ebc4     if_wpi.ko
  5    9 0xc0907000 2bfc0    wlan.ko
  6    3 0xc0933000 30a8     firmware.ko
  7    2 0xc0937000 1dc8     wlan_amrr.ko
  8    1 0xc0939000 25f50    wpifw.ko
  9    1 0xc095f000 1b3c     wlan_xauth.ko
10    1 0xc0961000 2e2c     wlan_wep.ko
11    1 0xc0964000 6ec4     wlan_ccmp.ko
12    1 0xc096b000 417c     wlan_tkip.ko
13    1 0xc0970000 51dc     wlan_scan_sta.ko
14    1 0xc0976000 1924     wlan_scan_ap.ko
.....

Also make sure if license acknowledge variable is set (use kenv on this 
purpose):
# kenv | grep 'wpi'
legal.intel_wpi.license_ack="1"

After all you should obtain smth. like this:

# pciconf -lv | grep -B2 -A1 3945
wpi0 at pci0:16:0:0:       class=0x028000 card=0x135c103c chip=0x42228086 
rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
     device     = '10418086 Intel 3945ABG Wireless LAN controller'
     class      = network

Also may it be you've already got support for wpi device in your kernel 
(as it is in ). So you don't need load modules you've in you kernel. But 
anyway firmware *must be* loaded before driver will work. According to 
documentation it is strict requirement.

PS:
Please, for further discussion make CC to freebsd-mobile at . It'll help to 
sort out your issue much faster.

--
Sincerely,
Andrey Kosachenko

besideinfo wrote:
> Hi Adrey,
> I did as you suggest but steel the wireless doesn't
> work. The strange thing is that on the dmesg there
> isn't any information about the wireless. I believe
> that wrong or correct I should see something from the
> boot. If can help following there is my loader.conf
> ---------------
> sound_load="YES"
> sound_ich_load="YES"
> 
> if_wpi_load="YES"
> wlan_load="YES"
> wlan_amrr_load="YES"
> firmware_load="YES"
> legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 # this one is licence
> related  stuff
> 
> wpifw_load="YES"
> wlan_xauth_load="YES"
> wlan_wep_load="YES"
> wlan_ccmp_load="YES"
> wlan_tkip_load="YES"
> wlan_scan_sta_load="YES"
> wlan_scan_ap_load="YES"
> ---------
> and this is part of my pciconf
> 
> none3 at pci16:0:0:	class=0x028000 card=0x135c103c
> chip=0x42228086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>     device     = '10418086 Intel 3945ABG Wireless LAN
> controller'
>     class      = network
> bge0 at pci24:0:0:	class=0x020000 card=0x30c0103c
> chip=0x169314e4 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Broadcom Corporation'
>     device     = 'BCM 5787A Ethernet Controller
> Broadcom Netlink Gigabit'
>     class      = network
>     subclass   = ethernet
> -----
> If you want i can sent you a copy of dmesg
> 
> thanks
> --- Andrey <andrey.kosachenko at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi, Pippo Pippone!
>>
>> It seems you did things "literally" as they are
>> described in handbook 
>> :o). Also you've not provided sufficient information
>> concerned the 
>> wireless hardware you have.
>>
>> But still, you should use wpi instead of ath.
>> Thus you need whether wpi in your kernel or you can
>> load it as a kernel 
>> module.
>>
>> Actually (for quick start) you can try the
>> configuration listed below:
>>
>> # less /boot/loader.conf
>> if_wpi_load="YES"
>> wlan_load="YES"
>> wlan_amrr_load="YES"
>> firmware_load="YES"
>> legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 # this one is licence
>> related  stuff
>>
>> wpifw_load="YES"
>> wlan_xauth_load="YES"
>> wlan_wep_load="YES"
>> wlan_ccmp_load="YES"
>> wlan_tkip_load="YES"
>> wlan_scan_sta_load="YES"
>> wlan_scan_ap_load="YES"
>>
>> For more information take a look into man if_wpi.
>>
>> Also take into consideration that unfortunately
>> if_wpi currently has 
>> limited abilities :(.
>> For example Host AP and ad-hoc modes are not
>> supported yet.
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 
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