NDIS problem on 8.0-RELEASE

[Alex]

On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:00:49 +0100
Paul B Mahol <onemda at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 11/28/09, Alex <alex323 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:59:26 +0100
> > Paul B Mahol <onemda at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 11/29/09, Alex <alex323 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Hello. I have been using wireless drivers generated from ndisgen
> >> > on 7.2 quite successfully. I installed 8.0-RELEASE, recompiled
> >> > the driver, and sadly wireless is not functioning:
> >> >
> >> > orion# wpa_supplicant -dd -Dndis -i ndis0
> >> > -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf ...
> >> > Initializing interface (2) 'ndis0'
> >> > NDIS: Packet.dll version: FreeBSD WinPcap compatibility shim v1.0
> >> > NDIS: 1 adapter names found
> >> > NDIS: 0 -  - dummy description
> >> > NDIS: Could not find interface 'ndis0'
> >> > Failed to initialize driver interface
> >> > Failed to add interface ndis0
> >> > Cancelling scan request
> >> > Cancelling authentication timeout
> >> > orion# ifconfig ndis0
> >> > ndis0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
> >> > 	ether 00:24:2c:e7:2d:fd
> >> > 	media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect
> >> > (autoselect) status: no carrier
> >> >
> >> > Does anyone know what is wrong? I wouldn't have expected an
> >> > upgrade to break previous functionality.
> >> >
> >>
> >> with 8.0 you need to create wlanX:
> >>
> >> # ifconfig wlan create wlandev ndis0
> >>
> >> and replace ndis0 with wlan0:
> >>
> >> # wpa_supplicant -dd -Dndis -i wlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> >
> > That appears to have helped, but for some reason wpa_supplicant
> > keeps looping through its internal states. For example it'll be
> > associated in one moment and disconnected in the next (after which
> > point it loops over and over). Does anything special need to be
> > done in rc.conf? wpa_supplicant.conf? I am using the same
> > wpa_supplicant.conf file that worked under 7.2.
> 
> Could you post wpa_supplicant debug output?
>

The problem appears to be intermittent. However, I am connected via
wireless right now so I think this issue can be considered resolved.

> > Eventually I will need to set up rc.conf so that it automates the
> > process of creating wlan0 as well.
> >
> > Any insight you could provide would be much appreciated.
> 
> wlans_ndis0="wlan0"
> ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP"

That has worked successfully. Thank you very much. I only consulted the
FreeBSD handbook online for my information, and I had neglected to read
UPDATING far back enough.

-- 
Alex
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