Unable to detect Wireless PCI-E Card.

Nealio

Something else strange. As you can see from the log, I'm getting the following errors:

ipw_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
ipw_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_monitor_fw, 0xffffffff80470e10, 0) error 1
wpi: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_wpi/.
wpi: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (wpi_fw, 0xffffffff806548d0, 0) error 1
ipw_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
ipw_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_bss_fw, 0xffffffff80470cd0, 0) error 1
ipw_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
ipw_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_ibss_fw, 0xffffffff80470d70, 0) error 1

I'm not using INTEL wireless NICs, so this should be a problem. But I wanted to remove this from the log. So I added "legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1" and "legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1" to /boot/loader.conf.local, saved, and rebooted. After booting I ran DMESG again, and still got the same errors. Could it not be reading the /boot/loader.conf.local file? OR have I screwed up the formatting somehow.

Current contents:

legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1
legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1
if_run_load="YES"
runfw_load="YES"
kern.cam.boot_delay=10000

stephenw10

Formatting looks correct. You may be getting two lots of boot messages if you rebooted straight away.
Try doing instead:


cat /var/log/dmesg.boot

This contains only the last boot up message.

Steve

Nealio

@stephenw10:

Formatting looks correct. You may be getting two lots of boot messages if you rebooted straight away.
Try doing instead:
cat /var/log/dmesg.boot
This contains only the last boot up message.

Steve

Thanks.

[2.0.1-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.casciolahome]/root(2): cat /var/log/dmesg.boot
Copyright (c) 1992-2010 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 is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p6 #0: Mon Dec 12 18:15:35 EST 2011
    root@FreeBSD_8.0_pfSense_2.0-AMD64.snaps.pfsense.org:/usr/obj./usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_SMP.8 amd64
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T7500  @ 2.20GHz (2194.51-MHz K8-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x6fb  Family = 6  Model = f  Stepping = 11
  Features=0xbfebfbff <fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,dts,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ss,htt,tm,pbe>Features2=0xe3bd <sse3,dtes64,mon,ds_cpl,vmx,est,tm2,ssse3,cx16,xtpr,pdcm>AMD Features=0x20100800 <syscall,nx,lm>AMD Features2=0x1 <lahf>TSC: P-state invariant
real memory  = 4294967296 (4096 MB)
avail memory = 4086403072 (3897 MB)
ACPI APIC Table: <032309 APIC1259>
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s)
 cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  1
ioapic0 <version 2.0="">irqs 0-23 on motherboard
netisr_init: forcing maxthreads to 1 and bindthreads to 0 for device polling
wlan: mac acl policy registered
kbd1 at kbdmux0
cryptosoft0: <software crypto="">on motherboard
padlock0: No ACE support.
acpi0: <032309 XSDT1259> on motherboard
acpi0: [ITHREAD]
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
acpi0: reservation of fee00000, 1000 (3) failed
acpi0: reservation of 0, a0000 (3) failed
acpi0: reservation of 100000, bf700000 (3) failed
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0
cpu0: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
ACPI Warning: Incorrect checksum in table [OEMB] - 0xDF, should be 0xDE (20100331/tbutils-354)
cpu1: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
pcib0: <acpi host-pci="" bridge="">port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib0
pcib1: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 16 at device 1.0 on pci0
pci4: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib1
pci4: <network>at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
vgapci0: <vga-compatible display="">port 0xcc00-0xcc07 mem 0xfe800000-0xfe8fffff,0xd0000000-0xdfffffff irq 16 at device 2.0 on pci0
agp0: <intel gme965="" svga="" controller="">on vgapci0
agp0: detected 7676k stolen memory
agp0: aperture size is 256M
vgapci1: <vga-compatible display="">mem 0xfe700000-0xfe7fffff at device 2.1 on pci0
em0: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" network="" connection="" 7.2.3="">port 0xd000-0xd01f mem 0xfe9c0000-0xfe9dffff,0xfe9fe000-0xfe9fefff irq 23 at device 25.0 on pci0
em0: Using an MSI interrupt
em0: [FILTER]
uhci0: <intel 82801h="" (ich8)="" usb="" controller="" usb-d="">port 0xd400-0xd41f irq 16 at device 26.0 on pci0
uhci0: [ITHREAD]
uhci0: LegSup = 0x2f00
usbus0: <intel 82801h="" (ich8)="" usb="" controller="" usb-d="">on uhci0
uhci1: <intel 82801h="" (ich8)="" usb="" controller="" usb-e="">port 0xd080-0xd09f irq 21 at device 26.1 on pci0
uhci1: [ITHREAD]
uhci1: LegSup = 0x2f00
usbus1: <intel 82801h="" (ich8)="" usb="" controller="" usb-e="">on uhci1
ehci0: <intel 82801h="" (ich8)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="" usb2-b="">mem 0xfe9ff400-0xfe9ff7ff irq 18 at device 26.7 on pci0
ehci0: [ITHREAD]
usbus2: EHCI version 1.0
usbus2: <intel 82801h="" (ich8)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="" usb2-b="">on ehci0
pci0: <multimedia, hda="">at device 27.0 (no driver attached)
pcib2: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 22 at device 28.0 on pci0
pci2: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib2
pcib3: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 22 at device 28.4 on pci0
pci3: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib3
em1: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" network="" connection="" 7.2.3="">port 0xec00-0xec1f mem 0xfeae0000-0xfeafffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci3
em1: Using an MSI interrupt
em1: [FILTER]
uhci2: <intel 82801h="" (ich8)="" usb="" controller="" usb-a="">port 0xd880-0xd89f irq 23 at device 29.0 on pci0
uhci2: [ITHREAD]
uhci2: LegSup = 0x2f00
usbus3: <intel 82801h="" (ich8)="" usb="" controller="" usb-a="">on uhci2
uhci3: <intel 82801h="" (ich8)="" usb="" controller="" usb-b="">port 0xd800-0xd81f irq 19 at device 29.1 on pci0
uhci3: [ITHREAD]
uhci3: LegSup = 0x2f00
usbus4: <intel 82801h="" (ich8)="" usb="" controller="" usb-b="">on uhci3
uhci4: <intel 82801h="" (ich8)="" usb="" controller="" usb-c="">port 0xd480-0xd49f irq 18 at device 29.2 on pci0
uhci4: [ITHREAD]
uhci4: LegSup = 0x2f00
usbus5: <intel 82801h="" (ich8)="" usb="" controller="" usb-c="">on uhci4
ehci1: <intel 82801h="" (ich8)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="" usb2-a="">mem 0xfe9ff800-0xfe9ffbff irq 23 at device 29.7 on pci0
ehci1: [ITHREAD]
usbus6: EHCI version 1.0
usbus6: <intel 82801h="" (ich8)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="" usb2-a="">on ehci1
pcib4: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 30.0 on pci0
pci1: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib4
isab0: <pci-isa bridge="">at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <isa bus="">on isab0
atapci0: <intel ich8m="" sata300="" controller="">port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xffa0-0xffaf,0xff90-0xff9f at device 31.2 on pci0
ata0: <ata 0="" channel="">on atapci0
ata0: [ITHREAD]
ata1: <ata 1="" channel="">on atapci0
ata1: [ITHREAD]
pci0: <serial bus,="" smbus="">at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
acpi_button0: <power button="">on acpi0
atrtc0: <at realtime="" clock="">port 0x70-0x71 irq 8 on acpi0
uart0: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
uart0: [FILTER]
atkbdc0: <keyboard controller="" (i8042)="">port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <at keyboard="">irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
atkbd0: [ITHREAD]
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
ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range
est0: <enhanced speedstep="" frequency="" control="">on cpu0
p4tcc0: <cpu frequency="" thermal="" control="">on cpu0
est1: <enhanced speedstep="" frequency="" control="">on cpu1
p4tcc1: <cpu frequency="" thermal="" control="">on cpu1
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus1: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus2: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
usbus3: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus4: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus5: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus6: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
ad0: 76319MB <hts721080g9sa00 mc4oc10v="">at ata0-master UDMA100
ugen0.1: <intel>at usbus0
uhub0: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
ugen1.1: <intel>at usbus1
uhub1: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus1
ugen2.1: <intel>at usbus2
uhub2: <intel 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus2
ugen3.1: <intel>at usbus3
uhub3: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus3
ugen4.1: <intel>at usbus4
uhub4: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus4
ugen5.1: <intel>at usbus5
uhub5: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus5
ugen6.1: <intel>at usbus6
uhub6: <intel 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus6
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub4: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub5: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub2: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
uhub6: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
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wallabybob

Mini PCI-E slots can use either a PCI Express interface or a USB interface. The Ralink RT3070 is a USB chipset hence we should look for signs of your device in the USB enumeration. Here is the relevant section of the startup output from my system:

usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus1: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus2: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus3: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
ad0: DMA limited to UDMA33, device found non-ATA66 cable
ugen0.1: <via>at usbus0
uhub0: <via 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
ugen1.1: <via>at usbus1
uhub1: <via 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus1
ugen2.1: <via>at usbus2
uhub2: <via 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus2
ugen3.1: <via>at usbus3
uhub3: <via 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus3
ad0: 955MB <transcend 20071207="">at ata0-master UDMA33
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
ugen3.2: <ralink>at usbus3
run0: <1.0> on usbus3
run0: MAC/BBP RT3070 (rev 0x0201), RF RT3020 (MIMO 1T1R), address c8:3a:35:c4:ee:f3
run0: firmware RT2870 loaded
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
ugen0.2: <vendor 0x1241="">at usbus0
ukbd0: <vendor 0="" 2="" 0x1241="" usb="" keyboard,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.10="" 2.90,="" addr="">on usbus0
kbd2 at ukbd0
uhid0: <vendor 0="" 2="" 0x1241="" usb="" keyboard,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.10="" 2.90,="" addr="">on usbus0
ral0: need multicast update callback</vendor></vendor></vendor></ralink></transcend></via></via></via></via></via></via></via></via>

In your most recent posting there are no signs of any attached USB devices other than chipset hubs. The earlier postings report an ALCOR USB hub and mouse.

What version of pfSense are you using?

It might be useful if you rebooted Ubuntu again and posted the output of the shell command```
lsusb; lsusb -t

Nealio

@wallabybob:

What version of pfSense are you using?

Latest stable build of 2.0

@wallabybob:

It might be useful if you rebooted Ubuntu again and posted the output of the shell command which should show the IDs of the USB devices and the bus on which the WiFi card is connected.

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0781:5406 SanDisk Corp. Cruzer Micro U3
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 058f:9254 Alcor Micro Corp. Hub
Bus 006 Device 004: ID 10d5:55a2 Uni Class Technology Co., Ltd 2Port KVMSwitcher
Bus 006 Device 008: ID 046d:c517 Logitech, Inc. LX710 Cordless Desktop Laser

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsusb -t
6-1.3:1.1: No such file or directory
/:  Bus 07.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
/:  Bus 06.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
    |__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=hub, Driver=hub/4p, 12M
        |__ Port 2: Dev 8, If 0, Class=HID, Driver=usbhid, 1.5M
        |__ Port 2: Dev 8, If 1, Class=HID, Driver=usbhid, 1.5M
        |__ Port 3: Dev 4, If 0, Class=HID, Driver=usbhid, 1.5M
        |__ Port 3: Dev 4, If 1, Class=HID, Driver=, 1.5M
/:  Bus 05.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
/:  Bus 04.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
/:  Bus 03.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
/:  Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci_hcd/6p, 480M
/:  Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci_hcd/4p, 480M

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:04:5f:b0:29:11  
          inet addr:192.168.1.8  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::204:5fff:feb0:2911/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:136 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:85 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:20928 (20.9 KB)  TX bytes:12874 (12.8 KB)
          Interrupt:23 Memory:fe9c0000-fe9e0000 

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:04:5f:b0:29:10  
          inet6 addr: fe80::204:5fff:feb0:2910/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:162 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:31 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:19494 (19.4 KB)  TX bytes:7355 (7.3 KB)
          Interrupt:16 Memory:feae0000-feb00000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1d:6a:62:f6:08  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

Nealio

From Ubuntu dmesg:

[   17.449998] rt2800pci 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[   17.450009] rt2800pci 0000:04:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[   17.451950] cfg80211: Updating information on frequency 2412 MHz for a 20 MHz width channel with regulatory rule:
[   17.451953] cfg80211: 2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @  KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[   17.451956] cfg80211: Updating information on frequency 2417 MHz for a 20 MHz width channel with regulatory rule:
[   17.451958] cfg80211: 2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @  KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[   17.451961] cfg80211: Updating information on frequency 2422 MHz for a 20 MHz width channel with regulatory rule:
[   17.451963] cfg80211: 2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @  KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[   17.451965] cfg80211: Updating information on frequency 2427 MHz for a 20 MHz width channel with regulatory rule:
[   17.451968] cfg80211: 2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @  KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[   17.451970] cfg80211: Updating information on frequency 2432 MHz for a 20 MHz width channel with regulatory rule:
[   17.451973] cfg80211: 2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @  KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[   17.451975] cfg80211: Updating information on frequency 2437 MHz for a 20 MHz width channel with regulatory rule:
[   17.451978] cfg80211: 2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @  KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[   17.451980] cfg80211: Updating information on frequency 2442 MHz for a 20 MHz width channel with regulatory rule:
[   17.451983] cfg80211: 2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @  KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[   17.451985] cfg80211: Updating information on frequency 2447 MHz for a 20 MHz width channel with regulatory rule:
[   17.451988] cfg80211: 2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @  KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[   17.451990] cfg80211: Updating information on frequency 2452 MHz for a 20 MHz width channel with regulatory rule:
[   17.451992] cfg80211: 2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @  KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[   17.451995] cfg80211: Updating information on frequency 2457 MHz for a 20 MHz width channel with regulatory rule:
[   17.452033] cfg80211: 2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @  KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[   17.452036] cfg80211: Updating information on frequency 2462 MHz for a 20 MHz width channel with regulatory rule:
[   17.452039] cfg80211: 2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @  KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[   17.452042] cfg80211: Updating information on frequency 2467 MHz for a 20 MHz width channel with regulatory rule:
[   17.452045] cfg80211: 2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @  KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[   17.452048] cfg80211: Updating information on frequency 2472 MHz for a 20 MHz width channel with regulatory rule:
[   17.452051] cfg80211: 2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @  KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[   17.452053] cfg80211: Updating information on frequency 2484 MHz for a 20 MHz width channel with regulatory rule:
[   17.452056] cfg80211: 2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @  KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[   17.461260] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[   17.461878] Registered led device: rt2800pci-phy0::radio
[   17.461899] Registered led device: rt2800pci-phy0::assoc
[   17.461917] Registered led device: rt2800pci-phy0::quality

Nealio

So according to the Ubuntu dump, it appears to be a rt2800pci instead. I had previously found the information on my NIC from http://www.wikidevi.com/wiki/Winstars_WS-WNP672N, which incorrectly identifies it as an RT3070 using the RT2800usb driver.

So a quick search netted 0 hits on PFsense.org.

Searching FreeBSD.org retrieved a number of hits. This thread (http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=20998) peaked my interest, as the user was able to get it to run on FreeBSD 8.1, which is what PFSense 2.0 is based off of (I think).

Thread about it and FreeBSD 9.0 (http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=29081)

Nealio

pciconf -l -b -v -c dump:

[2.0.1-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.casciolahome]/root(193): pciconf -b -l -c
hostb0@pci0:0:0:0:      class=0x060000 card=0x2a108086 chip=0x2a108086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
    cap 09[e0] = vendor (length 10) Intel cap 9 version 1
pcib1@pci0:0:1:0:       class=0x060400 card=0x2a118086 chip=0x2a118086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x01
    cap 0d[88] = PCI Bridge card=0x2a118086
    cap 01[80] = powerspec 3  supports D0 D3  current D0
    cap 05[90] = MSI supports 1 message
    cap 10[a0] = PCI-Express 1 root port max data 128(128) link x1(x16)
vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0:     class=0x030000 card=0x2a128086 chip=0x2a128086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
    bar   [10] = type Memory, range 64, base 0xfe800000, size 1048576, enabled
    bar   [18] = type Prefetchable Memory, range 64, base 0xd0000000, size 268435456, enabled
    bar   [20] = type I/O Port, range 32, base 0xcc00, size  8, enabled
    cap 05[90] = MSI supports 1 message
    cap 01[d0] = powerspec 3  supports D0 D3  current D0
vgapci1@pci0:0:2:1:     class=0x038000 card=0x2a128086 chip=0x2a138086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
    bar   [10] = type Memory, range 64, base 0xfe700000, size 1048576, enabled
    cap 01[d0] = powerspec 3  supports D0 D3  current D0
em0@pci0:0:25:0:        class=0x020000 card=0x104b8086 chip=0x104b8086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
    bar   [10] = type Memory, range 32, base 0xfe9c0000, size 131072, enabled
    bar   [14] = type Memory, range 32, base 0xfe9fe000, size 4096, enabled
    bar   [18] = type I/O Port, range 32, base 0xd000, size 32, enabled
    cap 01[c8] = powerspec 2  supports D0 D3  current D0
    cap 05[d0] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit enabled with 1 message
uhci0@pci0:0:26:0:      class=0x0c0300 card=0x28348086 chip=0x28348086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
    bar   [20] = type I/O Port, range 32, base 0xd400, size 32, enabled
uhci1@pci0:0:26:1:      class=0x0c0300 card=0x28358086 chip=0x28358086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
    bar   [20] = type I/O Port, range 32, base 0xd080, size 32, enabled
ehci0@pci0:0:26:7:      class=0x0c0320 card=0x283a8086 chip=0x283a8086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
    bar   [10] = type Memory, range 32, base 0xfe9ff400, size 1024, enabled
    cap 01[50] = powerspec 2  supports D0 D3  current D0
    cap 0a[58] = EHCI Debug Port at offset 0xa0 in map 0x14
none0@pci0:0:27:0:      class=0x040300 card=0x81201462 chip=0x284b8086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
    bar   [10] = type Memory, range 64, base 0xfe9f8000, size 16384, enabled
    cap 01[50] = powerspec 2  supports D0 D3  current D0
    cap 05[60] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit
    cap 10[70] = PCI-Express 1 root endpoint max data 128(128) link x0(x0)
pcib2@pci0:0:28:0:      class=0x060400 card=0x283f8086 chip=0x283f8086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x01
    cap 10[40] = PCI-Express 1 root port max data 128(128) link x0(x4)
    cap 05[80] = MSI supports 1 message
    cap 0d[90] = PCI Bridge card=0x283f8086
    cap 01[a0] = powerspec 2  supports D0 D3  current D0
pcib3@pci0:0:28:4:      class=0x060400 card=0x28478086 chip=0x28478086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x01
    cap 10[40] = PCI-Express 1 root port max data 128(128) link x1(x1)
    cap 05[80] = MSI supports 1 message
    cap 0d[90] = PCI Bridge card=0x28478086
    cap 01[a0] = powerspec 2  supports D0 D3  current D0
uhci2@pci0:0:29:0:      class=0x0c0300 card=0x28308086 chip=0x28308086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
    bar   [20] = type I/O Port, range 32, base 0xd880, size 32, enabled
uhci3@pci0:0:29:1:      class=0x0c0300 card=0x28318086 chip=0x28318086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
    bar   [20] = type I/O Port, range 32, base 0xd800, size 32, enabled
uhci4@pci0:0:29:2:      class=0x0c0300 card=0x28328086 chip=0x28328086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
    bar   [20] = type I/O Port, range 32, base 0xd480, size 32, enabled
ehci1@pci0:0:29:7:      class=0x0c0320 card=0x28368086 chip=0x28368086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
    bar   [10] = type Memory, range 32, base 0xfe9ff800, size 1024, enabled
    cap 01[50] = powerspec 2  supports D0 D3  current D0
    cap 0a[58] = EHCI Debug Port at offset 0xa0 in map 0x14
pcib4@pci0:0:30:0:      class=0x060401 card=0x24488086 chip=0x24488086 rev=0xf3 hdr=0x01
    cap 0d[50] = PCI Bridge card=0x24488086
isab0@pci0:0:31:0:      class=0x060100 card=0x28158086 chip=0x28158086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
    cap 09[e0] = vendor (length 12) Intel cap 1 version 0
                 features: SATA RAID-5, Mobile, 4 PCI-e x1 slots, SATA RAID-0/1/10
atapci0@pci0:0:31:2:    class=0x010180 card=0x28288086 chip=0x28288086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
    bar   [10] = type I/O Port, range 32, base 0x1f0, size  8, enabled
    bar   [14] = type I/O Port, range 32, base 0x3f4, size  1, enabled
    bar   [18] = type I/O Port, range 32, base 0x170, size  8, enabled
    bar   [1c] = type I/O Port, range 32, base 0x374, size  1, enabled
    bar   [20] = type I/O Port, range 32, base 0xffa0, size 16, enabled
    bar   [24] = type I/O Port, range 32, base 0xff90, size 16, enabled
    cap 01[70] = powerspec 3  supports D0 D3  current D0
none1@pci0:0:31:3:      class=0x0c0500 card=0x283e8086 chip=0x283e8086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
    bar   [10] = type Memory, range 32, base 0xfe9ffc00, size 256, enabled
    bar   [20] = type I/O Port, range 32, base 0x400, size 32, enabled
none2@pci0:4:0:0:       class=0x028000 card=0x68941462 chip=0x30901814 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
    bar   [10] = type Memory, range 32, base 0xfebf0000, size 65536, enabled
    cap 01[40] = powerspec 3  supports D0 D3  current D0
    cap 05[50] = MSI supports 32 messages, 64 bit
    cap 10[70] = PCI-Express 2 endpoint max data 128(128) link x1(x1)
em1@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x109a8086 chip=0x109a8086 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
    bar   [10] = type Memory, range 32, base 0xfeae0000, size 131072, enabled
    bar   [18] = type I/O Port, range 32, base 0xec00, size 32, enabled
    cap 01[c8] = powerspec 2  supports D0 D3  current D0
    cap 05[d0] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit enabled with 1 message
    cap 10[e0] = PCI-Express 1 endpoint max data 128(256) link x1(x1)

wallabybob

@Nealio:

So according to the Ubuntu dump, it appears to be a rt2800pci instead. I had previously found the information on my NIC from http://www.wikidevi.com/wiki/Winstars_WS-WNP672N, which incorrectly identifies it as an RT3070 using the RT2800usb driver.

Which explains why it wasn't visible in the USB listings in either Ubuntu or pfSense.

@Nealio:

pciconf -l -b -v -c dump:


none2@pci0:4:0:0:       class=0x028000 card=0x68941462 chip=0x30901814 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
    bar   [10] = type Memory, range 32, base 0xfebf0000, size 65536, enabled
    cap 01[40] = powerspec 3  supports D0 D3  current D0
    cap 05[50] = MSI supports 32 messages, 64 bit
    cap 10[70] = PCI-Express 2 endpoint max data 128(128) link x1(x1)

Chip=0x1814 says Vendor = Ralink, Chip=0x30901814 says Ralink RT3090 chipset. To the best of my knowledge there is no native supported driver for that chipset. If you are wanting a WiFi NIC supporting AP mode I suggest you get a RT3070 (USB) chipset which could come in a USB dongle (such as the Tenda W311 or the TP-Link WN321G) or a mini PCI-E card (assuming your mini PCI-E slot supports USB interface). At the price of the dongles I would consider it worth buying one over spending the time messing around trying to get your existing interface working.

Nealio

It may be natively supported in FreeBSD 9, so I'll leave it there for when I upgrade to 2.1. In the meantime, I have a number of USB Wireless adapters, they just won't work as elegantly as the the internal PCI-E Port.