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    Anyone got a Pro/Wireless 2200BG card work on pfSense 2.01 ?

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    • J
      jamesdean
      last edited by

      Has anyone had luck using this card (Pro/Wireless 2200BG) on pfSense 2.01 ?

      I installed one on a Alix2d3 board and dmesg says its not recognized.

      Robert

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      • GruensFroeschliG
        GruensFroeschli
        last edited by

        Did you already accept the license agreement?
        http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,10251.0.html

        We do what we must, because we can.

        Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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          jamesdean
          last edited by

          @GruensFroeschli:

          Did you already accept the license agreement?
          http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,10251.0.html

          Im seeing this on dmseg out.

          #############

          wlan: mac acl policy registered
          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, 0xc0883050, 0) error 1

          iwi0: HOSTAP mode not supported
          iwi0: timeout waiting for (null) firmware initialization to complete
          iwi0: could not load boot firmware (null)

          ##############

          My /boot/loader.conf

          ##############

          legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1

          hw.ata.atapi_dma="0"
          hw.ata.ata_dma="0"
          loader_color="NO"
          autoboot_delay="5"
          hw.ata.wc="0"
          kern.ipc.nmbclusters="0"
          beastie_disable="YES"
          vm.kmem_size="435544320"
          vm.kmem_size_max="535544320"

          #############

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            jamesdean
            last edited by

            Got the LICENSE error to go away by adding the following to the top of /boot/loader.conf

            autoboot_delay="2"
            legal.intel_ipw.license_ack="1"
            legal.intel_wpi.license_ack="1"

            Still errors everywhere tho…...

            uhub1: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
            Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/pfsense0
            iwi0: HOSTAP mode not supported
            iwi0: timeout waiting for (null) firmware initialization to complete
            iwi0: could not load boot firmware (null)
            vr0: link state changed to UP
            vr2: link state changed to DOWN
            iwi0: timeout waiting for (null) firmware initialization to complete
            iwi0: could not load boot firmware (null)
            iwi0: HOSTAP mode not supported
            iwi0: HOSTAP mode not supported
            iwi0: HOSTAP mode not supported
            iwi0: HOSTAP mode not supported
            iwi0: HOSTAP mode not supported
            iwi0: HOSTAP mode not supported
            iwi0: HOSTAP mode not supported
            iwi0: HOSTAP mode not supported
            iwi0: HOSTAP mode not supported
            iwi0: timeout waiting for (null) firmware initialization to complete
            iwi0: could not load boot firmware (null)
            iwi0: HOSTAP mode not supported

            ###############################

            FreeBSD is so frustrating sometimes.

            This freebsd mailing list thread says this card works with right kernel ko.
            I guess I have remove pfsense 2.01 and install FreeBSD 8 and work from there.

            http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2008-November/000047.html

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              The iwi driver doesn't support hostap mode as far as I can tell.

              http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iwi&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+8.1-RELEASE&arch=default&format=html

              JimP's list agrees: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AojFUXcbH0ROdHgwYkFHbkRUdV9hVWljVWl5SXkxbFE&hl=en#gid=0

              Steve

              Edit: Are you trying to use hostap mode?

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              • J
                jamesdean
                last edited by

                Im trying to setup a basic access point with the card.

                Trying to do AP with WAP2 AES2.

                So no HOSTAP == NO access point of any kind.
                This sucks …...

                This card does support it look here.

                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HostAP (bottom of page)

                Link to the HOSTAP driver
                http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipw2200-ap/

                I am back to having hope

                Robert

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                • jimpJ
                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                  last edited by

                  I don't see any trace of hostap even in FreeBSD 9 for iwi, so I wouldn't really get your hopes up. That driver you linked to is for Linux, so probably not possible to translate it over.

                  Certainly less trouble to just get a supported card rather than fight the iwi.

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