Re: Linksys WMP11

>I bought a Dlink 520+ wireless PCI card not realizing that the "+" changed
>chipsets, so today I replaced it with a linksys WMP11 PCI card which I've
>read is supported in FreeBSD.  The WMP11 card isn't detected either.

The WMP11 is definitely supported. I use it with the WPC11 (PCCard) everyday.

>it shows up in dmesg as
>pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=3D0x14e4, dev=3D0x4301) at 10.0 irq 12
>(I believe..any way to make sure that is the right card?)

this is what I get: (from /var/log/messages)
Nov  5 21:56:30 music /kernel: wi0: <Intersil Prism2.5> mem 0xfe9ff000-0xfe9fffff irq 9 at device 17.0 on pci0
Nov  5 21:56:30 music /kernel: wi0: 802.11 address: 00:06:25:a7:4b:97
Nov  5 21:56:30 music /kernel: wi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 MAC:ISL3874A(Mini-PCI)
Nov  5 21:56:30 music /kernel: wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary 1.00.05, Station 1.03.04


Here's my network area of the kernel. 

# PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus controller code.
# NOTE: Be sure to keep the 'device miibus' line in order to use these NICs!
device          miibus          # MII bus support

# ISA Ethernet NICs.
# 'device ed' requires 'device miibus'
device          ed0     at isa? port 0x300 irq 10 iomem 0xd8000

# Wireless adapter
device          wi0

>Any ideas?  I've tried compiling wi into the kernel, and also leaving it 
>out and loading a module, no difference.  I added that vendor and dev id to the
>vendor list in one of the wi files to see if maybe that would work but it
>wouldn't attach.

>If this one won't work either, can someone just tell me what's a definitely
>supported card that's readily available??

>Scott

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Then I have the following in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/wireless.sh:

#!/bin/sh
# Run via the sh shell

wicontrol -f 3
# Sets the wireless card's frequency.  Legally, the range is from 1
# (2.412 GHz) to 11 (2.462 GHz) in the US, 1 to 13 (2.472 GHz) in 
# Europe, 10 (2.457 GHz) to 13 in France, and 1 to 14 (2.484 GHz) 
# in Japan.  Choose another frequency if desired.

# intersil firmware BSS mode
wicontrol -p 0
# Adhoc mode
# wicontrol -p 1
# BSS mode, meaning clients must associate with an access point, 
# and cannot directly connect to one another.

wicontrol -c 1
# IBSS mode, an extention of BSS mode.

wicontrol -s "music"
# Sets the station name.  Does not have to match host's DNS name.

# wicontrol -k "12345"
# The WEP key.  Change to something a bit less obvious.

wicontrol -e 0
# wicontrol -e 1
# Enables WEP security.

ifconfig wi0 ssid "test"
# Sets the name of the wireless network.

ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
# Sets the IP address and netmask of the wireless device.  Change 
# the device name if necessary.

to setup the card. I didn't need to do anything else. It "Just worked"

hope this helps,
-mark



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