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I have a dv1000 HP Pavilion laptop with a Pro/Wireless 2200 b/g wireless card.
I just installed DesktopBSD (based on FreeBSD 5.5) and then PC-BSD (based on FreeBSD 6) and none of them detected my wireless card. Most of the drivers I have found are for linux.
I really want to try out the ports system on BSD, it looks really cool, and the pbi packages also look very quick and easy.
How can i get my wireless working with a BSD system?
PS: my card is normally detected easily by most linux systems. (Suse, MEPIS, Ubuntu)
The driver is on your box, but you may need to read through the docs at this site. You should not need to actually build the driver even though it is in ports, but you certainly can if you choose. If you have any trouble just post here.
Thx for the reply, actually I had just found that site and was going through the steps when i ran into some trouble. So I came back hear to check for any replies.
I got through fine until it says
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Then, make sure that your card is correctly recognized:
# dmesg | grep iwi
iwi0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG MiniPCI> mem 0xe0206000-0xe0206fff irq 11 at device 4.0 on pci2
iwi0: Ethernet address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
When i do so, I get no feedback
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PCBSD# dmesg | grep iwi
PCBSD#
then it says
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Now, you must download the firmware binary image to the adapter.
For instance, to download firmware for BSS mode:
# iwicontrol -i iwi0 -d /usr/local/libdata/if_iwi -m bss
Now, you must download the firmware binary image to the adapter.
For instance, to download firmware for BSS mode:
# iwicontrol -i iwi0 -d /usr/local/libdata/if_iwi -m bss
i get the following output:
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PCBSD# iwicontrol -i iwi0 -d /usr/local/libdata/if_iwi -m bss
iwicontrol: /usr/local/libdata/if_iwi/iwi-boot.fw: No such file or directory
PCBSD#
any ideas?
p.s.: i found out that my card is the only supported card that doesent run out of the box in freeBSD. Sux.
You have an IP address (192.168.2.7), you have an ssid (KEEPOUT), you have a channel (channel 1). So did you try
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PCBSD# ifconfig iwi0 up
What happens if you do that? It looks to me as if the firmware loaded just fine. Oh, and don't worry about making "stupid mistakes." You haven't made any that I haven't made in spades.
just tried that and it doesent work, I have desktopBSD tools installed so I am using the networking tray program. It detects my card, and lets me scan for networks, but when I do I cannot see any networks.
I think my network is channel 11 though, not sure how to change the channel. Ill look into it and try.
Yes, you will have to become familiar with the ifconfig man pages. The wired and wireless information are inter-mixed, so finding things can sometimes be a head ache. Report back your results.
Ok I was browsing some other bsd forums and this guy posted how he got his wireless working after downloading iwi-firmware from ports. Its a simple as this.
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