Enabling Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 LAN miniPCI Adapter

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PeterP

I'm attempting to install FreeBSD on an old Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop. I'm unable to get the wireless adapter going.

I know that it's physically OK because it worked with another OS on this laptop just before I installed FreeBSD.

For some reason, pciconf -lbcev thinks it's not exactly a 2100:
Code: 
iwi0@pci0:2:3:0:   class=xxx
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = 'PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection'
(etc.)

I've edited /boot/loader.conf following the instructions in ipw(4).

ifconfig -l only shows two devices, bfe0 and lo0.

dmesg | grep iwi returns:
Code: 
iwi0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG> mem 0xfaffc000-0xfaffcfff irq 9 at device 3.0 on pci2

... and I think that's all I can report so far. Any suggestions?
 
True, an inconsistency. I examined the actual wlan adapter inside the laptop, and the label includes the digits “2200”, so I assume that it is one of the models for which iwi is appropriate. See iwi(4).

I edited /boot/loader.conf replacing “ipw” with “iwi”, but ifconfig -l still only shows the same two devices.

Is it possible that I need to locate and install the NDIS code?
 
Have you acknowledged the intel licence for the firmware?

From iwi(4):
This driver requires the firmware built with the iwifw module to work.
For the loaded firmware to be enabled for use the license at
/usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE must be agreed by adding the fol-
lowing line to loader.conf(5):

legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1
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Well, that means the card is recognized and the driver loaded. You can now follow the rest of the configuration from the handbook.
 
SirDice said:
Well, that means the card is recognized and the driver loaded. You can now follow the rest of the configuration from the handbook.
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I have the wireless card associating with the wireless network now, but when I try
a ping to the router itself or anything else on the network managed by the router, I get “No route to host”. ping localhost works.

Other wireless devices can ping the router and each other. They cannot ping the device I am working on.

In /etc/rc.conf I have the line defaultrouter=“192.168.1.1”.
 
Post the output of ifconfig wlan0 and netstat -rn

PeterP said:
In /etc/rc.conf I have the line defaultrouter=“192.168.1.1”
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Remove it if you use DHCP. DHCP should already provide the correct gateway.
 
SirDice said:
Post the output of ifconfig wlan0 and netstat -rn


Remove it if you use DHCP. DHCP should already provide the correct gateway.
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I believe I have it. This is a laptop with both wired and wireless network interfaces. When I used ifconfig to declare the wired interface “down”, then I was able to reach my network via the wireless interface. I am aware that there is a failover capability in FreeBSD and I’ll investigate it. I’m using fixed IP addresses on this network.

Thanks for all your help!
 
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