Re: NetBSD 4.0 on Wrap PCEngines

[Petar Bogdanovic <petar%smokva.net@localhost>]

On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 10:05:47PM +0200, Menuhin Saitov wrote:
> Hi,
> I've installed NetBSD 4.0 on wrap pcengines and it works but i have a problem 
> with
> the wlan mini pci GIGABYTE GN-WIKG, it ist recognized with the ral driver.
> I can set IP to the card but the card doesnt get connection to router.
> The Router is not problem cause i've tested on the work.
> I took a i386 Port for the wrap is that right?
> 
> Here is dmesg from the wrap?
> 
> <snip>
> wrap# dmesg | grep ral0
> ral0 at pci0 dev 13 function 0: Ralink Technologies RT2560 802.11b/g (rev. 
> 0x01)
> ral0: interrupting at irq 12
> ral0: 802.11 address 00:14:85:b6:61:c4
> ral0: MAC/BBP RT2560 (rev 0x04), RF RT2525
> ral0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> ral0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 
> 36M
> bps 48Mbps 54Mbps
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Here is output from ifconfig.
> <snip>
> wrap# ifconfig ral0
> ral0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1400
>         ssid belkin54g
>         powersave off
>         chan 11
>         address: 00:14:85:b6:61:c4
>         media: IEEE802.11 autoselect mode 11g (DS1 mode 11g)
>         status: no network
>         inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
>         inet6 fe80::214:85ff:feb6:61c4%ral0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
> 
> <snip>
> 
> I set it the ip with:
> 
> ifconfig ral0 inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid belkin54g mode 11g 
> chan 11

Have you tried an `ifconfig ral0 up' afterwards?

The ifconfig man page states that one doesn't need an `up' after
assigning an address to the interface but I remember that assigning an
address didn't bring my ath up properly.

(I also remember that current behaved differently)