Subject: Re: NetBSD 2.0_RC4
To: Christian Goetz <cgoetz@pandora.be>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@research.att.com>
List: current-users
Date: 10/18/2004 11:42:18
In message <20041016131517.3864C1AE6F@berkshire.research.att.com>, "Steven M. B
ellovin" writes:
>In message <4170EE47.3060005@pandora.be>, Christian Goetz writes:
>>Hello,
>>
>>There are some issues when bring up the wi0 interface under NetBSD 2.3_RC4:
>>
>>   tests on i386:
>>
>>    hardware detected    OK
>>    pcmcia detected        OK
>>    carrier                       OK (led burnd on my wireless pcmcia)
>>   
>>    dhclient                      ISSUE: not getting ip address from 
>>AP      / No network
>>    static_ip                     ISSUE: no reply from the AP            
>>        / No network
>>    wiconfig -D                No access point found
>>
>>    Are there any 802.11 patches available or required ?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>    I'm having issues when tryiing ro worj with my wireless pcmcia card 
>>under
>>
>
>For what it's worth, I'm having no trouble at all with an Orinoco wi 
>card on RC3.  If I get a chance, I'll build an RC4 kernel and see what 
>happens.
>

I upgraded my laptop -- a 3.5 year old IBM Thinkpad T21 -- 2.0RC4.  My 
Lucent Orinco card is working flawlessly with it.

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb