Re: Activate usb wifi adapter success or not ?

[Ed <edwardmx%gmx.us@localhost>]

On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:40:46 +0800
JingYuan Chen <phil.cyc%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have installed NetBSD 6.1.5 in my old laptop, Compaq Presario 2800.
> Everything works properly but usb wifi adapter, 3COM 3CRUSB10075, can not
> connect to Internet. This adapter's driver, zyd, was loaded by NetBSD at
> boot time and assigned as zyd0.
> 
> After starting wpa_supplicant manually, it shows that it is associated with
> my AP. However, I find that this adapter's status is active , not
> associated, in ifconfig. I try to use parameter -d and -f to get
> wpa_supplicant's log. But there is no error with WPA's authorization.
> 
> I try to use dhclient with zyd0 and it gets an IP address successfully. So,
> I think that it works with my AP. But sometimes it returns "zyd0 : xfer too
> short (length=22)". What is the meaning of this ? Actually, I can not ping
> my AP from zyd0. I have to flush route table and add default gateway with
> interface zyd0. Then I can ping my AP. But I still can not surf Internet.
> 
> I wonder whether I activate this adapter successfully or not. Is there
> anything I missed ?
> 
> Any advice would be appreciated.

this Howto from the wiki may help?
worked for me.
http://wiki.netbsd.org/tutorials/how_to_use_wpa_supplicant/

May be interested in using wireless pccard instead and save the USB port for something else:-)
I just picked up a used netgear wg511t pccard for my ten year old pentium m laptop for $8.00 from ebay 

the ath driver supports it, however, watch out for the caveats mentioned on the ath man page 

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Ed <edwardmx%gmx.us@localhost>