Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:13:00 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Steven Friedrich <FreeBSD@insightbb.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless client won't associate to router with SSID not broadcast Message-ID: <87vdz5nwir.fsf@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <200807162021.00044.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> (Steven Friedrich's message of "Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:20:59 -0400") References: <200807162021.00044.FreeBSD@insightbb.com>
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On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:20:59 -0400, Steven Friedrich <FreeBSD@insightbb.com> wrote: > My laptop connects just fine, until I config the router to turn off > broadcasting SSID. Then, ifconfig reports "no carrier". > > Is there a config setting I need? Hi Steven, How are you bringing up the wireless interface? My home AP doesn't broadcast its SSID either. The script I use to bring up ath0+wlan0 and connect my laptop at home includes stuff like the following (and it does work without SSID broadcasting): : # network interface options (partial; see below for more wlan0 stuff) : export wlans_ath0="wlan0" : export ifconfig_wlan0="inet 192.168.1.3/24" : export defaultrouter='192.168.1.1' : : echo '## Stopping network interfaces.' : : /etc/rc.d/netif stop fxp0 && ifconfig fxp0 delete : /etc/rc.d/netif stop ath0 && ifconfig ath0 delete : : echo '## Bringing up wireless interface.' : : /etc/rc.d/netif start ath0 : : ifconfig wlan0 \ : ssid '********' channel 11 \ : wepmode on weptxkey 1 \ : wepkey '0xXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
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