From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 31 00:26:29 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D499F1065672 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:26:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com (yx-out-2324.google.com [74.125.44.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 863928FC08 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:26:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so391839yxb.13 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:26:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=8OIizp9cSAU4vOBZ+LBIb6vQ2KRHMgNFIrVgCJ8ikWU=; b=LSqwZ51XHglgfNSVRrMRVDh2oWv4i8rp+gFgLDdkZK6ujmx9Q5xfuWdvEc7iZU11S1 MYcmdOip+DSrWK8+vYb5ko70rikSOf6KjQoemlPTrJV7HHo2iuWK4LRwG2J1D07xEmll mhUsfQPf+pSpfS9sfKWfqpplmq1jwJ3cCK8DQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=YdbR5wEvVyDhwrD/S9rQVraydwVM9AV4R3+g/l5OzL9GEUDX+fL9ler/8Q8TygdzVH kuyBnQAFVeOu4QJp39yySkRz9yCpdjMXkpyNzjMsyaEG8f1/79XvH0axhqfaarzj0XNT IV1rXuB4bZug3FVlqlQgGjoZyz+qwYoncmbIg= Received: by 10.231.18.130 with SMTP id w2mr2906574iba.29.1225412787633; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:26:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.11.72 with HTTP; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:26:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3a142e750810301726o6bb52c3eyb857ca1e8ce27c89@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:26:27 +0100 From: "Paul B. Mahol" To: "Zhang Weiwu" In-Reply-To: <4909C9A2.90806@realss.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <48F24060.9030900@realss.com> <4909C9A2.90806@realss.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fail with wireless network configuration with "SIOCS80211: Invalid argument" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:26:29 -0000 On 10/30/08, Zhang Weiwu wrote: > Zhang Weiwu wrote: >> Hello. I am trying to get an AboveCable (model: ACPC 2000-01) wireless >> card connected to my home network with 40-bit Hex WEP Encryption on >> FreeBSD 6.1. >> >> # ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.1.90 ssid ZWW wepmode on wepkey 0xea82552825 >> ifconfig: SIOCS80211: Invalid argument >> Why is "deftxkey 1" missing ? from ifconfig(8) Note that you must set a default transmit key with deftxkey for ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the system to know which key to use in encrypting outbound traf- fic >> Did I made anything wrong or miss something in the kernel? I have the >> related lines in kernel: >> >> driver wi >> driver wlan >> >> > It turns out this error message is a direct result of lack of wlan_wep > neither loaded as module nor compiled in kernel. > > However I still could not make the card work (even though it works in > Ubuntu Linux) after having wlan_wep compiled in, but at least I > eliminated the > > SIOCS80211: Invalid argument > > error message, which may be helpful for someone who finds this thread by > using this error message as search key to google. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >