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Date:      Fri, 13 May 2005 14:17:40 +0900 (JST)
From:      Tod McQuillin <devin@spamcop.net>
To:        Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: wi0 is always status: no carrier
Message-ID:  <20050513141645.M8926@plexi.pun-pun.prv>
In-Reply-To: <200505122236.14490.kirk@strauser.com>
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On Thu, 12 May 2005, Kirk Strauser wrote:

> I've finally coerced FreeBSD 5.4 to see my PCMCIA WLAN card (with many 
> thanks to Warner), but it always reports "status: no carrier".  I'm 
> attempting to connect to an open WAP that broadcasts it's SSID, so my 
> understanding is that it should be as simple as "ifconfig wi0 ad.dr.es.s 
> netmask 255.255.255.0" or "dhclient wi0", but neither of those work.

Be sure to set the ssid:  ifconfig wi0 ssid whatever
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Tod McQuillin
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