Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:42:29 +0100 From: peter@bgnett.no (Peter N. M. Hansteen) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ral(4) not working on 6.0 Message-ID: <861x1hca3e.fsf@amidala.datadok.no> In-Reply-To: <437A524F.303@SAFe-mail.net> (robert wilson's message of "Tue, 15 Nov 2005 16:25:35 -0500") References: <437A524F.303@SAFe-mail.net>
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robert wilson <hotaru@SAFe-mail.net> writes: > i installed 6.0 on my laptop and everything seems to work great except > for the wireless adapter... > when i do "ifconfig ral0" it says "status: no carrier"... assuming you have a wireless access point within range, configuring wireless interfaces usually takes a few more parameters such as channel, network name and so forth. in a network I visit frequently, it takes two ifconfig commands (my ath0 would be ral0 in your case): # ifconfig ath0 media autoselect nwid kakemonster nwkey 0x1deadbeef5 after up to a couple of seconds of blinkenlights 'ifconfig ath0' showa "status: associated", and finally # dhclient ath0 should get you an IP address, again assuming a DHCP server is within reach. -- Peter N. M. Hansteen, member of the first RFC 1149 implementation team http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/ http://www.datadok.no/ http://www.nuug.no/ "First, we kill all the spammers" The Usenet Bard, "Twice-forwarded tales"
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