Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 20:54:57 -0800 From: Steve Feldman <feldman@mci.net> To: Chris White <cwlist@drevil.org> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: nwid with new Wavelan card and Accesspoint Message-ID: <19991216205456.A56435@mci.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912161933290.35234-100000@fatbastard.drevil.org>; from Chris White on Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 07:37:27PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912161933290.35234-100000@fatbastard.drevil.org>
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Assuming you have the newer 802.11 Wavelan,
you need use 'wicontrol' to set the network name.
You also need to set the card in "BSS mode"
to talk to the access point.
I set a variable wi_network in /etc/rc.conf:
wi_network="ANY"
and use it to configure the wavelan in /etc/pccard_ether
(or a wavelan-specific version-- I made an /etc/pccard_wi
file and adjusted the pccard.conf entry accordingly):
if [ "x$wi_network" != "x" ]; then
if [ "$wi_network" = "ANY" ]; then
# connect to any access point network
wicontrol -i $interface -n ""
else
wicontrol -i $interface -n $wi_network
fi
wicontrol -i $interface -p 1
fi
Hope this helps,
Steve
On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 07:37:27PM -0800, Chris White wrote:
> Okay, here's my problem. I just got a Lucent wavelan card, and an
> accesspoint. To configure the access point I have to go trough a windoze
> box and to set the network id with a freindly name like "WaveLan". I've
> got my laptop recognizing the card (freebsd 3.3 with the latest PAO) just
> fine, I just can't adjust the network id or whatever to recognize the
> bridge....it's very annoying...it does work fine when I dual boot to
> windows, but that's not why I got the wavelan card.
>
> Thanks, Chris
>
>
>
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