From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 24 17:37:49 2010 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 20B151065674 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:37:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 690388FC17 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:37:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwe15 with SMTP id 15so5338318wwe.31 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:37:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=rvDpPYMb7kteQlFFyTrepiV2A0i8o42CQ+sWYBWb/T8=; b=kx5Bvghk9P8IybKAz05uoFCD0updgdC5EgmCC9i/cT2rpZ9yXaD2JoWWlK4t2ScRR5 r8Rn58FGnLRoVpdVJUK1iUnzBdX8/upYhnxCBX6R+mriGYD4Bdq75PaeYC+fHTl7CgaD BpsZAiIx31fpwj/HgcIBT6MYI0Gce26UgOjvQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=BCd2hFD87/AyrDcSE4vpK3h+nWB5PX+fdNKT+3M/PxYE73e2fpSnROsaIH2EpbyFqw coQhZB8X0cmLkQwSrRrRxuMYHX4FUFQapmEX1OFHNf9wC4+x+Fliemv6YdaSO7R65Jc2 5IQHp9oJMg8p32NaKdy8moNdDj5lRkLXRXF54= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.28.155 with SMTP id m27mr5106476wbc.66.1279993067061; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:37:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.17.71 with HTTP; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:37:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:37:46 -0400 Message-ID: From: "illoai@gmail.com" To: Eitan Adler Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: why do I require "WPA" in rc.conf even for open networks. 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: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:37:49 -0000 On 22 July 2010 22:03, Eitan Adler wrote: > For some reason I can not connect to *any* wireless network regardless > of the connection type unless I have "WPA" in /etc/rc.conf right > before "DHCP". Why would I require this to connect to open networks? > > -- > Eitan Adler > _______________________________________________ > 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" > I use WPA and have no urge to run tests for someone else on this right now, but are you sure something like ifconfig_wlan0="ssid ForteanJungle wepmode mixed wepkey 8675309 DHCP" doesn't work at all these days? -- --