Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 18:31:22 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Carmel <carmel_ny@outlook.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting wireless network up and running Message-ID: <20160315173122.GB92613@slackbox.erewhon.home> In-Reply-To: <BLU436-SMTP12AE507FBD02D82FD09BC680890@phx.gbl> References: <BLU436-SMTP73D3E85202EF34C6B8BBFD80880@phx.gbl> <CAOc73CCDhGqu7vLKJ7kO8rnvPMtzH%2BU=tMa3x--nEVqUc4ZUNg@mail.gmail.com> <BLU436-SMTP177232924BD6F54F9054D1E80890@phx.gbl> <BLU436-SMTP12AE507FBD02D82FD09BC680890@phx.gbl>
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On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 07:37:43AM -0400, Carmel wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 07:05:13 -0400, Carmel stated:
>
> > On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 23:50:33 +0100, Ben Woods stated:
> >
> > > On 14 March 2016 at 20:17, Carmel <carmel_ny@outlook.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I cannot seem to get my wireless network up and running.
> > > >
> > > > /boot/loader.conf
> > > > if_bwn_load="YES" # Broadcom BCM43xx IEEE 802.11 wireless NICs
You also need to load the firmware using the ports/net/bwn-firmware-kmod port
*before* calling ifconfig. See the manual page bwn(4). (Type ‘man 4 bwn’ in a
terminal or on the console to view the manual page.)
> > > > /etc/rc.conf
> > > > ## Wireless
> > > > wlans_bwn="wlan0"
> > > > ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP"
> > > >
> > > > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> > > > network={
> > > > ssid="Wireless-2g"
> > > > psk="Secret"
> > > > key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > I have run "service netif restart", but the network never comes
> > > > up. I tried rebooting, but still nothing.
> > > >
> > > > If I append a "0" to bwn; ie, wlans_bwn0="wlan0", I get this
> > > > output:
> > > >
> > > > dhclient[1485]: short write: wanted 20 go 0 bytes
> > > > dhclient[1485]: exiting
> > > >
> > > > The system is then frozen solid, so I am forced to reboot into
> > > > single user mode and remove the entry in "rc.conf".
Nevertheless, it *should* be: wlans_bwn0="wlan0", because ‘bwn0’ is the
interface name.
Try ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
> > > > Can anyone tell me what the problem is?
At a guess I think you forgot to load the firmware.
Roland
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