From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 31 07:15:42 2008 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 4C090106567F for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:15:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glyn@millingtons.org) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E13428FC08 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:15:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glyn@millingtons.org) Received: from unknown (HELO glynthebearded.millingtons.org) ([82.152.120.109]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 31 Oct 2008 07:15:40 +0000 Received: by glynthebearded.millingtons.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 5516F5C4F; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:14:54 +0000 (GMT) To: Zhang Weiwu References: <48F24060.9030900@realss.com> <4909C9A2.90806@realss.com> <3a142e750810301726o6bb52c3eyb857ca1e8ce27c89@mail.gmail.com> <490A80F1.2020301@realss.com> Organization: Central Church, Torquay, U.K. X-Now-Playing: There's a deathly hush in the close tonight! X-Liturgical-Date: Weekday: Friday of the Thirtieth Week of Ordinary Time, A.D. 2008 From: Glyn Millington Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:14:54 +0000 In-Reply-To: <490A80F1.2020301@realss.com> (Zhang Weiwu's message of "Fri\, 31 Oct 2008 11\:52\:17 +0800") Message-ID: <86bpx144nl.fsf@nowhere.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fail with wireless network configuration with "SIOCS80211: Invalid argument" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: glyn@millingtons.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:15:42 -0000 Zhang Weiwu writes: > Paul B. Mahol wrote: >> On 10/30/08, Zhang Weiwu wrote: >> >>> Zhang Weiwu wrote: >>> >>>> Hello. I am trying to get an AboveCable (model: ACPC 2000-01) wireless >>>> card connected to my home network with 40-bit Hex WEP Encryption on >>>> FreeBSD 6.1. >>>> >>>> # ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.1.90 ssid ZWW wepmode on wepkey 0xea82552825 >>>> ifconfig: SIOCS80211: Invalid argument >>>> >>>> >> >> Why is "deftxkey 1" missing ? >> >> from ifconfig(8) >> >> Note that you must set a default transmit key with deftxkey for >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> the system to know which key to use in encrypting outbound traf- >> fic >> >> > That quoted line of text is not appearing in my version (6.4) FreeBSD's > manual. > > I tried to add "deftxkey 1", same result. a.k.a. the interface is > configured, but DHCP couldn't obtain IP address, manually assigned IP > address couldn't communicate with other hosts. What do you have in /etc/rc.conf and in /boot/loader.conf? atb Glyn