From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 31 09:53:12 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 64BD11065674 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:53:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D66D8FC19 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:53:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so454062ywe.13 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:53:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=oDFyXRf1SsNDUV/xH+Jjkf2y46sPuSie8lsm9eY/dKE=; b=UHyooi2AgTvIzd0ZKf+yutbPGtkMLoTFsc90oKYauKekO10gn+UQjyFba3a3wdFEkk U2/QPB/pr/o1BUvYOU+JfXURNiE/etD6Ql79ZOyHFZMpKtI+baFc3nFKP3pSXKu+CZ4J n96YIqf7lbKaGcrg1EgUBW4AMRm1t3J38nFqE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=sAF6eEEOYwXE8iW2wOpxTYIt6BNdNRJsf7n5hvveSPK6NU22N5MXJsyVe8Hpczh5Im XWBZfeRaEXPYzmp+oYNUIV1w0DxezGQXMHwt+vJBbCDL8y1Be/5kh9tnNlByzAviFkPY 6+cLoX0Qn9+ZoJKtIoXZSd88/thz4iGaaws/w= Received: by 10.231.17.201 with SMTP id t9mr2907346iba.28.1225446790667; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:53:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.11.72 with HTTP; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:53:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3a142e750810310253qf1177ffscd22a38804221fcf@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:53:10 +0100 From: "Paul B. Mahol" To: "Zhang Weiwu" In-Reply-To: <490A80F1.2020301@realss.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <48F24060.9030900@realss.com> <4909C9A2.90806@realss.com> <3a142e750810301726o6bb52c3eyb857ca1e8ce27c89@mail.gmail.com> <490A80F1.2020301@realss.com> 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 List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:53:12 -0000 On 10/31/08, Zhang Weiwu wrote: > 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. send output of: # ifconfig -v wi0