From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 17 20:08:58 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC98916A4CE for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 20:08:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [12.15.124.245]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3984243D4C for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 20:08:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from evrtwa1-ar12-4-46-162-188.evrtwa1.dsl-verizon.net (evrtwa1-ar12-4-46-162-188.evrtwa1.dsl-verizon.net [4.46.162.188]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C62EAC for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 22:09:41 -0600 (CST) From: Chris To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 22:08:50 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <20031217160415.BC9BB5D08@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: <20031217160415.BC9BB5D08@ptavv.es.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200312172208.50011.racerx@makeworld.com> Subject: Re: Wireless Problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 04:08:58 -0000 On Wednesday 17 December 2003 10:04 am, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:25:22 +1100 (EST) > > From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Darryl=20Barlow?= > > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > > > Sorry to post about a problem with a desktop machine > > but I may have more luck here given the problem is a > > cardbus one. I have installed FreeBSD on a Desktop > > Machine with a TI 1410 PCI Cardbus Bridge and an Avaya > > Silver Wireless Network Card. > > > > The card connects perfectly to a D-Link Access Point > > in Debian and even in Windows XP. However, in FreeBSD > > there is "no carrier" no matter what I seem to try. > > Troubleshooting help would be much appreciated. > > > > Device seems to come up with: > > > > ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.4.8 netmask 255.255.255.0 > > ssid HOME wepmode ON > > wepkey 1234567890 > > Exactly how are you specifying the WEP key? Is it an ASCII string or a > hex value? If it's a hex value, it needs to be entered as 0xnnnnnnn. If > it's an ASCII string, it is entered as a quoted string, but there have > been many issues with interoperability of ASCII strings and it is > better from both an operational and security perspective to use a random > hexadecimal numeric key. (I use /dev/random to generate my WEP keys.) Could you please show me an example of a 128 bit wep? Best regards, Chris