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Date:      Wed, 19 Sep 2001 08:37:38 -0700
From:      Bill Schoolcraft <bill@linuxcare.com>
To:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: how to setup wireless card
Message-ID:  <3BA8BBC2.4583CBF8@linuxcare.com>
References:  <01091911163700.03662@psych.ward.vt.edu>

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Daniel Fisher wrote:
> 
> Is there a FAQ somewhere that explains how to setup your wireless card?
> I have a Lucent WaveLAN that appears to be working, but doesn't.
> The card is recognized at boot time.
> I then run:
>         wicontrol -i wi0 -n NETWORK-NAME -p 1
> Followed by:
>         dhclient wi0
> The lights on the card say it is working, however if I run:
>         ping -I wi0 www.google.com
> I get this error:
>         ping: invalid multicast interface: 'wi0'
> 
> Any help would be appreciated...
> Thanks



I have the following (blue collar) script that works fine for me with
a gold card at home. I have the first few lines when I have to reset
the card for whatever reasons.

############################################################

#!/bin/sh
/sbin/route flush
/sbin/ifconfig wi0 down
echo
echo "Your location should be at home!!!"
sleep 5
echo


/sbin/route add -net 192.168.1.0  255.255.255.0 2>/dev/null
echo "Running setup script for static IP 192.168.1.20 "
sleep 2
/sbin/ifconfig wi0 192.168.1.20 broadcast 192.168.1.255 netmask
255.255.255.0 up 2>/dev/null
echo
echo "Setting up gateway................"
/sbin/route add -net default 192.168.1.1 2>/dev/null

/usr/sbin/wicontrol -i wi0 -n network_name_here
/usr/sbin/wicontrol -i wi0 -p 1
/usr/sbin/wicontrol -i wi0 -c 1
/usr/sbin/wicontrol -i wi0 -s network_name_here

#echo
echo "Should be setup now..............."
echo
#sleep 5
echo
ping -c2 yahoo.com
echo

##########################################################


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