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Subject: Re: fail with wireless network configuration with "SIOCS80211:
 Invalid argument"
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Paul B. Mahol wrote:
>
> send output of:
> # ifconfig -v wi0
>   
Hi. Thanks for trying to help. I fixed the problem myself (and
demonstrated I couldn't do a prudent thinking). The mistake is trying to
use shared key in an open-systems wireless network. I managed to get it
right by having

authomode open

after managed to learn the difference of shared and open authmode and
how to tell the mode of local network.