From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 20 07:54:28 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B1BA16A4CE for ; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 07:54:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mp.cs.niu.edu (mp.cs.niu.edu [131.156.68.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA04C43D48 for ; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 07:54:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bennett@cs.niu.edu) Received: from mp.cs.niu.edu (bennett@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mp.cs.niu.edu (8.13.2/8.13.2/d) with ESMTP id iBK7s61l020393 for ; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 01:54:06 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 01:54:06 -0600 (CST) From: Scott Bennett Message-Id: <200412200754.iBK7s61d020392@mp.cs.niu.edu> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ifconfig for WLAN using WEP X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 07:54:28 -0000 Tamas wrote: >> ifconfig fwe0 wep > >This should be a firewire device. Are you sure that you're connecting >through an ethernet-over-firewire box to your household network? >I'm not. The machine is a Dell Inspiron XPS. It has both a multi-speed Ethernet card and a wireless card. The latter is apparently hooked to the FireWire bus. Don't ask me why. I didn't design it; I just bought the box. > >What is the output of `ifconfig` on your PC? Sigh. I was afraid someone would ask that because a) it doesn't seem particularly relevant and b) I have to write everything down by hand, reboot to Windows XP, log in to another UNIX system via PuTTY, type in everything I've written down, then include it into my reply to you and the list. If anyone else wants to see more stuff, please minimize what you ask for as much as you can. That said, here is the ifconfig output preceded by some related lines extracted from dmesg output. Script started on Mon Dec 20 00:51:54 2004 hellas 101 %dmesg|grep fire firewire0: on fwohci0 fwe0: on firewire0 sbp0: on firewire0 firewire0: 1 nodes, maxhop <= 0, cable IRM = 0 (me) firewire0: bus manager 0 (me) hellas 102 %dmesg|grep fwe fwe0: on firewire0 if_fwe0: Fake Ethernet address: 3a:4f:c0:fe:0c:c1 hellas 103 %ifconfig bge0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 options=1b inet6 fe80::211:43ff:fe5d:cd2c:bge0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255 ether 00:11:43:5d:cd:2c media: Ethernet autoselect (none) status: no carrier fwe0: flags=8802 mtu 1500 ether 3a:4f:c0:4e:0c:c1 ch 1 dma -1 lo0: flags=8049 mtu 16384 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 hellas 104 %exit Script done on Mon Dec 20 00:52:52 2004 Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG ********************************************************************** * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu * *--------------------------------------------------------------------* * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * * -- a standing army." * * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * **********************************************************************