From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Apr 19 6:23:25 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from smtpproxy1.mitre.org (mb-20-100.mitre.org [129.83.20.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BDFC37B422 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 06:23:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jandrese@mitre.org) Received: from avsrv1.mitre.org (avsrv1.mitre.org [129.83.20.58]) by smtpproxy1.mitre.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA28888 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 09:23:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailsrv2.mitre.org (mailsrv2.mitre.org [129.83.221.17]) by smtpsrv1.mitre.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA21133 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 09:23:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mitre.org ([128.29.145.140]) by mailsrv2.mitre.org (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id GC1JUG00.C8A; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 09:23:04 -0400 Message-ID: <3ADEE6CE.6E5C571D@mitre.org> Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 09:23:26 -0400 From: "Andresen,Jason R." X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en]C-20000818M (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Darryl Okahata Cc: "Kim C. Callis" , Brian Reichert , freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NICs & modems References: <200104182319.QAA24299@mina.soco.agilent.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Darryl Okahata wrote: > > "Kim C. Callis" wrote: > > > > > I can ifconfig the card, but I am unable to get it to communicate. If I > > set it to mode 1, both lights go out. If it is set to mode 3, one light > > flashes, but still nothing. This is driving me to drink! > [ ... ] > > WEP is enabled with a 10 character hex key which is correct. The same key > > functions for all of our linux laptops. And I double checked it on the > > Airport which is providing our point to point. > > If you're using an Apple Airport, you must use BSS mode (mode 1); > mode 3 is ad-hoc mode, which does not and cannot communicate with access > points like the Airport. > > Unless you void the warranty, the Airport can only handle 40-bit > encryption. Make sure your keys are short enough. Also, make sure that > you've enabled encryption; setting the encryption key does not enable > encryption (it just sets the key). And make sure that you've selected > the correct key (of the four possible keys), if encryption is enabled. > > Is the network name correct? It's got to match the network name on > the Airport (unless you set it to "ANY", I believe). > > Is the channel correct? > > See the wicontrol man page for more information. Also, even if you drop the encryption stregth, can a Gold card communicate with a Silver Card (found in the Airport)? I thought the Gold card used a different encryption scheme that was incompatabile with the standard scheme that the Silver card uses. Have you tried turning off encryption at both the card and the base station? -- _ _ _ ___ ____ ___ ______________________________________ / \/ \ | ||_ _|| _ \|___| | Jason Andresen -- jandrese@mitre.org / /\/\ \ | | | | | |/ /|_|_ | Views expressed may not reflect those /_/ \_\|_| |_| |_|\_\|___| | of the Mitre Corporation. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message