Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:00:41 -0800 From: Bryan White <m0laria@gmail.com> To: Matt Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cannot get IP working between associated ath0 & AP, what to do? Message-ID: <437C38A9.6000800@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <019501c5ebf6$fe9a3b90$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <1132286768.978.15.camel@localhost> <019501c5ebf6$fe9a3b90$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
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Tried turning deftxkey 1 too, same thing. However when I turn off WEP on my router, I can connect to and ping the router, but I can't get internet... Matt Emmerton wrote: >>>Hi, >>> >>>I have an SMC PCMCIA wireless adapter, model SMCWCB-G, based on an >>>Atheros 5212 chipset, in a laptop running a fresh install of FreeBSD >>>6.0-RC1. >>> >>>The card associates fine, but then fails to send any IP packets in >>>the air, or at least that's what I presume is going on. I cannot >>>ping the AP, I cannot get a lease using DHCP, basically the only >>>thing I can do is associate. I think it does associate because when >>>I set an invalid wep key, t# Wireless NIC cards >>> >>> >>>Setting a static IP address does not help. >>> >>>Any hints on where I might go from here to debug this? I know the >>>setup should work because in a previous life [1] it Worked With >>>Windows[TM] (and on the same AP). >>> >>> >>>If it is using wep, set the weptxkey. I had the same problem when >>>moving from a laptop with releng_5 to a laptop with releng_6. >>> >>> >>I am having this same issue I believe in FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE. I have a >>dwl-g650 "na.b5", h/w ver ":b5", f/w ver :2.54. I compiled the >>following into my kernel: >> >>device wlan # 802.11 support >>device ath # Atheros >>device ath_hal # Ath_hal >>device ath_rate_onoe >>device wlan >>device wlan_wep # WEP support >> >>I type in: >> >># ifconfig ath0 channel 7 ssid gibsons wepmode on >># ifconfig ath0 weptxkey *****etc. >># ifconfig ath0 up >># ifconfig ath0 >>ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >> inet6 fe80::213:46ff:fe0f:3f66%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 >> ether 00:13:46:0f:3f:66 >> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/11Mbps) >> status: associated >> ssid gibsons channel 7 bssid 00:0c:41:a0:2c:46 >> authmode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF txpowmax 38 protmode CTS >> bintval 100 >># ifconfig ath0 inet 192.168.107.15 >># ping 192.168.107.1 >> >>I am unable to ping my router. (linksys bewfs42) >> >>It seems like i'm missing something really simple here...anyone able to >>help point me in the right direction? Thanks. >> >> > >Maybe deftxkey needs to be set? > >-- >Matt Emmerton > > >
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