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Date:      Wed, 19 Sep 2001 15:48:18 -0400
From:      Daniel Fisher <dfisher@vt.edu>
To:        Marco Wertejuk <wertejuk@mwcis.com>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@FREEBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: how to setup wireless card
Message-ID:  <01091915481805.03662@psych.ward.vt.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20010919173212.A53158@localhost.com>
References:  <01091911163700.03662@psych.ward.vt.edu> <20010919173212.A53158@localhost.com>

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On Wednesday 19 September 2001 13:32, you wrote:
> Hello,
>
> | I then run:
> | 	wicontrol -i wi0 -n NETWORK-NAME -p 1
> | Followed by:
> | 	dhclient wi0
>
> does dhclient succeed?
>

dhclient succeeds.

> | The lights on the card say it is working, however if I run:
> | 	ping -I wi0 www.google.com
>
> man ping:
>      -I interface
>              Source multicast packets with the given interface address. 
> This flag only applies if the ping destination is a multicast address.
>
> You surely want to send multicast packets?
>

You're right....my mistake.
I didn't read all the documentation.

> Maybe you can check whether your card is logged into
> a wireless network (i'm not using lucent cards but
> there should be some signal strength indicators
> which wicontrol will display).
>
> Please be more descriptive.

The card appears to be working fine.
I can ping it's IP address externally, but only when fxp0 (ethernet port) is UP.
I just can't seem to send data from the host.
ifconfig says:
wi0 is UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST
fxp0 is UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST

My guess is I need to configure FreeBSD to use both network devices.
Any ideas?
Thanks.

-- 
Daniel Fisher

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