Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 13:02:31 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: daniel.fisher@vt.edu Cc: Marco Wertejuk <wertejuk@mwcis.com>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to setup wireless card Message-ID: <200109192002.f8JK2VR13988@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 19 Sep 2001 15:48:18 EDT." <01091915481805.03662@psych.ward.vt.edu>
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> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 15:48:18 -0400 > From: Daniel Fisher <dfisher@vt.edu> > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG > > 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. The issue is one of routing and the answer is dependent on just what you want to do and how. Right now I suspect you have a default pointing to the fxp card, so most traffic will go that way. Try 'netstat -rnf inet' and see what routing you have. You will likely see a default pointing at the router on the Ethernet while there will be a single route for the wireless subnet (along with loopback and LAN local addresses for the Ethernet). Do you want to use the wireless or the Ethernet for external connectivity? If you want to use the wireless, you need to change the default to point to that interface. If you want to act as a router, you will need to configure that, which might means using some routing protocol, but likely means setting up static routes using the route command. Looks like your 802.11b card is up and running. Now you just have to tell the system how to use it. Good luck! R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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