Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 23:03:35 -0500 From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: scott renna <flexble2547@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Dlink-g520 Wireless and WEP Message-ID: <200410222303.35782.algould@datawok.com> In-Reply-To: <20041023032136.95551.qmail@web53608.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20041023032136.95551.qmail@web53608.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Friday 22 October 2004 10:21 pm, scott renna wrote: > So, > > Thanks to a fellow list member I got my 5.2.1 System > to see my Dlink card. The trouble now I'm having > involves setting up WEP. I am currently running WEP > on a Netgear Wireless router 802.11b. The Dlink does > 802.11b/g. Here's what I'm running into when turning > on WEP. The router has a 26 character string for > 128-bit WEP that I created via a passphrase. Windows > takes it and works well wirelessly but when I > configure my card, here's wha t happens on BSD: > > ifconfig ath0 192.168.2.175 netmask 255.255.255.0 > ssid SSID_NAME wepmode on wepkey > 0xyxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists > > Assume the first 0x means hex and the rest is the key > name. Anyone have any ideas? > > Thanks > scotty > There should be the term 'inet' between 'ath0' and the IP address: ifconfig ath0 inet 192.168.2.175 netmask 255.255.255.0 ..... Is this an error in the email or in the configuration? Andrew Gould
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