From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Mar 17 06:14:14 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57B22AD3803 for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2016 06:14:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from woodsb02@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x22c.google.com (mail-wm0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::22c]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DB81BEFE for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2016 06:14:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from woodsb02@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x22c.google.com with SMTP id l68so10917222wml.0 for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2016 23:14:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to; bh=GHXHceivORNEng2X7t9Ap90/7ALwJhYqlwwOsTfxhDc=; b=lvw4qafcm2h4/UpEc6lcB3S7zCXVLz7YTIF30MKh2VnX4xE3goXbIbOV0xpUPhrt1C jfu04n+YuzM96GL663qfm4VwzYDnwyRorOaauUCze9+m4O+AK4CD/6R4v/6qtBpJO69R cRU0fqwfmjjqiaPVeOhJcQLHwKTeJe+svkLki7s2MOR64Mlvxs5w8py0SbKkwGlsH8Oh BqnkBjN8pyECITPl/sq2XRl0Nxxe0eeuilcTYOGBJo/JDXNg+s8msxIoJvgNXE17X4WA 5geL5tJTJsiZ90Y8o1v+dwaf+++BtXQSsgRm9k1snDdHamk7mj2Xg5YLrfeBKc8JbK4k Zxsw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to; bh=GHXHceivORNEng2X7t9Ap90/7ALwJhYqlwwOsTfxhDc=; b=fnSYeRvTpRlV0tjpEQVY+CRHAkVwFPF0X3O5NGuSrtScg428mYxMUg+VCiez067JRr 3MD3aCOX4QnNobDQeVj3J8Ozj6u34/a7WLreUdsVGyXBkLr+LeaKGEysBi/PLMfCPmQa uC9rwGQwIlGZdtTGeiNj0XTxWEqZJzZ4udlTHJtmvsEXzsqa4X5qsqLaefph0GeHAvTB 4WQ6ug9azM3oDNBhVTAZ5C+KOpSJBZS+Pa1MHudjDGjRYeWPRq1UJAEvQAXW/UpnfDWJ uieB9NrAzFNdQvZMBsv/RFmZviee7Bjv7xp0ELa8MNkXSFNXl3CRelEe50kMGYn8FIPv WRRg== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJJQSwbjvDd/M/QdvB+SpsaYggUCF1x/65PfmWfCBsIA3A5b0Qm7SMNYV7SHy8c0y1BGE3OElYlCy+hxbA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.172.3 with SMTP id ay3mr7686898wjc.155.1458195252212; Wed, 16 Mar 2016 23:14:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.194.23.104 with HTTP; Wed, 16 Mar 2016 23:14:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20160315173122.GB92613@slackbox.erewhon.home> References: <20160315173122.GB92613@slackbox.erewhon.home> Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 07:14:12 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Getting wireless network up and running From: Ben Woods To: Carmel , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.21 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 06:14:14 -0000 > > > > > > I cannot seem to get my wireless network up and running. > > > > > > > > > > /boot/loader.conf > > > > > if_bwn_load=3D"YES" # Broadcom BCM43xx IEEE 802.11 wireless NICs > > You also need to load the firmware using the ports/net/bwn-firmware-kmod > port > *before* calling ifconfig. See the manual page bwn(4). (Type =E2=80=98man= 4 bwn=E2=80=99 > in a > terminal or on the console to view the manual page.) > Just to ensure we are clear, installing the firmware and loading the kernel module are 2 separate steps. 1. Install the package bwn-firmware-kmod, or install it from ports (net/bwn-firmware-kmod). 2. Load the firmware module into the kernel. # kldload bwn_v4_ucode To ensure this is loaded during next book, add the following line to /boot/loader.conf: bwn_v4_ucode_load=3D"YES" You should be able to see that the kernel module has loaded using the kldstat command. Once you have done this, and have the correct /etc/rc.conf and /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf configuration as previously recommended, it should work. Note that if it doesn't work, you could try instead loading the low power kernel module instead of the one above: # kldunload bwn_v4_ucode # kldload bwn_v4_lp_ucode To use the LP module after the next reboot, change the line in /boot/loader.conf to: bwn_v4_lp_ucode_load=3D"YES" Good luck, Ben --=20 -- From: Benjamin Woods woodsb02@gmail.com