From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 23 03:58:59 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5ADD310656CB for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:58:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03BDA8FC1B for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:58:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws7 with SMTP id 7so5669418vws.13 for ; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:58:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=BNUUTbIK5ESn3H+6LYRLzsUKqGqvoi0xhxpJjbxiYtc=; b=m/PmmjyyPdOFViEuWJvjkzn8K6RFQKMZ2RX8qna93zcmqN8aRSz64YFRsHsEr3A1D+ mpZHfzmxkKVabL65l71ZOwdzzM/80nIW6GTh6Yd2mTvTrjv3bnMz0AE5afznOqnTqYGn eZaOGCGw+5Bj222cn4aUpbZYcLQFrW3NM2Syw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=B65WSohYaNGTg5VW2Dmci5J3PNHeNyJ8D5rzyZ3aQdj44UsapeF0eZjpwG0bN9xVxk AsUIEQVkz7ur1gau5tRJYyRHDNfo6W1IR/3om82MtHNKZHCOxTGY8th6mk0yzaHBXbpF O6Sn8OWq6xWPQs0GcrJVDmh7Zz+dW1YwZe9io= Received: by 10.220.62.72 with SMTP id w8mr2704769vch.200.1282535937920; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:58:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from schism.local (c-71-230-240-241.hsd1.pa.comcast.net [71.230.240.241]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id w31sm3220701vbs.15.2010.08.22.20.58.55 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:58:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4C71F1FF.5020906@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:58:55 -0400 From: Glen Barber User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100802 Thunderbird/3.1.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rem P Roberti References: <4C71BCD8.7080403@comcast.net> <4C71E141.4040604@gmail.com> <4C71E462.9020805@comcast.net> <4C71E7A9.7000209@gmail.com> <4C71EAE1.8@comcast.net> <4C71EBCD.1010403@gmail.com> <4C71F027.5000604@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <4C71F027.5000604@comcast.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: Thinkpad Wireless X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:58:59 -0000 On 8/22/10 11:51 PM, Rem P Roberti wrote: > OK...here's what is happening now. I have put these entries into > /etc/rc.conf: > > wlans_iwi0="wlan0" > ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP" > > when I booted up I could see from the wireless "beacon" indicator that > something was happening. But I kept getting this message: > > iwi0: need multicast update callback > I used to see this on my Toshiba laptop I no longer use (using iwn(4)). It is seemingly harmless. > And when I tried to do a ping I got the dreaded...ping: cannot resolve > yahoo.com: Host name lookup failure...and then all of sudden it started > working and I was able to successfully ping, and connect. In what timeframe from the boot? I suspect WPA was still in the authentication process. My Toshiba's wireless card would take a few seconds (roughly 10) before authenticating. > Is this voodoo :-) ? > Probably. :) -- Glen Barber