Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 14:57:22 -0500 From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> To: piotrekk@excite.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: howto load or install wlan_wep module on freeBSD 5.4 ? Message-ID: <20050808145722.0fa8b5e9@grokwell.org> In-Reply-To: <20050808190931.75D87BB464@xprdmailfe25.nwk.excite.com> References: <20050808190931.75D87BB464@xprdmailfe25.nwk.excite.com>
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On Mon, 8 Aug 2005 15:09:31 -0400 (EDT) "PK" <piotrekk@excite.com> wrote: > > hi > > I have wlan card WG311T from Netgear installed on freeBSD 5.4 > > # ifconfig > ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet 192.168.2.20 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255 > inet6 fe80::20f:b5ff:fe26:d1c9%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > ether 00:0f:c4:12:b2:b8 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/1Mbps) > status: no carrier > ssid myssid 1:myssid > channel -1 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 > rtsthreshold 2312 protmode CTS > wepmode MIXED weptxkey 1 > wepkey 1:104-bit > > but it doesn't work. > > I think WEP is not active ! > > in /etc/rc.conf I have: > > ifconfig_ath0="inet 192.168.2.20 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid myssid > wepmode on wepkey 0xXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" > > it seems I'm missing wlan_wep module > > # kldstat > Id Refs Address Size Name > 1 16 0xc0400000 5dde24 kernel > 2 1 0xc09de000 47dc snd_via8233.ko > 3 2 0xc09e3000 1d4fc sound.ko > 4 1 0xc0a01000 b948 if_ath.ko > 5 2 0xc0a0d000 279a8 ath_hal.ko > 6 14 0xc0a35000 56270 acpi.ko > 7 1 0xc25fc000 6000 linprocfs.ko > 8 1 0xc265b000 17000 linux.ko > 9 1 0xc2f27000 9000 ntfs.ko > > howto activate or install wlan_wep module ? > > piotr > I'm using an atheros wireless PCI adapter with 64bit WEP. I've never had to load a wep module. How do you know the configuration isn't working? Are you unable to ping other IP addresses? Are you unable to ping other host names? Some non-WEP problems could inlude: 1. Poor signal strength 2. Improperly configured nameserver information (/etc/resolv.conf) 3. Improperly configured default gateway More information would be helpful. Andrew Gould
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