From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 8 20:57:50 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 480AE16A41F for ; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 20:57:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from piotrekk@excite.com) Received: from excite.com (nn5.excitenetwork.com [207.159.120.59]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3D2E43D49 for ; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 20:57:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from piotrekk@excite.com) Received: by xprdmailfe24.nwk.excite.com (Postfix, from userid 110) id 18C491E41C; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 16:57:44 -0400 (EDT) To: algould@datawok.com Received: from [84.73.115.251] by xprdmailfe24.nwk.excite.com via HTTP; Mon, 08 Aug 2005 16:57:44 EST X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: ID = 16eb98aa6edb040391a74a6066f0c889 From: "PK" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: piotrekk@excite.com X-Mailer: PHP Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20050808205744.18C491E41C@xprdmailfe24.nwk.excite.com> Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 16:57:44 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: howto load or install wlan_wep module on freeBSD 5.4 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: piotrekk@excite.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 20:57:50 -0000 1. Poor signal strength no, very good (1 meter distance) windows installed on the same machine shows 100% 2. Improperly configured nameserver information (/etc/resolv.conf) it's correct, because with ethernet nic works well 3. Improperly configured default gateway it's correct, otherwise I cannot ping the default router from the ethernet nic other question howto set (change) DS/1Mbps to 54Mbps ? --- On Mon 08/08, Andrew L. Gould < algould@datawok.com > wrote: From: Andrew L. Gould [mailto: algould@datawok.com] To: piotrekk@excite.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 14:57:22 -0500 Subject: Re: howto load or install wlan_wep module on freeBSD 5.4 ? On Mon, 8 Aug 2005 15:09:31 -0400 (EDT)
"PK" wrote:

>
> hi
>
> I have wlan card WG311T from Netgear installed on freeBSD 5.4
>
> # ifconfig
> ath0: flags=8843 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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