From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 20 05:52:05 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FE0F16A4CE for ; Sun, 20 Feb 2005 05:52:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [66.127.85.87]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3465643D39 for ; Sun, 20 Feb 2005 05:52:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from [66.127.85.89] ([66.127.85.89]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.12.9/8.12.6) with ESMTP id j1K5q4Wi095360 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 19 Feb 2005 21:52:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Message-ID: <421825AB.3060604@errno.com> Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 21:52:43 -0800 From: Sam Leffler Organization: Errno Consulting User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Macintosh/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris References: <421290FA.40108@makeworld.com> <20050216010859.GA57098@freebsd3.cimlogic.com.au> <4217C407.8070605@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <4217C407.8070605@makeworld.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: FreeBSD - Current Subject: Re: MA401 worked w/5.3 - No go under CURRENT X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 05:52:05 -0000 Chris wrote: > John Birrell wrote: > >> On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 06:16:58PM -0600, Chris wrote: >> >>> I'm just starting to follow the CURRENT branch and popped that >>> latest snapshot on my laptop. Under 5.3 my NetGear MA401 worked >>> with just adding something like this to /etc/rc.conf: >>> >>> ifconfig_wi0="inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid XXX >>> wepmode on wepkey 0xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" >>> >>> And everything came up just dandy. Has something changed? >> >> >> >> I hadn't tried to use my wireless stuff for months until a few days >> ago. I have >> the hostap running on current and I was trying to connect with wepmode >> on from >> a RELENG_5 laptop without success. I read the recent messages >> suggesting the >> explicit setting of the wepkey and default key, but that didn't solve >> the problem. >> >> I'll be away from the current box for 5 weeks and unable to debug >> anything, so I >> know this message is virtally useless. I just wanted to say "me too". >> > > Ok folks, I added the suggested stuff in /etc/rc.conf: > > ifconfig_wi0="inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid XXX > wepmode on weptxkey 1 wepkey 1:0xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" > > And /boot/loader.conf: > wlan_wep="YES" > > Still a no-go. Light on the wireless nic just blinks. > I'm pretty much at a loss - anyone? > Don't know if you've even associated (you didn't provide any info like the output of ifconfig to indicate one way or another). It's usually a good idea to verify you can associate with your ap w/o crypto before turning it on. If setting things up w/o crypto works then turn it back on and check for crypto errors (probably show up as input/output errors) that'd indicate your key setup is mismatched with the ap. Sam