Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 18:31:30 -0800 (PST) From: Eric Webster <ericwebstermail@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Can't get wifi working in 8.0, please help. Message-ID: <654424.23146.qm@web43143.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
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Hello, I recently upgraded from bsd 6.4 to bsd 8.0 release ( new install ) = and I am having issues getting my wifi to work. Before the upgrade it worke= d perfectly in 6.4.=20 I am a bit confused as I have read different things about this. The handboo= k http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-wireless.html#NETWOR= K-WIRELESS-AP-BASIC under basic settings says check to see if your device supports host based a= p mode by doing=20 ifconfig wlan0 list caps # ifconfig wlan0 list caps drivercaps=3D2985cd01<STA,IBSS,HOSTAP,AHDEMO,SHSLOT,SHPREAMBLE,MONITOR,MBSS= ,WPA1,WPA2,WDS,BGSCAN> Then it says the wireless device can now be put into AP mode by doing: ifconfig wlan0 ssid freebsdap mode 11g mediaopt hostap inet 10.0.0.1 netmas= k 255.255.255.0 Which returns: ifconfig: inet: bad value I read some place that you need to put inet before ssid so I tried it with = the following: # ifconfig wlan0 inet 10.0.0.1/24 ssid gangsta wepmode on weptxkey 1 wepkey= apasswordhere mode 11g mediaopt hostap Which returns: ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA (media): Device not configured If I try to configure it like it was in 6.4 I get another error: ifconfig wlan0 ssid gangsta channel 8 wepmode on weptxkey 1 wepkey apasswor= dhere mode 11g mediaopt hostap 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 Which returns: ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA (media): Device not configured I know wep is not secure, I am just trying to get it working.=20 At start of the guide it tells you to configure the following in /boot/load= er.conf which I did. /boot/loader.conf if_ral_load=3D"YES" wlan_load=3D"YES" wlan_scan_ap_load=3D"YES" wlan_scan_sta_load=3D"YES" wlan_wep_load=3D"YES" wlan_ccmp_load=3D"YES" wlan_Tkip_load=3D"YES" When I run kldstat I see the if_ral is loaded. I don't know if its supposed= to show the other modules. kldstat Id Refs Address=A0=A0=A0 Size=A0=A0=A0=A0 Name =A01=A0=A0=A0 9 0xc0400000 b22548=A0=A0 kernel =A02=A0=A0=A0 1 0xc0f23000 13e4c=A0=A0=A0 if_ral.ko =A03=A0=A0=A0 1 0xc357b000 35000=A0=A0=A0 ipl.ko Here is rc.conf check_quotas=3D"NO" gateway_enable=3D"YES" hostname=3D"router.foo.bar" ibcs2_enable=3D"NO" ifconfig_sk0=3D"DHCP" ifconfig_xl0=3D"inet 192.168.0.1=A0 netmask 255.255.255.0" wlans_ral0=3D"wlan0" ifconfig_wlan0=3D"inet 10.0.0.1/24 ssid gangsta wepmode on weptxkey 1 wepke= y apasswordhere mode 11g mediaopt hostap" ipfilter_enable=3D"YES" ipfilter_rules=3D"/etc/ipf.rules" ipmon_enable=3D"YES" ipmon_flags=3D"-Ds" ipnat_enable=3D"YES" ipnat_rules=3D"/etc/ipnat.rules" Here is ifconfig -a xl0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 =A0=A0=A0 options=3D8<VLAN_MTU> =A0=A0=A0 ether 00:60:97:7f:3e:6c =A0=A0=A0 inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 =A0=A0=A0 media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) =A0=A0=A0 status: active sk0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 =A0=A0=A0 options=3Db<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU> =A0=A0=A0 ether 00:0c:41:e4:7e:83 =A0=A0=A0 inet x.x.x.x netmask 0xfffff800 broadcast 255.255.255.255 =A0=A0=A0 media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) =A0=A0=A0 status: active ral0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 229= 0 =A0=A0=A0 ether 00:14:bf:78:a2:a7 =A0=A0=A0 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g =A0=A0=A0 status: associated plip0: flags=3D8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 lo0: flags=3D8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384 =A0=A0=A0 options=3D3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM> =A0=A0=A0 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000=20 wlan0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 15= 00 =A0=A0=A0 ether 00:14:bf:78:a2:a7 =A0=A0=A0 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) =A0=A0=A0 status: no carrier =A0=A0=A0 ssid gangsta channel 11 (2462 Mhz 11g) =A0=A0=A0 country US authmode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey 1 wepkey 1:104-bit =A0=A0=A0 txpower 0 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle = 250 =A0=A0=A0 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode CTS bintval 0 netstat -rn Routing tables Internet: Destination=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Gateway=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 F= lags=A0=A0=A0 Refs=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Use=A0 Netif Expire default=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 x.x.x.x=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0 UGS=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 35=A0=A0=A0 sk0 x.x.x.x/21=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 link#2=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0 U=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 0=A0=A0=A0 sk0 x.x.x.x=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 link#2=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0 UHS=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 0=A0=A0=A0 lo0 127.0.0.1=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 link#5=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0 UH=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 32=A0=A0=A0 lo0 192.168.0.0/24=A0=A0=A0=A0 link#1=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 U=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 1=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 568=A0=A0=A0 xl0 192.168.0.1=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 link#1=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= UHS=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 0=A0=A0=A0 lo0 Many thanks in advance!!=20 Eric =0A=0A=0A
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