From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 5 02:58:14 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 8A223106566B for ; Tue, 5 Jan 2010 02:58:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ericwebstermail@yahoo.com) Received: from web43143.mail.sp1.yahoo.com (web43143.mail.sp1.yahoo.com [216.252.121.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 673EB8FC08 for ; Tue, 5 Jan 2010 02:58:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 29214 invoked by uid 60001); 5 Jan 2010 02:31:30 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1262658690; bh=gsSc8vYBpCM+iBbpJ08xYj2WpicBNdCbfZZfAJNb/wE=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=z3DApit6Wrt9E4xjGAoWZ2zuXR4nSEZKBG1UADSW9usmjFIcJgfd/cWZlYVX2BXYFyocWXQpAtU6WlHX/ORHBc+GC/LAmQnbMrCmKhF34seLlc5N7zJj0ZYaUNnEFrO93me8GupP/9XkPbJKCtSaO6PLPb9DC83nSN/hzB7FMCY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=k3qHzEuepOf3fWfshIju1LnT3qpjdPWyFSjr4/NEy/G+NiNgZFYZJeATHRsc5x4n843cYVO8WFKD7exj3IgQ2wasEn3Rx1Urr+dNvLFMwGP6pqCxbVfYzBh+v8RiMid6RshLM7gQZN2rhWf+LtXALG1LWVVJ/cflBevAQEINVns=; Message-ID: <654424.23146.qm@web43143.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: H5J64jEVM1nJ.YKrqCokL3YH5WeBUaIyXcdLJyXAYYhS1tPZntNL.JxqUjikXMpyPlXt.A5seas5ybOoP3m.3SCDU5.D4rHPMXuj.BWrbuYss_5lP7iFCjGGObPmAH1Xd5qJ.WVYXUG6ESeLbbA9SrIZfZTn8hYQNyMOwlG9Z7dBqSFd3pmWCbV9MWNWUAP0QS8xcGmefBr2E3OIPewiEXaqzJonmQwEJ0IHk6ymdgIGthNyXsT2cm0Avo1s8kvRp96Yekn4YOFxnVHOvFuVqL4W5zLivQ4ABYAs2UOnePTY6BGh3gjnN3xwEh6AXS5.J4xCagR9q6i8UfHJld7WZzimqIvbMfRI8nACVbQ1rv1CCdy9fZVfYlriPxn3RlDGsoAAwyrsOiuxv0p_hkaaCNJfEE2TSAIjkQvbd22CboNxbFzuN8_kiM4plJdt4CRyaCXHQiyfHmsjgL1z5VuBodV2yVFZSPYmSw..PKnnsVhrtcezbUmYNXDHmjL9IDQn.E6ncDaSqMgfqDYJOaTR Received: from [98.247.150.150] by web43143.mail.sp1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:31:30 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/9.0.20 YahooMailWebService/0.8.100.260964 Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 18:31:30 -0800 (PST) From: Eric Webster To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Can't get wifi working in 8.0, please help. 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: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:58:14 -0000 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 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 metric 0 mtu 1500 =A0=A0=A0 options=3D8 =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 ) =A0=A0=A0 status: active sk0: flags=3D8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 =A0=A0=A0 options=3Db =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 ) =A0=A0=A0 status: active ral0: flags=3D8843 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 metric 0 mtu 1500 lo0: flags=3D8049 metric 0 mtu 16384 =A0=A0=A0 options=3D3 =A0=A0=A0 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000=20 wlan0: flags=3D8843 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