Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:54:47 +0200 From: Anthony Simm <simm.anthony@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: wireless networking Message-ID: <544A13D7.7000202@gmail.com>
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Hello, I have installed FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE on an IBM T42 box and have problems to connect it's wireless card to the router / to the internet. I have read this https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/network-wireless.html and followed the chapter 31.3.2. Quick Start and have done this > ifconfig | grep -A4 -i wireless which gives media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) status: no carrier plip0: flags=8810<POINTTOPOINT, SIMPLEX, MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> lo0: flags=8049<UP, LOOPBACK, RUNNING, MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384 I added an entry with the correct details to /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf > network={ > ssid="myssid" > psk="mypsk" > } and added these details to /etc/rc.conf > > wlans_ath0="wlan0" > ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP" Reboot, no wireless connection. Then I followed the next chapter, 31.3.3. Basic Setup 31.3.3.1. Kernel Configuration and added the following lines to /boot/loader.conf > if_ath_load="YES" > if_wi_load="YES" (/boot/loader.conf was previously empty but did exist) Reboot, no connection. ifconfig gives entries for em0, ipw0, plip0, and lo0 The one for ipw0 reads: ipw0: flags=8802<POINTTOPOINT, SIMPLEX, MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290 ether 00:0c:f1:5e:4c:58 nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) status: no carrier (Do you need the output for em0, ipw0, and plip0 as well?) I have read everything on that page all the way down to > 31.3.8. Troubleshooting but am scratching my head and can't decide what else to do. I will check the forums but I thought I should mention that I did not find an answer in the handbook to this probably frequently occurring setup problem. Thank you very much, Anthony -- mobile +250 78 8778 161 B.P.155 Gisenyi Rwanda "Artificial intelligence will never match natural stupidity"
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