From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 24 08:58:32 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C825DAB6 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:58:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-x233.google.com (mail-wi0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::233]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 61491E00 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:58:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f179.google.com with SMTP id d1so718095wiv.6 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2014 01:58:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=XAUBxKbZ0xwtc8CfH91pRwrhVgmFSOE4wMWU0vwVQ08=; b=vDA87oWqdHCwhIBwfh2QV7kwrkegY0m0EA/cu5OWzXSvcfKIXJrpgwufwEtYjrxTxK uorb9onHp5Z8QFH6kura6KW9n+YJmPxpQ6tecqRgkDzFis/XPfThJE+X4IsGgZPJ8D6k Jw/CEwC6F/UHvAOdcr8dNMtCH/Y1LWZ/FPJFP8wXxdhrHvoVfXfWGNebuWiSem+F/QmN sH3MpRMjzn2FTYFgSalCaUaGctyRlo7pcmyDDJ+4SqYjZ4nVEpMtY6OTwUAYYOk5YCoC SPktUrn3QjWeAmMYjwOsEjRV73iCQ6+hKtO5nc/O3F0Dh6x8VLTtt79EmLoREtUCyKN4 vsZQ== X-Received: by 10.194.158.4 with SMTP id wq4mr3391283wjb.58.1414141063892; Fri, 24 Oct 2014 01:57:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([41.138.87.43]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id u8sm1258761wiz.14.2014.10.24.01.57.41 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 24 Oct 2014 01:57:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Anthony Simm X-Google-Original-From: Anthony Simm Message-ID: <544A13D7.7000202@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:54:47 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: wireless networking Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:58:33 -0000 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 metric 0 mtu 1500 nd6 options=29 lo0: flags=8049 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 metric 0 mtu 2290 ether 00:0c:f1:5e:4c:58 nd6 options=29 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"