From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 2 20:17:11 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6A5616A41F for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 20:17:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brianjohn@fusemail.com) Received: from smtp-gw2.fusemail.net (smtp-gw2.fusemail.net [65.61.162.171]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80BA043D58 for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 20:17:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brianjohn@fusemail.com) Received: from fusemail.com by smtp-gw2.fusemail.net with esmtp (MailAnyone extSMTP) id 1EtW4U-00070T-76 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:14:22 -0500 Received: from mailanyone.net by fuse1.mailanyone.net with asmtp (MailAnyone extSMTP) id 1EtW71-0000NK-Jp for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 02 Jan 2006 14:16:59 -0600 Message-ID: <43B98A4D.7010602@fusemail.com> Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 14:17:17 -0600 From: Brian John User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051002) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: need help setting up wireless on my computer 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: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 20:17:11 -0000 Hello, I just went to compUSA and bought their generic 802.11g PCI wireless card. I was able to install it using the windows drivers at ndis0 (see output from ifconfig below). The problem I'm having is I seem to be able to connect, but can't talk to anything. I am using WEP encryption and I am not broadcasting my SSID. My laptop running windows works flawlessly. I've tried this command to connect to the network: ifconfig ndis0 inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 255.255.255.255 ssid Brian wepmode on wepkey channel 9 ...and it seems to connect (see output from ifconfig after connected below). However, I can't ping my router and I can't get on the Internet. Can someone please help me out? Thanks /Brian output from ifconfig: ----------------------------------- ifconfig ndis0 ndis0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 inet6 fe80::20e:2eff:fe6d:4c9d%ndis0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 ether 00:0e:2e:6d:4c:9d media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect status: no carrier ssid "" channel -1 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 rtsthreshold 2312 protmode CTS wepmode MIXED weptxkey 1 wepkey 1:40-bit output from ifconfig after connected: -------------------------------------------------------------- ifconfig ndis0 ndis0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 inet6 fe80::20e:2eff:fe6d:4c9d%ndis0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 192.168.0.10 ether 00:0e:2e:6d:4c:9d media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/54Mbps) status: associated ssid Brian 1:Brian channel 9 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 rtsthreshold 2312 protmode CTS wepmode MIXED weptxkey 1 wepkey 1:40-bit