Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 20:46:29 -0500 From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> To: piotrekk@excite.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: howto load or install wlan_wep module on freeBSD 5.4 ? Message-ID: <20050808204629.29db8201@grokwell.org> In-Reply-To: <20050808235803.CD6E829995@xprdmailfe22.nwk.excite.com> References: <20050808235803.CD6E829995@xprdmailfe22.nwk.excite.com>
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On Mon, 8 Aug 2005 19:58:03 -0400 (EDT) "PK" <piotrekk@excite.com> wrote: > > hi > > I removed the interface conf. from the cable but still doesn't work. > > What's very strange is authmode OPEN: > > # ifconfig > ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet 192.168.2.20 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255 > inet6 fe80::20f:b5ff:fe26:d1c9%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > ether 00:0f:c4:12:b2:b8 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/1Mbps) > status: no carrier > ssid myssid 1:myssid > channel -1 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 > rtsthreshold 2312 protmode CTS > wepmode MIXED weptxkey 1 > wepkey 1:104-bit > > howto change it to shared ? > > # ifconfig ath0 authmode shared > ifconfig: SIOCS80211: Invalid argument I also use a shared key; but I've never had to set the mode explicitly. Is the channel correct? Do you have an active firewall that could be blocking the wireless interface? Andrew Gould
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