From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 2 20:41:57 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 B7A2916A41F for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 20:41:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de) Received: from smtprelay03.ispgateway.de (smtprelay03.ispgateway.de [80.67.18.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCBF743D5D for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 20:41:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de) Received: (qmail 24325 invoked from network); 2 Jan 2006 20:41:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) ([pbs]775067@[217.187.180.182]) (envelope-sender ) by smtprelay03.ispgateway.de (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 2 Jan 2006 20:41:55 -0000 Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 21:41:52 +0100 From: Fabian Keil To: Brian John Message-ID: <20060102214152.56a55053@localhost> In-Reply-To: <43B98A4D.7010602@fusemail.com> References: <43B98A4D.7010602@fusemail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.100 (GTK+ 2.8.6; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) X-PGP-KEY-URL: http://www.fabiankeil.de/gpg-keys/freebsd-listen-2006-08-19.asc Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_B8R0QE.COgCX6nlBJK4iby/"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 20:41:57 -0000 --Sig_B8R0QE.COgCX6nlBJK4iby/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Brian John wrote: > I just went to compUSA and bought their generic 802.11g PCI wireless=20 > card. I was able to install it using the windows drivers at ndis0 > (see output from ifconfig below). >=20 > 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. >=20 > I've tried this command to connect to the network: > ifconfig ndis0 inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 255.255.255.255 ssid Brian=20 > wepmode on wepkey channel 9 >=20 > ...and it seems to connect (see output from ifconfig after connected=20 > below). However, I can't ping my router and I can't get on the=20 > Internet. Can someone please help me out? > ifconfig ndis0 > ndis0: flags=3D8843 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 Check the netmask. It probably should be 255.255.255.0. Fabian --=20 http://www.fabiankeil.de/ --Sig_B8R0QE.COgCX6nlBJK4iby/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDuZAQjV8GA4rMKUQRAk4eAKC6MfZqA8gyWwzby8YIaWrMVU8QpQCg6HRL 5fHIYBdxEkPal0vBROn5Kks= =1CAu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_B8R0QE.COgCX6nlBJK4iby/--