Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 13:06:18 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Trying to use TP-LINK TL-WN7200ND as network connection. Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1311221305080.70834@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <45.40.31125.6CD2F825@cdptpa-oedge03> References: <CALFgp2NPrFCiGfCCscHL%2Bd-cYfAZhM4ydm171t02YDzXJo0n2A@mail.gmail.com, <alpine.BSF.2.00.1311212159160.64361@wonkity.com> <45.40.31125.6CD2F825@cdptpa-oedge03>
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On Fri, 22 Nov 2013, Thomas Mueller wrote: > On Thu, 21 Nov 2013, Edwin L. Culp W. wrote: > >> I have tried tu get the above usb adapter on several versions of freebsd. >> I am unable to get it to work. Only the connection to USB is seen. > >> run0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290 >> ether 64:66:b3:0e:42:33 >> nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> >> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) >> status: no carrier > >> It has no carrier. > >> I must be missing something very basic that I haven't found after two days. > > and Warren Block responded: > >> This short setup article is for FreeBSD 9 and later: >> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/wireless.html > > Is there no pushbutton event needed? > > User pushes a button on wireless adapter, physical or virtual/software, and that requires the wireless client to push the button, physical or virtual/software, within two minutes. > > An alternative to the pushbutton is the PIN. That would be WPS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Setup I've never tried it, and some time ago it was shown to have some security problems.
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