From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 4 16:59:51 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E989D16A417 for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 16:59:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net) Received: from snoogles.rachie.is-a-geek.net (66-230-99-27-cdsl-rb1.nwc.acsalaska.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB18113C442 for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 16:59:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by snoogles.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C22E1CC38 for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 08:59:50 -0800 (AKDT) From: Mel To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 18:59:48 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <2460865.1188922714431.JavaMail.tjw43@drexel.edu> In-Reply-To: <2460865.1188922714431.JavaMail.tjw43@drexel.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200709041859.49665.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Subject: Re: troubling configuring wireless nic 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: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:59:52 -0000 On Tuesday 04 September 2007 18:18:34 Terrence Wilson wrote: > This is my first time experimenting with FreeBSD and UNIX-based systems > in general. Welcome :) There's a few gotcha's in your email, normal for your first experience. I suggest you first read: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/permissions.html (and it certainly won't hurt to read the entire chapter on UNIX basics) followed by: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config-tuning.html And then specifically for your card: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-wireless.html If you still cannot get it to work, please include specific information: - whether the driver is available (pciconf -lv output) - what wireless protocol you are using (WEP/WPA/foo) - what you have tried from the wireless networking chapter and where it fails. -- Mel People using reply to all on lists, must think I need 2 copies.