Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 21:44:35 +0300 From: Sasha and Tanya Kapshuk <sashaandtanya@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: trouble setting up wireless Message-ID: <51B37B93.7060908@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1306081231490.63741@wonkity.com> References: <51B35217.9080003@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1306081202210.63741@wonkity.com> <51B37351.4060709@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1306081231490.63741@wonkity.com>
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On 06/08/2013 09:33 PM, Warren Block wrote: > On Sat, 8 Jun 2013, Sasha and Tanya Kapshuk wrote: > >> On 06/08/2013 09:03 PM, Warren Block wrote: >>> >>>> Howdy, >>>> >>>> Been trying to setup wireless on a laptop with an Atheros 5424/2424 >>>> card running FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE. >>>> >>>> Been following the instructions given in the handbook. >>>> >>>> Running 'ifconfig wlan0 up scan' does not seem to return anything. >>>> What am I doing wrong? >>> >>> That should be 'ifconfig wlan0 up list scan'. >> Tried that. Still no output. >> >> I see that my card being identified as AR2425 is supported by the >> ath_hal(4) module. How do I enable it? > > Both are built into the GENERIC kernel. If you've built a custom > kernel, you'll have to load them in /boot/loader.conf. > >> Here's whta I've got in my /etc/rc.conf: >> >> if_ath_load="YES" >> if_ath_pci_load="YES" > > Right, but those go in /boot/loader.conf. Not needed if you're using > the GENERIC kernel, though. > >> ifconfig says 'no carrier' for wlan0. > > Here's my "short form" wireless article: > > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/wireless.html Thanks for your response. I am running the GENERIC kernel. I can see that the wlan and ath pieces are compiled into the kernel, so I removed the ath lines from /boot/loader.conf. I seem to have done everything right, but it still doesn't work. 'ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0' creates wlan0. 'wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' produces no output. dhclient wlan0 says no link .... giving up. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.
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