Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 07:38:57 -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: <20050809073857.4e7e4dde@grokwell.org> In-Reply-To: <20050809095802.A18311E438@xprdmailfe24.nwk.excite.com> References: <20050809095802.A18311E438@xprdmailfe24.nwk.excite.com>
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On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 05:58:02 -0400 (EDT)
"PK" <piotrekk@excite.com> wrote:
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> Is the channel correct?
>=20
> yes, it is, without wep works well=20
>=20
> Do you have an active firewall that could be blocking the wireless
> interface?
>=20
> no, I don't have any firewall active
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>=20
> authmode OPEN is the problem, because ifconfig can not set to SHARED
> automatically or manually !
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> do you have authmode OPEN and you use a shared key ?
> I don't thonk so.
>=20
Yes, I do use a shared key. If I don't specify a shared key, our
Windows PC's fail to connect to the AP.
=46rom my wireless PC:
# ifconfig ath0
ath0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::20d:88ff:fec7:5d89%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2=20
inet 192.168.63.25 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.63.255
ether 00:0d:88:c7:5d:89
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/11Mbps)
status: associated
ssid datawok 1:datawok
channel 6 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
rtsthreshold 2312 protmode CTS
wepmode MIXED weptxkey 1
wepkey 1:40-bit
Please note that the AP is 802.11b, thus the automatic selection
of 11Mbps.
If I bootup without any network configuration, here's all I
have to do to get the wireless card working:
ifconfig ath0 inet 192.168.63.25 netmask 255.255.255.0 \
ssid datawok nwkey 0xXXXXXXXXXX
route add default 192.168.63.1
echo "nameserver 24.204.0.4" > /etc/resolv.conf
Andrew Gould
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