From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 9 17:56:11 2005 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 5C4FC16A41F for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 17:56:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from piotrekk@excite.com) Received: from excite.com (nn4.excitenetwork.com [207.159.120.58]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 966B543D46 for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 17:56:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from piotrekk@excite.com) Received: by xprdmailfe15.nwk.excite.com (Postfix, from userid 110) id 7AE62B726; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 13:56:02 -0400 (EDT) To: algould@datawok.com Received: from [212.55.196.10] by xprdmailfe15.nwk.excite.com via HTTP; Tue, 09 Aug 2005 13:56:02 EST X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: ID = 0bb463cbbba7d897e04b48c342bfafd0 From: "PK" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: piotrekk@excite.com X-Mailer: PHP Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20050809175602.7AE62B726@xprdmailfe15.nwk.excite.com> Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 13:56:02 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: howto load or install wlan_wep module on freeBSD 5.4 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: piotrekk@excite.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 17:56:11 -0000 is your wireless router on open or shared ? If I set my wireless router on open, then it works without problems and my ifconfig looks like yours. from man ifconfig: http://www.gsp.com/cgi-bin/man.cgi?section=8&topic=ifconfig authmode mode For IEEE 802.11 wireless interfaces, set the desired authentication mode in infrastructure mode. Not all adaptors support all modes. The set of valid modes is "none", "open", and "shared". Modes are case insensitive. so you should be able to choose authentication mode open is for me open and shared is shared --- On Tue 08/09, Andrew L. Gould < algould@datawok.com > wrote: From: Andrew L. Gould [mailto: algould@datawok.com] To: piotrekk@excite.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 07:38:57 -0500 Subject: Re: howto load or install wlan_wep module on freeBSD 5.4 ? On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 05:58:02 -0400 (EDT)
"PK" wrote:

>
> Is the channel correct?
>
> yes, it is, without wep works well
>
> Do you have an active firewall that could be blocking the wireless
> interface?
>
> no, I don't have any firewall active
>
>
> authmode OPEN is the problem, because ifconfig can not set to SHARED
> automatically or manually !
>
> do you have authmode OPEN and you use a shared key ?
> I don't thonk so.
>

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.

From my wireless PC:

# ifconfig ath0
ath0: flags=8843 mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::20d:88ff:fec7:5d89%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
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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