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Subject: Wireless woes: upgrade 5.4 to 6.0, wi0, etc...
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Since I upgraded from FreeBSD 5.4 to 6.0, I cannot for the life of me =
get
the wi0-interface to work at all (real bummer).

During boot I get the following error message:

    "ieee80211_load_module: load the wlan_wep module by hand for now"

If afterwards I try to fiddle around with ifconfig wepmode on ..., I get =
the
following error message:

    "ifconfig: SIOCS80211: Operation not permitted"

Googling around and searching through the NOTES, UPDATING etc. I have
discovered (low-level technical) bits and pieces but nothing I can =
really
bit into. Some stuff about wpa, wpa_supplicant.conf ad infinitum, but =
before
I start doing something major and messing up my system for good, I =
though I
would drop this questions amongst the experts.

Have there been any changes made to the wi0 which I should be aware of?

Thanks a lot in advance.

--=20
Kiffin Rex Gish
Gouda, The Netherlands