From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 9 22:11:14 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 AD05316A428 for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 22:11:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from piotrekk@excite.com) Received: from excite.com (nn1.excitenetwork.com [207.159.120.55]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DBA443D58 for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 22:11:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from piotrekk@excite.com) Received: by xprdmailfe20.nwk.excite.com (Postfix, from userid 110) id 1E780B6E7; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 18:11:09 -0400 (EDT) To: algould@datawok.com Received: from [84.73.115.251] by xprdmailfe20.nwk.excite.com via HTTP; Tue, 09 Aug 2005 18:11:09 EST X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: ID = 16eb98aa6edb040391a74a6066f0c889 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: <20050809221109.1E780B6E7@xprdmailfe20.nwk.excite.com> Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 18:11:09 -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 22:11:14 -0000 my question was if your wireless accesspoint or router is set to OPEN or SHARED. on my wireless router under security settings I have 2 options: - security mode: I can set OPEN or SHARED - cipher type: I can disble or enable WEP if I set WEP on the router and set the security mode OPEN, then my windows works as shared too, but the router is still OPEN. my connection is working without WEP only, but this is not what I want. without WEP was working before I did this posting. I need WEP and I want the connection with WEP ! --- 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 14:11:34 -0500 Subject: Re: howto load or install wlan_wep module on freeBSD 5.4 ? On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 13:56:02 -0400 (EDT)
"PK" wrote:

>
> 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
>

I cannot find a place in my Access Point's configuration application
where it states "shared" or "open". My Windows PC is set to
"shared".

I'm glad you got you connection working.

Andrew Gould
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