Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 00:20:17 +0530 From: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Problem with connecting FreeBSD 8.3 to wireless network Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP47053DD28E63D330CA333D0F67C0@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <20121028022357.18ede7cd.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <BLU0-SMTP3626767C58CD5F625E8D3DAF67E0@phx.gbl> <20121026164311.6a44948b.freebsd@edvax.de> <BLU0-SMTP4060A45BDD39DF157C64E1CF67E0@phx.gbl> <20121026210606.829bf5bd.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAEMZj=neRKvuVtFaJc%2B4u0M-MuL_oeKPWg3kDGPEhUqc7jAA6w@mail.gmail.com> <BLU0-SMTP474F7B6861EDE1BAD7F3865F67D0@phx.gbl> <20121027221916.1eff3d9e.freebsd@edvax.de> <BLU0-SMTP198373BE66F6A8EF04D8F7CF67C0@phx.gbl> <20121028022357.18ede7cd.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 28-Oct-12 05:53, Polytropon wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Oct 2012 05:47:46 +0530, Manish Jain wrote:
>>
>> On 28-Oct-12 01:49, Polytropon wrote:
>> I don't mind
>> pulling in and building a few more ports as long as it is not the whole
>> GNOME2 metaport.
>
> It could very well be the whole Gnome 2 metaport. :-(
Hi All,
After reading all the replies to my earlier post "Problem with libpng +
Mozilla applications on FreeBSD 8.3", I finally summoned up the courage
to build the GNOME2 metaport from the ports directory. Since this would
not be possible within my lifetime with my usual internet connection, I
paid for and succeeded in getting temporary access to a wireless network.
Win XP connects to the network pretty smoothly, so there was much reason
for hope that things would go smoothly on my FreeBSD 8.3 installation
too. I tried configuring the Atheros device to the network as explained
in the FreeBSD handbook. But I am having usual rate of success, which is
not very high. All the required modules are present in the kernel, as
can be seen below :
# kldload ath
kldload: can't load ath: File exists
# kldload wlan_tkip
kldload: can't load wlan_tkip: File exists
But dmesg returns no output for ath0 :
# dmesg | grep -i ath
<Empty output>
ifconfig returns the following output :
# ifconfig
bge0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
options=c019b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,VLAN_HWTSO,LINKSTATE>
ether b8:88:e3:45:63:b1
inet6 fe80::ba88:e3ff:fe45:63b1%bge0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
nd6 options=3<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV>
media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
status: no carrier
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
nd6 options=3<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV>
tun0: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
options=80000<LINKSTATE>
inet 10.0.0.1 --> 10.0.0.2 netmask 0xffffff00
Opened by PID 767
Since there is no mention of ath0, I did not expect creating the wlan0
pseudo-device would be a simple matter, and I was right :
# ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0
ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2: Device not configured
Manually trying to create the pseudo-device ath0 presents equally
unpleasant output :
# ifconfig ath0 create
ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2: Invalid argument
pciconf does show my device, but I do not know how to make use of the
information (please refer the last few lines of the output) :
# pciconf -lv
hostb0@pci0:0:0:0: class=0x060000 card=0x06491025 chip=0x01048086
rev=0x09 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
class = bridge
subclass = HOST-PCI
vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0: class=0x030000 card=0x06491025 chip=0x01068086
rev=0x09 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
class = display
subclass = VGA
none0@pci0:0:22:0: class=0x078000 card=0x06491025 chip=0x1e3a8086
rev=0x04 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
class = simple comms
ehci0@pci0:0:26:0: class=0x0c0320 card=0x06491025 chip=0x1e2d8086
rev=0x04 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
class = serial bus
subclass = USB
hdac0@pci0:0:27:0: class=0x040300 card=0x06491025 chip=0x1e208086
rev=0x04 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
class = multimedia
subclass = HDA
pcib1@pci0:0:28:0: class=0x060400 card=0x06491025 chip=0x1e108086
rev=0xc4 hdr=0x01
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-PCI
pcib2@pci0:0:28:1: class=0x060400 card=0x06491025 chip=0x1e128086
rev=0xc4 hdr=0x01
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-PCI
ehci1@pci0:0:29:0: class=0x0c0320 card=0x06491025 chip=0x1e268086
rev=0x04 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
class = serial bus
subclass = USB
isab0@pci0:0:31:0: class=0x060100 card=0x06491025 chip=0x1e5e8086
rev=0x04 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-ISA
atapci0@pci0:0:31:2: class=0x01018f card=0x06491025 chip=0x1e018086
rev=0x04 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
class = mass storage
subclass = ATA
none1@pci0:0:31:3: class=0x0c0500 card=0x06491025 chip=0x1e228086
rev=0x04 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
class = serial bus
subclass = SMBus
atapci1@pci0:0:31:5: class=0x010185 card=0x06491025 chip=0x1e098086
rev=0x04 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
class = mass storage
subclass = ATA
bge0@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x06471025 chip=0x16b514e4 rev=0x10
hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation'
class = network
subclass = ethernet
none2@pci0:2:0:1: class=0x080501 card=0x06471025 chip=0x16bc14e4
rev=0x10 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation'
class = base peripheral
subclass = SD host controller
none3@pci0:2:0:2: class=0x088000 card=0x06471025 chip=0x16be14e4
rev=0x10 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation'
class = base peripheral
none4@pci0:2:0:3: class=0x088000 card=0x06471025 chip=0x16bf14e4
rev=0x10 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation'
class = base peripheral
none5@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x661711ad chip=0x0032168c
rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
class = network
For completeness, the information I captured from Windows for the
network was :
wifi network name : tpkm 3
authentication : wpa-psk
encryption : tkip
key : "XXXXXXXXXX"
Any help in getting my FreeBSD box to connect to the wireless network
would be greatly appreciated. Those in a position to help but smugly
choose not to may soon start experiencing a dramatic decline in their
good fortunes.
Thank you &
Regards,
Manish Jain
bourne.identity@hotmail.com
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