Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 12:06:54 -0500 From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> To: John Murdock <cozen@unfinishednightmare.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems connecting to the internet through a wireless router Message-ID: <20040524120654.6d13d969.algould@datawok.com> In-Reply-To: <40B22742.7070006@unfinishednightmare.org> References: <40B22742.7070006@unfinishednightmare.org>
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On Mon, 24 May 2004 11:48:02 -0500 John Murdock <cozen@unfinishednightmare.org> wrote: > I have installed FreeBSD succesfully on my Gateway M500 laptop. The > only problem I have is that my laptop connects to the internet through > a wireless router. My wireless card is working fine on the laptop and > I can succesfully ping the router, but when I load up a webbrowser I > get a "Cannot find webpage" error. So, it's confusing that the > computer can connect to the router but not through the router to the > internet. The output of ifconfig wi0 is: > > wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet6 fe80::202:2dff:feb3:a0e%wi0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5 > inet 192.168.1.101 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast > 192.168.1.255 ether 00:02:2d:b3:0a:0e > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/11Mbps) > status: associated > ssid 1475 1:1475 > stationname "FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node" > channel 6 automode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 > wepmode OFF weptxkey 1 > > Everything is setup fine with DHCP. Wep is disabled on my router right > > now so the wepmode I think shouldn't matter. Any help at all will be > greatly appreciated. > > cozen@unfinishednightmare.org Step 1: Make sure that the file /etc/resolv.conf exists. I don't think dhclient can create the file if it's missing. Best of luck, Andrew Gould
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