Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:26:27 +0100 From: "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com> To: "Zhang Weiwu" <zhangweiwu@realss.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fail with wireless network configuration with "SIOCS80211: Invalid argument" Message-ID: <3a142e750810301726o6bb52c3eyb857ca1e8ce27c89@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4909C9A2.90806@realss.com> References: <48F24060.9030900@realss.com> <4909C9A2.90806@realss.com>
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On 10/30/08, Zhang Weiwu <zhangweiwu@realss.com> wrote:
> Zhang Weiwu wrote:
>> Hello. I am trying to get an AboveCable (model: ACPC 2000-01) wireless
>> card connected to my home network with 40-bit Hex WEP Encryption on
>> FreeBSD 6.1.
>>
>> # ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.1.90 ssid ZWW wepmode on wepkey 0xea82552825
>> ifconfig: SIOCS80211: Invalid argument
>>
Why is "deftxkey 1" missing ?
from ifconfig(8)
Note that you must set a default transmit key with deftxkey for
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
the system to know which key to use in encrypting outbound traf-
fic
>> Did I made anything wrong or miss something in the kernel? I have the
>> related lines in kernel:
>>
>> driver wi
>> driver wlan
>>
>>
> It turns out this error message is a direct result of lack of wlan_wep
> neither loaded as module nor compiled in kernel.
>
> However I still could not make the card work (even though it works in
> Ubuntu Linux) after having wlan_wep compiled in, but at least I
> eliminated the
>
> SIOCS80211: Invalid argument
>
> error message, which may be helpful for someone who finds this thread by
> using this error message as search key to google.
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