Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:58:10 +1100 From: Michael Vince <mv@roq.com> To: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0 and wireless setup - documentation? Message-ID: <437416D2.3080809@roq.com> In-Reply-To: <20051111010856.4778aa3a.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <20051111010856.4778aa3a.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: >Hello! > >After upgrading my laptop (Thinkpad T41) to FreeBSD 6.0, I was ready >to try out the new wireless functionality. >My wireless router uses WPA, and I use dhcp on my network. > >I checked the handbook, the faq and did a search on Google for "freebsd >wireless wpa". > >1) Where are the documentation? >There are man pages for ifconfig, wpa_supplicant and wpa_supplicant.conf >(BTW, that man page fails to tell you that the file belongs in /etc), >but there are no "how to set up all necessary files and config for >wireless with WPA" articles anywhere (that I could find). > > Did you check the secret master wireless acticle for FreeBSD? Its quite good. http://www.freebsdmall.com/~loader/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/wireless/article.html Why its not in the handbook I don't know maybe its just not quite perfect in someway I can't see but I say just chuck it in the main handbook now. Mike
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