> > Hi, > > > > I have an SMC PCMCIA wireless adapter, model SMCWCB-G, based on an > > Atheros 5212 chipset, in a laptop running a fresh install of FreeBSD > > 6.0-RC1. > > > > The card associates fine, but then fails to send any IP packets in > > the air, or at least that's what I presume is going on. I cannot > > ping the AP, I cannot get a lease using DHCP, basically the only > > thing I can do is associate. I think it does associate because when > > I set an invalid wep key, t# Wireless NIC cards > > > Setting a static IP address does not help. > > > > Any hints on where I might go from here to debug this? I know the > > setup should work because in a previous life [1] it Worked With > > Windows[TM] (and on the same AP). > > >If it is using wep, set the weptxkey. I had the same problem when > >moving from a laptop with releng_5 to a laptop with releng_6. > > I am having this same issue I believe in FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE. I have a > dwl-g650 "na.b5", h/w ver ":b5", f/w ver :2.54. I compiled the > following into my kernel: > > device wlan # 802.11 support > device ath # Atheros > device ath_hal # Ath_hal > device ath_rate_onoe > device wlan > device wlan_wep # WEP support > > I type in: > > # ifconfig ath0 channel 7 ssid gibsons wepmode on > # ifconfig ath0 weptxkey *****etc. > # ifconfig ath0 up > # ifconfig ath0 > ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet6 fe80::213:46ff:fe0f:3f66%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 > ether 00:13:46:0f:3f:66 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/11Mbps) > status: associated > ssid gibsons channel 7 bssid 00:0c:41:a0:2c:46 > authmode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF txpowmax 38 protmode CTS > bintval 100 > # ifconfig ath0 inet 192.168.107.15 > # ping 192.168.107.1 > > I am unable to ping my router. (linksys bewfs42) > > It seems like i'm missing something really simple here...anyone able to > help point me in the right direction? Thanks.
Maybe deftxkey needs to be set? -- Matt Emmerton _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
