I'm a bit new to OpenBSD and want to configure wireless networking, as a client to an existing access point.
The box has a clean install of 5.4-release from install54.iso. The wireless device is a Belkin F5D7050 wireless G USB network adapter, which shows up as zyd0. I can scan the network with 'ifconfig zyd0 scan' and the ESSID I'm looking for shows up, but the radio keeps going up and down and I can't get dhcp working on it. The /etc/hostname.zyd0 file looks like: nwid "What does the Mo'o say" wpakey sillypassword dhcp This network id shows up when I use 'ifconfig zyd0 scan', so I'm pretty sure the wireless device is up and listening. e.g. zyd0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 lladdr 00:17:3f:52:1d:f3 priority: 4 groups: wlan media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (DS1 mode 11g) status: active ieee80211: nwid "What does the Mo'o say" chan 1 bssid 1c:c6:3c:4c:3e:67 33dB wpakey 0xblah wpaprotos wpa1,wpa2 wpaakms psk wpaciphers tkip,ccmp wpagroupcipher tkip 100dBm nwid fatsole chan 6 bssid 00:14:bf:f9:60:34 39dB 54M privacy,short_slottime ... (many more) ... nwid "What does the Mo'o say" chan 1 bssid 1c:c6:3c:4c:3e:67 43dB 54M privacy Soo... how do I get dhcp working? I tried using 'dhclient zyd0' but all I get is DHCPDISCOVER on zyd0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 ... (several more) ... DHCPDISCOVER on zyd0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 No acceptable DHCPOFFERS received. No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. Any help would be appreciated. Felix I've attached some more info, just in case. ifconfig zyd0 output: zyd0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 lladdr 00:17:3f:52:1d:f3 priority: 4 groups: wlan media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (DS1 mode 11g) status: active ieee80211: nwid "What does the Mo'o say" chan 1 bssid 1c:c6:3c:4c:3e:67 35dB wpakey 0xblah wpaprotos wpa1,wpa2 wpaakms psk wpaciphers tkip,ccmp wpagroupcipher tkip 100dBm inet6 fe80::217:3fff:fe52:1df3%zyd0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 dmesg output (I didn't format this for width, sorry): OpenBSD 5.4 (GENERIC.MP) #44: Tue Jul 30 12:13:32 MDT 2013 dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP cpu0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2160 @ 1.80GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.80 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,NXE,LONG,SSE3,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,LAHF,PERF real mem = 1062330368 (1013MB) avail mem = 1033502720 (985MB) mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 09/14/07, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfb9b0, SMBIOS rev. 2.5 @ 0xf0000 (50 entries) bios0: vendor Dell Inc. version "1.0.5" date 09/14/2007 bios0: Dell Inc. Inspiron 530s acpi0 at bios0: rev 2 acpi0: sleep states S0 S3 S4 S5 acpi0: tables DSDT FACP HPET MCFG SLIC DMY2 APIC SSDT acpi0: wakeup devices PEX0(S5) PEX1(S5) PEX2(S5) PEX3(S5) PEX4(S5) PEX5(S5) HUB0(S5) IGBE(S5) USB0(S3) USB1(S3) USB2(S3) USB3(S3) USB4(S3) USB5(S3) EHC1(S3) EHC2(S3) [...] acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz acpimcfg0 at acpi0 addr 0xe0000000, bus 0-255 acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) cpu0: apic clock running at 199MHz cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor) cpu1: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2160 @ 1.80GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.80 GHz cpu1: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,NXE,LONG,SSE3,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,LAHF,PERF ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 4 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 0, remapped to apid 4 acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEX0) acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEX1) acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEX2) acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEX3) acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEX4) acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEX5) acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus 2 (HUB0) acpicpu0 at acpi0: PSS acpicpu1 at acpi0: PSS acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature is 120 degC acpibtn0 at acpi0: PWRB bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xb400! cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 1796 MHz: speeds: 1800, 1200 MHz pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82G33 Host" rev 0x02 ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82G33 PCIE" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 16 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel 82G33 Video" rev 0x02 intagp0 at vga1 agp0 at intagp0: aperture at 0xd0000000, size 0x10000000 inteldrm0 at vga1 drm0 at inteldrm0 intel_overlay_map_regs partial stub inteldrm0: 1680x1050 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (std, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (std, vt100 emulation) em0 at pci0 dev 25 function 0 "Intel ICH9 IFE" rev 0x02: msi, address 00:1d:09:7e:74:04 uhci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 0 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 16 uhci1 at pci0 dev 26 function 1 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 21 uhci2 at pci0 dev 26 function 2 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 19 ehci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 7 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 18 usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 azalia0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel 82801I HD Audio" rev 0x02: msi azalia0: codecs: Realtek ALC888 audio0 at azalia0 uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 23 uhci4 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 19 uhci5 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 18 ehci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 23 usb1 at ehci1: USB revision 2.0 uhub1 at usb1 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 ppb1 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BA Hub-to-PCI" rev 0x92 pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 vendor "Conexant", unknown product 0x2f20 (class communications subclass miscellaneous, rev 0x00) at pci2 dev 0 function 0 not configured ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801IR LPC" rev 0x02: PM disabled pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801I SATA" rev 0x02: DMA, channel 0 configured to native-PCI, channel 1 configured to native-PCI pciide0: using apic 4 int 19 for native-PCI interrupt wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <Hitachi HDT725025VLA380> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 238418MB, 488281250 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 6 atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <HL-DT-ST, DVD+-RW GSA-H73N, B103> ATAPI 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801I SMBus" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 18 iic0 at ichiic0 spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 512MB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-5300CL5 spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x52: 512MB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-5300CL5 pciide1 at pci0 dev 31 function 5 "Intel 82801I SATA" rev 0x02: DMA, channel 0 wired to native-PCI, channel 1 wired to native-PCI pciide1: using apic 4 int 19 for native-PCI interrupt usb2 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb3 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb4 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0 uhub4 at usb4 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb5 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0 uhub5 at usb5 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb6 at uhci4: USB revision 1.0 uhub6 at usb6 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb7 at uhci5: USB revision 1.0 uhub7 at usb7 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 isa0 at ichpcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 spkr0 at pcppi0 it0 at isa0 port 0x2e/2: IT8718F rev 3, EC port 0x290 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support zyd0 at uhub1 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Belkin USB2.0 WLAN" rev 2.00/48.10 addr 2 umass0 at uhub1 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Lexar JD FireFly" rev 2.00/11.00 addr 3 umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only scsibus1 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0 sd0 at scsibus1 targ 1 lun 0: <Lexar, JD FireFly, 1100> SCSI0 0/direct removable serial.05dca7613BO4QJV7TGMN sd0: 7648MB, 512 bytes/sector, 15663104 sectors umass1 at uhub1 port 5 configuration 1 interface 0 "TEAC CA-200" rev 2.00/4.08 addr 4 umass1: using SCSI over Bulk-Only scsibus2 at umass1: 2 targets, initiator 0 sd1 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 0: <TEAC, USB HS-CF Card, 4.08> SCSI0 0/direct removable sd2 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 1: <TEAC, USB HS-xD/SM, 4.08> SCSI0 0/direct removable sd3 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 2: <TEAC, USB HS-MS Card, 4.08> SCSI0 0/direct removable sd4 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 3: <TEAC, USB HS-SD Card, 4.08> SCSI0 0/direct removable uhidev0 at uhub4 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Dell Dell USB Keyboard" rev 1.10/3.52 addr 2 uhidev0: iclass 3/1 ukbd0 at uhidev0: 8 variable keys, 6 key codes wskbd1 at ukbd0 mux 1 wskbd1: connecting to wsdisplay0 uhidev1 at uhub4 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Dell Dell USB Optical Mouse" rev 2.00/43.01 addr 3 uhidev1: iclass 3/1 ums0 at uhidev1: 3 buttons, Z dir wsmouse0 at ums0 mux 0 vscsi0 at root scsibus3 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root scsibus4 at softraid0: 256 targets root on wd0a (50645c69c39815f7.a) swap on wd0b dump on wd0b zyd0: HMAC ZD1211B, FW 47.25, RF AL2230, PA 0, address 00:17:3f:52:1d:f3