from the command line ifconfig xxxx down I think this resets the device IIRC
ifconfig xxxx up nwid <network id> wpakey <wpakey> At this point you should within a few seconds get an associated conneciton - if not there's another problem. On my thinkpad the little antenna light blinks then stays on constant when it's right. dhclient xxxx ping www.google.com to check to make sure everything works. Sorry if I've reviewed stuff you already tried or know. Good luck. On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 6:02 PM, Jack J. Woehr <j...@well.com> wrote: > I have two very different laptops running OpenBSD 5.8 with all patches. > > Both were connected to my home wireless via very simple hostname files: > > nwid foo > wpakey bar > dhcp > > Both stopped connecting today .......... no link (sleeping). > Both see the station via ifconfig xxxx scan with reasonable dB levels > (>55dBm) > My mobile phone still connects to the station with the same credentials, as > does my Kindle. > > Of course this is ridiculous. I don't know enough to be dangerous on this > one. Any tips? > > -- > Jack J. Woehr # Science is more than a body of knowledge. It's a way of > www.well.com/~jax # thinking, a way of skeptically interrogating the > universe > www.softwoehr.com # with a fine understanding of human fallibility. - Carl > Sagan
