Thanks Obi, I will try it again when I get home tonight. I don't use WEP on my network either, for the same reasons.
On 1/30/06, Obi Okeke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Joshua, > I don't know if this will help, but here is what I do > to connect to my linksys wireless B router using my > linksys wireless b pcmcia card (model wpc11 ver. 4). > I created a file /etc/hostname/rtw0 and I put in there > a static ip and the ntwk id and the channel like so: > inet 192.168.1.XYZ 255.255.255.0 NONE nwid WHATEVER123 > chan 6 > > I also have a D-Link DWL-650 pcmcia and configure it > the same way. > > Also, my wireless b router has no security set on it > since I am in a remote area, use ssh encrypted network > traffic and cut the power off after I (rarely) use it. > > Hope this helps. > - Obi > > --- Joshua Kampmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have 2 wireless cards, Linksys WPC55AG (atheros) > > and D-Link DWL-650 > > rev.M(Realtek 8180). Both cards work fine, I can > > connect to my home > > network under > > FreeBSD, Arch Linux and Gentoo Linux with both > > cards. Atheros natively under > > FreeBSD and Realtek using ndis because FreeBSD > > doesn't have native drivers > > for the realtek. > > > > I have asked in the IRC channel, and read man pages, > > tried many things which > > seem to work for others, to no avail. Normally I > > just use dhcp. > > > > Example using ath0: > > > > ifconfig ath0 nwid linksys_SES > > dhclient ath0 > > > > The above works fine under FreeBSD, I can't figure > > out why it doesn't work > > here. I have also tried specifying static IP on the > > cards, which also > > doesn't connect, trying to ping my wireless router, > > set as the default > > gateway (192.168.1.1) just returns Host is down. > > > > Any new suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Some of the pages I have found which haven't helped > > my problem: > > > http://www.monkey.org/openbsd/archive2/misc/200504/msg00226.html > > > http://www.monkey.org/openbsd/archive2/misc/200503/msg00439.html > > > > Thanks > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com
