ath(4) configuration is not working in OBSD3.8-Release. The wifi card is Netgear WG511T which is supposed to connect to a linksys wifi gateway to get IP address from the DHCP pool and it should have a 26-digit WEP key.
Here's the dmesg OpenBSD 3.8 (GENERIC) #138: Sat Sep 10 15:41:37 MDT 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC cpu0: Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 3.20 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,CNXT-ID real mem = 468688896 (457704K) avail mem = 420597760 (410740K) using 4278 buffers containing 23535616 bytes (22984K) of memory mainbus0 (root) bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(81) BIOS, date 01/16/04, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfd700 pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xfd700/0x900 pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfdf00/224 (12 entries) pcibios0: no compatible PCI ICU found: ICU vendor 0x1002 product 0x434c pcibios0: PCI bus #3 is the last bus bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xf000 0xd0000/0x6000! 0xd6000/0x800! 0xd8000/0x1000 cpu0 at mainbus0 pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "ATI RS300 Host" rev 0x02 ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "ATI Radeon IGP 9100 AGP" rev 0x00 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 vga1 at pci1 dev 5 function 0 "ATI Radeon Mobility IGP 9100" rev 0x00 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) ohci0 at pci0 dev 19 function 0 "ATI SB200 USB" rev 0x01: irq 11, version 1.0, legacy support usb0 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0 at usb0 uhub0: ATI OHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered ohci1 at pci0 dev 19 function 1 "ATI SB200 USB" rev 0x01: irq 11, version 1.0, legacy support usb1 at ohci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 uhub1: ATI OHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub1: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered ehci0 at pci0 dev 19 function 2 "ATI SB200 USB2" rev 0x01: irq 11 usb2 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub2 at usb2 uhub2: ATI EHCI root hub, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub2: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered "ATI SB200 SMBus" rev 0x17 at pci0 dev 20 function 0 not configured pciide0 at pci0 dev 20 function 1 "ATI IXP200 IDE" rev 0x00: DMA (unsupported), channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <HITACHI_DK23FA-60> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 57231MB, 117210240 sectors atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <TOSHIBA, DVD-ROM SD-R6112, 1031> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable pcib0 at pci0 dev 20 function 3 "ATI SB200 PCI-ISA" rev 0x00 ppb1 at pci0 dev 20 function 4 "ATI SB200 PCI-PCI" rev 0x00 pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 "Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 FireWire" rev 0x00 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 not configured ath0 at pci2 dev 2 function 0 "Atheros AR5212" rev 0x01: irq 11 ath0: AR5212 5.6 phy 4.1 rf5111 1.7 rf2111 2.3, WOR4W, address 00:90:96:72:4d:f1 rl0 at pci2 dev 3 function 0 "Realtek 8139" rev 0x10: irq 11 address 00:02:3f:d3:3a:7b rlphy0 at rl0 phy 0: RTL internal phy cbb0 at pci2 dev 4 function 0 "ENE CB-1410 CardBus" rev 0x01: irq 11 cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0 cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 3 device 0 cacheline 0x8, lattimer 0x20 pcmcia0 at cardslot0 auixp0 at pci0 dev 20 function 5 "ATI IXP200 AC97" rev 0x00: irq 11 auixp0: soft resetting aclink auixp0: not up; resetting aclink hardware auixp0: not up; resetting aclink hardware auixp0: aclink hardware reset successful vendor "ATI", unknown product 0x434d (class communications subclass modem, rev 0x01) at pci0 dev 20 function 6 not configured isa0 at pcib0 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 pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> spkr0 at pcppi0 sysbeep0 at pcppi0 lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16 pccom1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo biomask ef75 netmask ef75 ttymask fff7 pctr: user-level cycle counter enabled ath1 at cardbus0 dev 0 function 0 "Atheros Communications, Inc., AR5001-0000-0000, Wireless LAN Reference Card": irq 11 ath1: AR5212 7.9 phy 4.5 rf2112 5.6 rf2112 5.6, FCC1A, address 00:0f:b5:a7:d1:f7 umass0 at uhub2 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 umass0: LEXAR MEDIA JUMPDRIVE GEYSR, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 2 umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only scsibus1 at umass0: 2 targets sd0 at scsibus1 targ 1 lun 0: <LEXAR, GEYSER JUMPDRIVE, 1.00> SCSI1 0/direct removable sd0: 246MB, 984 cyl, 16 head, 32 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 503808 sec total uhidev0 at uhub0 port 3 configuration 1 interface 0 uhidev0: vendor 0x062a product 0x0001, rev 1.10/0.00, addr 2, iclass 3/1 ums0 at uhidev0: 3 buttons and Z dir. wsmouse1 at ums0 mux 0 dkcsum: wd0 matches BIOS drive 0x80 dkcsum: sd0 matches BIOS drive 0x81 root on wd0a rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302 ac97: codec id 0x414c4740 (Avance Logic ALC202) ac97: codec features headphone, 20 bit DAC, 18 bit ADC, Realtek 3D audio0 at auixp0 ar5k_ar5212_nic_wakeup: failed to resume the AR5212 (again) ath1: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3598540404 pppoe0: phase establish ar5k_ar5212_nic_wakeup: failed to resume the AR5212 (again) ath1: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3888999724 ar5k_ar5212_nic_wakeup: failed to resume the AR5212 (again) ath1: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3888999724 ar5k_ar5212_nic_wakeup: failed to resume the AR5212 (again) ath1: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3888999724 Here's the ifconfig -a output: lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 33224 groups: lo inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6 ath0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 lladdr 00:90:96:72:4d:f1 media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (DS1) status: no network ieee80211: nwid "" inet6 fe80::290:96ff:fe72:4df1%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 rl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 lladdr 00:02:3f:d3:3a:7b groups: egress media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX full-duplex) status: active inet6 fe80::202:3fff:fed3:3a7b%rl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 inet 192.168.1.60 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 pflog0: flags=0<> mtu 33224 pfsync0: flags=0<> mtu 1348 enc0: flags=0<> mtu 1536 ath1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 lladdr 00:0f:b5:a7:d1:f7 media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (DS1) status: no network ieee80211: nwid insignia nwkey 0x88d67bbfa7037e7d73e2bb987e inet6 fe80::20f:b5ff:fea7:d1f7%ath1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x7 inet 192.168.1.60 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 pppoe0: flags=8851<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1492 dev: state: PADI sent sid: 0x0 PADI retries: 0 PADR retries: 0 groups: pppoe inet 0.0.0.0 --> 0.0.0.1 netmask 0xffffffff inet6 fe80::290:96ff:fe72:4df1%pppoe0 -> prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8 Here's the /etc/hostname.ath1 up dhcp media autoselect nwkey 0x88d67bbfa7037e7d73e2bb987e channel 11