Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 03:19:11 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Graham Bentley <gbentley@uk2.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WiFi Woes ! Message-ID: <20061127011911.GC3054@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <002301c71176$1b3e0150$1c07a8c0@CPC> References: <20061126052908.EC53D16A567@hub.freebsd.org> <002301c71176$1b3e0150$1c07a8c0@CPC>
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On 2006-11-26 16:15, Graham Bentley <gbentley@uk2.net> wrote: > Hi All, > > Can any WiFi gurus help me with this one ? > > After clean minimal install of 6.1 > > # kldload wlan_wep > # kldload wlan_ccmp > # kldload wlan_tkip > # ifconfig ral0 inet 192.168.7.120 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid cpc channel 11 wep wepkey 0x12345ABCDE > > ifconfig ral0 now reports an association, it has the bssid and chnl > for my WAP correct and the little light comes on the WiFi card. I can > ping the ip4 address of the ral0 interface and get replies however I > cant ping the wap or router ? > > I have double checked the chnl, ssid and hex key all are correct. > > Have tried 'route add 192.168.7.1' and editting rc.conf by hand to no avail. Are you running a firewall? You may have to tune it to pass ral0 packets. What does tcpdump report on ral0 when you are pinging? # tcpdump -n -l -vv -s 2000 -i ral0
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