Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 20:28:51 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cannot get IP working between associated ath0 & AP, what to do? Message-ID: <20051031182851.GB1428@flame.pc> In-Reply-To: <20051031182539.GA52720@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> References: <20051031182539.GA52720@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>
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On 2005-10-31 19:25, Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> wrote: > Hi, > > I have an SMC PCMCIA wireless adapter, model SMCWCB-G, based on an > Atheros 5212 chipset, in a laptop running a fresh install of FreeBSD > 6.0-RC1. > > The card associates fine, but then fails to send any IP packets in the > air, or at least that's what I presume is going on. I cannot ping the > AP, I cannot get a lease using DHCP, basically the only thing I can do > is associate. I think it does associate because when I set an invalid > wep key, the status changes back to 'no carrier'. Setting a static IP > address does not help. > > Any hints on where I might go from here to debug this? I know the > setup should work because in a previous life [1] it Worked With > Windows[TM] (and on the same AP). You haven't firewalled everything off, right?
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