Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 14:39:40 +0300 From: andreas Sotirakopoulos <menwn@yahoo.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Wireless internet connetction issues Message-ID: <200605281439.40203.menwn@yahoo.co.uk>
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Hi I have(?) an internet connetction issue... I have a router connected to a=20 windows box downstaires (Lynksis wAG354G) and i use a wirelless usb adapter= =20 (Lynksis WUSB54G). It works fine under windows and even if some times the=20 signal is lost usually it comes back by either moving the antenna a little = or=20 by restarting the network configuration tool. In FreeBSD the adapter is=20 visible and uses ural0 driver. So if give the command=20 ifconfig ural0 inet 192.168.1.65 netmask 255.255.255.0 but i cannot connect= to=20 the internet or "see" the windows box.=20 Now comes the strange part. if i press ifconfig ural0 i get: ural0: flags=3D108843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,NEEDSGIANT> mt= u=20 1500 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 inet6 fe80::212:17ff:fe81:881a%ural0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0= x1 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ether 00:12:17:81:88:1a =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/36Mbp= s) =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 status: associated =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ssid linksys channel 11 bssid 00:14:bf:cb:71:32 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpowmax 100 protmode CTS bintval= 100 but still i cannot connect to web pages or ping hosts. =A0I use KDE 3.5 and= i do=20 the following:=20 from the Kmenu ->settings->internet and Network-> Network settings and on t= he=20 card Network interfaces i see that there is only onde availiable interface= =20 fxp0 dhcp Disabled Ethernet Network Device. I know that this is my ethernet= =20 onboard card but if i choose Enable Interface i can connect to the=20 internet!!!!!! I assume that something runs in the background that enables = as=20 well my wireless card but what is this? So what's the problem you may ask... the problem is that in case that my=20 connection is lost i cannot do anything to get it back up.=20 i =A0have tried dhclient ural0 and nothing happents same with ifconfig ural= 0=20 up... I have to reboot and do the procudure again and the problem is that it fail= s=20 often if i leave the net for a while...=20 Any ideas? thanks ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com
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