Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:27:02 +0100 From: Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org> To: robert@webtent.com Cc: lists@webtent.net, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pccards Message-ID: <20051122152702.659deeaa.lists@yazzy.org> In-Reply-To: <1132667032.23378.3.camel@columbus.webtent.org> References: <1132437985.69627.8.camel@felipa.webtent.org> <20051121.211108.68039846.imp@bsdimp.com> <1132667032.23378.3.camel@columbus.webtent.org>
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On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 08:43:52 -0500 Robert Fitzpatrick <lists@webtent.net> wrote: > On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 21:11 -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote: > > do you have ath in your kernel? If so, you may have to extract the > > driver from the cdrom that came with the card and use ndis. > > > > Yes, I finally figured this out that I needed ath and I do. Using the > following command from the doc at: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD > +5.3-RELEASE > > # ifconfig ath0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid WEBTENT > # ifconfig > ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 > inet6 fe80::280:c8ff:fe1f:9655%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5 > ether 00:80:c8:1f:96:55 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/11Mbps) > status: associated > ssid WEBTENT channel 6 bssid 00:05:5d:89:c8:78 > authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpowmax 32 protmode CTS bintval 100 > > But cannot browse the network at all. I also have a wired connection > to the network on the laptop and cannot ping the address assigned to > the wireless card unless the wired connection is connected, why would > this be? Are those on the same network? > Also, of course, as you can see above, I need to get WEP going, but > not sure how to specify the WEP key in ASCII or determine the HEX > needed from the ASCII key, can someone suggest how this is done? And > I'd like to get it to use DHCP, how would I do this? http://www.freebsdmall.com/~loader/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/wireless/article.html
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