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Date:      Mon, 4 Jul 2011 10:54:07 +0000
From:      "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com>
To:        _ <pancakeking79@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: WLAN issue
Message-ID:  <CAPYw7P4_ecJj=0qszYOPHM7yNQbvUQ1=uU_E1L9LdQP510NKig@mail.gmail.com>
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On 7/3/11, _ <pancakeking79@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> I can't get my WLAN (WPA) to work and I am somewhat at a loss, as to what
> else to try...
>
>
> The /etc/rc.conf portion looks like this:
>
> ifconfig_wi0="WPA DHCP"
>
>
> My /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf looks like this:
>
> network={
>   ssid="my_ssid"
>   psk="my_psk"
> }
>
> The above should be fine in terms of how it is set up.
>
>
> Invoking ifconfig on the interface tells me that it is connected, however,
> there's still no internet connection.
>
> # ifconfig wi0
> wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
>    ether 00:02:2d:0f:4f:99
>    inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
>    media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/2Mbps)
>    status: associated
>    ssid WLAN-5C7E88 channel 11 (2462 Mhz 11b) bssid 88:25:2c:5c:7e:38
>    stationname "FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node"
>    authmode WPA1+WPA2/802.11i privacy MIXED deftxkey UNDEF bmiss 7
>    scanvalid 60 roaming MANUAL
>
>
> My OS is FreeBSD 7.0.

Why you do not update to 8.2 This way it is far more likely if bug is
still present to be fixed.



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