Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 07:33:05 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22K=2EAndr=E9_Braselmann=22?= <bb@braisel.com> Cc: kalin mintchev <kalin@el.net>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: finding access points Message-ID: <20051017143305.A4F6D5D07@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 17 Oct 2005 08:25:36 %2B0200." <435343E0.208@braisel.com>
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> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 08:25:36 +0200 > From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22K=2EAndr=E9_Braselmann=22?= <bb@braisel.com> > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > kalin mintchev wrote: > > > access point pinging... apparently people using windows dont have that > > problem in those locations.. i tried dstumbler from the bsd-airtools to > > see if i can detect any ap but still nothing shows up.... > > you have to know the SSID, setup the interface with the SSID (nothing > more) and then use the dhclient(8) e.g. > > #dhclient wi0 > > to get the stuff from the DHCP Server. be careful:-) I used to have the same problem until I forced ifconfig to explicitly turn off WEP and reset the SSID to a null string. In /etc/start_if.wi0 I set: ifconfig wi0 wepmode off ssid "" and in /etc/rc.conf: ifconfig_wi0="DHCP" It now finds open APs, associates, and starts dhclient without a problem. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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