Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 15:32:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> To: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with connecting FreeBSD 8.3 to wireless network Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1210281526240.3641@tripel.monochrome.org> In-Reply-To: <BLU0-SMTP47053DD28E63D330CA333D0F67C0@phx.gbl> References: <BLU0-SMTP3626767C58CD5F625E8D3DAF67E0@phx.gbl> <20121026164311.6a44948b.freebsd@edvax.de> <BLU0-SMTP4060A45BDD39DF157C64E1CF67E0@phx.gbl> <20121026210606.829bf5bd.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAEMZj=neRKvuVtFaJc%2B4u0M-MuL_oeKPWg3kDGPEhUqc7jAA6w@mail.gmail.com> <BLU0-SMTP474F7B6861EDE1BAD7F3865F67D0@phx.gbl> <20121027221916.1eff3d9e.freebsd@edvax.de> <BLU0-SMTP198373BE66F6A8EF04D8F7CF67C0@phx.gbl> <20121028022357.18ede7cd.freebsd@edvax.de> <BLU0-SMTP47053DD28E63D330CA333D0F67C0@phx.gbl>
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On Mon, 29 Oct 2012, Manish Jain wrote: > Those in a position to help but smugly choose not to may soon start > experiencing a dramatic decline in their good fortunes. I'm not in a position to help, but I can explain a couple of things. > # kldload ath > kldload: can't load ath: File exists > > # kldload wlan_tkip > kldload: can't load wlan_tkip: File exists This tells you that the module in question has already been loaded, or is present in the kernel. [snip] > none5@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x661711ad chip=0x0032168c > rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' > class = network The 'none..' tells you that no driver was attached to the device. I suspect that Alexander Kapshuk's reply is relevant here: that your Atheros card is not supported by the driver. I know it's not much help, but maybe it's nonzero. Good luck. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging </> ]
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