From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 20 22:43:47 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC36F16A4CE for ; Sun, 20 Feb 2005 22:43:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [198.92.228.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E42A43D2D for ; Sun, 20 Feb 2005 22:43:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.com [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D456D60E2; Sun, 20 Feb 2005 16:43:46 -0600 (CST) Received: from makeworld.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (makeworld.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 02636-04; Sun, 20 Feb 2005 16:43:44 -0600 (CST) Received: from [198.92.228.34] (racerx.makeworld.com [198.92.228.34]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11A1760DB; Sun, 20 Feb 2005 16:43:44 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <421912E2.4070909@makeworld.com> Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 16:44:50 -0600 From: Chris User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050101) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris References: <421290FA.40108@makeworld.com> <20050216010859.GA57098@freebsd3.cimlogic.com.au> <4217C407.8070605@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <4217C407.8070605@makeworld.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV 0.75.1/amavisd-new-2.2.1 (20041222) at makeworld.com - Isn't it ironic cc: FreeBSD - Current Subject: Re: MA401 worked w/5.3 - No go under CURRENT X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 22:43:48 -0000 Chris wrote: > John Birrell wrote: > >> On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 06:16:58PM -0600, Chris wrote: >> >>> I'm just starting to follow the CURRENT branch and popped that >>> latest snapshot on my laptop. Under 5.3 my NetGear MA401 worked >>> with just adding something like this to /etc/rc.conf: >>> >>> ifconfig_wi0="inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid XXX >>> wepmode on wepkey 0xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" >>> >>> And everything came up just dandy. Has something changed? >> >> >> >> I hadn't tried to use my wireless stuff for months until a few days >> ago. I have >> the hostap running on current and I was trying to connect with wepmode >> on from >> a RELENG_5 laptop without success. I read the recent messages >> suggesting the >> explicit setting of the wepkey and default key, but that didn't solve >> the problem. >> >> I'll be away from the current box for 5 weeks and unable to debug >> anything, so I >> know this message is virtally useless. I just wanted to say "me too". >> > > Ok folks, I added the suggested stuff in /etc/rc.conf: > > ifconfig_wi0="inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid XXX > wepmode on weptxkey 1 wepkey 1:0xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" > > And /boot/loader.conf: > wlan_wep="YES" > > Still a no-go. Light on the wireless nic just blinks. > I'm pretty much at a loss - anyone? > Ahh - thank you Alexandre Kovalenko for pointing out the kernel mod. I didn't think of that. I was off trying to add the wep via loader.conf Perhaps that ought to be an option? I dunno - but at least now I'm working. And thank you also Sam, Paul and John, -- Best regards, Chris Machines that have broken down will work perfectly when the repairman arrives.