From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 20 18:03:03 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAEC916A4E0 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 18:03:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dead_line@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc2-s37.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc2-s37.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.173]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A0CC43D5A for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 18:03:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dead_line@hotmail.com) Received: from hotmail.com ([64.4.54.113]) by bay0-omc2-s37.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:03:03 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:03:03 -0700 Message-ID: Received: from 195.226.241.40 by by20fd.bay20.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 18:03:00 GMT X-Originating-IP: [195.226.241.40] X-Originating-Email: [dead_line@hotmail.com] X-Sender: dead_line@hotmail.com In-Reply-To: <44BFB816.6060509@u.washington.edu> From: "Marwan Sultan" To: youshi10@u.washington.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 18:03:00 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Jul 2006 18:03:03.0310 (UTC) FILETIME=[BE9972E0:01C6AC26] Cc: doug@fledge.watson.org Subject: Re: HOWTO wireless please. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 18:03:04 -0000 Hello Garrett, Hello doug, In http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-wireless.html it doesnot explain how to setup ugen0 device or any wireless device for a client, insted it says "First, make sure your system can see the wireless card:" However, in ifconfig -a it doesnot show any wireless device as you wrote Garrett, but the firewire and nic device, then how come in the dmesg it can read the ugen0 However, anyone can give me a steps of how to showup my wireless device? I tried to add the following in /boot/loader.conf wlan_load="YES" wlan_wep_load="YES" but it doesnt load my device and ifconfig -a will show the same Will you please, help me setting my wireless device up? any configuration i should do? regards Marwan >Marwan Sultan wrote: >>Hello gurus, >> >>Can someone help me setting up my wireless device on my laptop >>im on 6.1R, I tried to do as instructed on handbook, but no luck. >>My laptop suppose to be the client, and i have a netgear wireless modem >>router up and running. >>How to make the freebsd see the router have the ip, and make the device >>up? >> >>from dmesg >>ugen0: Broadcom Corp HP Integrated Module >> >>The following is the output of ifconfig -a >># ifconfig -a >> >>fwe0: >>flags=108943 >>mtu 1500 >> options=8 >> inet6 fe80::603f:2ff:fe6c:4184%fwe0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 >> inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255 >> ether 62:3f:02:6c:41:84 >> ch 1 dma 0 >>fxp0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 >> options=8 >> inet6 fe80::216:d4ff:fe01:617e%fxp0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 >> inet 192.168.0.14 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 >> ether 00:16:d4:01:61:7e >> media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX ) >> status: active >>lo0: flags=8049 mtu 16384 >> inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 >> inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 >> inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 >> >>the following is in /etc/rc.conf (i think there is something wrong) >> >>ifconfig_fwe0="DHCP" >>dhcp_program="/sbin/dhclient" >>ddhcp_flags="" >> >>the following is compiles in the kernel >>wlan >>an >>awi >>ral >>wi >>wlan_wep >>wlan_ccmp >>wlan_tkip >>wl As i have been told that fwe0 is not the wireless device, then how to >>show it up? >>compiled the kernel to some modifications as i wrote here, but no luck, >>Will kindly someone help me, as im new to wireless and bsd. >> >>Marwan >Marwan, > fwe0 is your ethernet over IEEE1394 (firewire) connection. According to >the information above you don't have your wireless interface even present, >ie ugen0 was not present in the ifconfig output you have listed above. >-Garrett > >_______________________________________________ > _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/