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Date:      Wed, 3 Nov 2004 14:38:05 +0000
From:      Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net>
To:        Lloyd Hayes <lloyd545220-trucker@yahoo.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: WiFi 802.11b or g setup
Message-ID:  <20041103143805.GA10435@lb.tenfour>
In-Reply-To: <4186D131.40200@yahoo.com>
References:  <20041101094142.GA4930@lb.tenfour> <418680F1.2030405@yahoo.com> <20041102034156.66B3.LUKEK@meibin.net> <41869EB4.4040104@yahoo.com> <20041101231406.GB16441@lb.tenfour> <4186D131.40200@yahoo.com>

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* Lloyd Hayes <lloyd545220-trucker@yahoo.com> [1113 00:13]:
> >Start with the basics
> 
> Exactly!
> Here you go:
> 
> plip0: flags=8851<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
>    inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
>    inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
>    inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
> 
> On FreeBSD, I've been trying to use the Sysinstall menus.

Not sure they support wireless NIC configuration, but since the card isn't 
even detected, that's the least of your worries.

> The modem is currently in the PCMCIA slot and I am in an area with WiFi 
> access. Also in a PCMCIA slot is a card which is a USB2 hub.

By modem you mean network card, yeah? Do the usb2 hub and the pcmcia slot
show up? And have you tried removing that - don't think freebsd supports usb2
hubs yet, it might be causing some conflicts.

--
Ugh, it's like there's a party in my mouth and everyone's throwing up. - Fry
Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns



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