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Date:      Fri, 8 Feb 2008 00:02:46 +0100
From:      Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        Dead Line <dead_line@hotmail.com>
Subject:   Re: wireless dongle Howto.
Message-ID:  <200802080002.47040.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
In-Reply-To: <BAY104-W138FE9C98783B71D84B5819A2E0@phx.gbl>
References:  <BAY104-W138FE9C98783B71D84B5819A2E0@phx.gbl>

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On Thursday 07 February 2008 22:45:58 Dead Line wrote:

> Now im trying to connect to my router ,, but all the attempts fails..
> here is my /etc/rc.conf
>
> # ifconfig_ural0="DHCP"# ifconfig_ural0="ssid WatchingYou
> DHCP"#ifconfig_ural0="ssid WatchingYou wepmode on weptxkey 1 wepkey
> 1:3230xxxxxx DHCP"#ifconfig_ural0="authmode wepmode on weptxkey 1 wepkey
> 3230xxxxxx DHCP"ifconfig_ural0="ssid WatchingYou authmode open wepmode on
> weptxkey 1 wepkey 1:3230xxxxxx DHCP"#
>
> I tried all the hashed lines in the rc.conf but no luck always when i try
> to to start the device it gives up.. # /etc/rc.d/netif startural0: no link
> .............. giving up

It's a bit mangled, but the thing I see:
- wepkey must start with 0x if given to ifconfig

example:
ifconfig_ural0="ssid WatchingYou wepmode on weptxkey 1 wepkey 1:0x3230xx DHCP"


-- 
Mel



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