Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 09:23:26 -0400 From: "Andresen,Jason R." <jandrese@mitre.org> To: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@soco.agilent.com> Cc: "Kim C. Callis" <kcallis@c2associates.net>, Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NICs & modems Message-ID: <3ADEE6CE.6E5C571D@mitre.org> References: <200104182319.QAA24299@mina.soco.agilent.com>
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Darryl Okahata wrote: > > "Kim C. Callis" <kcallis@c2associates.net> wrote: > > > > > I can ifconfig the card, but I am unable to get it to communicate. If I > > set it to mode 1, both lights go out. If it is set to mode 3, one light > > flashes, but still nothing. This is driving me to drink! > [ ... ] > > WEP is enabled with a 10 character hex key which is correct. The same key > > functions for all of our linux laptops. And I double checked it on the > > Airport which is providing our point to point. > > If you're using an Apple Airport, you must use BSS mode (mode 1); > mode 3 is ad-hoc mode, which does not and cannot communicate with access > points like the Airport. > > Unless you void the warranty, the Airport can only handle 40-bit > encryption. Make sure your keys are short enough. Also, make sure that > you've enabled encryption; setting the encryption key does not enable > encryption (it just sets the key). And make sure that you've selected > the correct key (of the four possible keys), if encryption is enabled. > > Is the network name correct? It's got to match the network name on > the Airport (unless you set it to "ANY", I believe). > > Is the channel correct? > > See the wicontrol man page for more information. Also, even if you drop the encryption stregth, can a Gold card communicate with a Silver Card (found in the Airport)? I thought the Gold card used a different encryption scheme that was incompatabile with the standard scheme that the Silver card uses. Have you tried turning off encryption at both the card and the base station? -- _ _ _ ___ ____ ___ ______________________________________ / \/ \ | ||_ _|| _ \|___| | Jason Andresen -- jandrese@mitre.org / /\/\ \ | | | | | |/ /|_|_ | Views expressed may not reflect those /_/ \_\|_| |_| |_|\_\|___| | of the Mitre Corporation. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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