From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 18 15:48:06 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BF7109A2 for ; Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:48:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 73B4A231D for ; Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:48:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id rAIFm4gv059291; Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:48:04 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) with ESMTP id rAIFm3tY059279; Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:48:04 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:48:03 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Thomas Mueller Subject: Re: Question about online ath man page regarding access point In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <87.6E.31125.9DE47825@cdptpa-oedge03> <86.76.16054.97148825@cdptpa-oedge01> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:48:04 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.16 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:48:06 -0000 On Mon, 18 Nov 2013, Thomas Mueller wrote: > from Warren Block: > >> It depends on what you are trying to accomplish. Most of the time, > the FreeBSD system is just a client trying to connect to the access > point. This article shows how to set that up both in /etc/rc.conf and > manually with commands: > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/wireless.html > > Thanks for helpful link. I don't think I can try it now. > > Now I can't get Internet access through the wireless router, even though the computer sees it. > > I now have a TPLink wireless router on order, scheduled to be delivered today. > > I get Internet access by directly connecting the Ethernet cable from computer to cable modem, but this is only good for one computer at a time. > > I was unable to connect with USB wireless adapter Hiro H50191, driver rsu, though FreeBSD recognized this adapter. > > I couldn't find any networks by scanning. Maybe that could be related to wireless router gradually failing? That can happen. Sometimes, it's the cheap wall-wart AC adapter that fails. Sometimes the capacitors inside the router itself go bad. If you have moved equipment around, make certain the AC adapter plugged into the router is actually the right one for it. I once spent a couple of days "de-bricking" a Linksys that just would not work. It had a Linksys 9V AC adapter... that was actually from another Linksys unit. With a 12V adapter, it was fine.