Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 20:51:13 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: Davis Doherty <doherty@math.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with WPC11 wirelss card on FreeBSD 4.10 Message-ID: <41AA8EA1.3070203@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0411281307010.16868@zeno1.math.washington.edu> References: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0411281307010.16868@zeno1.math.washington.edu>
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Davis Doherty wrote: > I just put a fresh install of FreeBSD 4.10 from CD on my Presario 1610 > laptop (ancient!), and I'm trying to get a Linksys WPC11 wireless card > working with my home network. > > The wireless card uses the Prism 2 chipset, and was recognized when I > plugged it in. I did 'wicontrol -n "my network SSID"' and 'wicontrol -p > 1'. I then tried to set up the card via DHCP in /stand/sysinstall, and > failed, so I set the network information manually. However, ifconfig -a > still showed "status: no carrier." So I tried 'wicontrol -r 2432' thinking > that I might need to have the RTS set to agree with my wireless AP, but > still no luck. Except for a brief moment of connectivity, I remain unable > to connect. > > All this took place about 5 feet from the AP, which is not using WEP, so > signal should not be an issue. Is there something I'm missing in my setup > here? > > -Davis > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Your /etc/rc.conf should look have something like this in it: ifconfig_wi0="inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.xxx ssid xxx wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890abcdef1234567890" -- Best regards, Chris If there isn't a law, there will be.
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