Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 08:55:34 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: trouble setting up wireless Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1306090846360.71112@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <51B48D91.2030308@gmail.com> References: <51B35217.9080003@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1306081202210.63741@wonkity.com> <51B37351.4060709@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1306081231490.63741@wonkity.com> <51B37B93.7060908@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1306081618470.65226@wonkity.com> <51B48D91.2030308@gmail.com>
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On Sun, 9 Jun 2013, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > On 06/09/13 01:24, Warren Block wrote: >> First, check the easy things: is there a physical switch to enable >> wireless? Is it on? > There is no physical switch to enable wireless there. Notebooks also have function-key combinations to enable and disable the radio. >> Please post the output of 'ifconfig -a'. > root@box0:/root # ifconfig -a > ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290 > ether 00:24:2c:5e:06:f2 > nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g > status: associated > wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > ether 00:24:2c:5e:06:f2 > nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) > status: no carrier > ssid "" channel 12 (2467 MHz 11g) > regdomain 103 indoor ecm authmode WPA1+WPA2/802.11i privacy OFF > txpower 20 bmiss 7 scanvalid 450 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 > roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode CTS wme burst roaming MANUAL > bintval 0 I don't see anything obviously wrong. Is an access point within range? Has someone set it to have a "hidden" SSID?
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