Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 20:40:21 GMT From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/88599: Change in default behavior with ifconfig and WEP Message-ID: <200511072040.jA7KeL9D040382@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/88599; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Eric Millbrandt <emillbrandt@coldhaus.com> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: misc/88599: Change in default behavior with ifconfig and WEP Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 12:34:31 -0800 On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 01:40:42PM +0000, Eric Millbrandt wrote: > >Description: > The default behavior of ifconfig has changed since 5.4 when configuring a wireless card. Previously in rc.conf ifconfig_wi0="inet 192.168.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid RedHouse wepmode on wepkey 0xVALUE" would successfully configure your card. Now in 6.0 you get the following error messages. > > ieee80211_load_module: load the wlan_wep module by hand for now. > ifconfig: SIOCS80211: Invalid argument A wireless documentation update is in the works. Documentation in ifconfig(8) is inappropriate since the problem is that your kernel is misconfigured (you need the wlan_wep module built in or loaded at startup is you want to use wep). -- Brooks
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