Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 10:55:58 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Atheer Elobadi <atheer.elobadi@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't get atheros ar2413 to connect under freebsd 7.2 Message-ID: <4ad871310907050755l936431eicf18bc1308d199c8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9a537e0c0907050751p505a66ack42f95b247eb9e6c1@mail.gmail.com> References: <9a537e0c0907031944h66e783fdsfccc832aa9e4fa80@mail.gmail.com> <4ad871310907050624o4467dbf0n756c8c6b99b9d3eb@mail.gmail.com> <9a537e0c0907050751p505a66ack42f95b247eb9e6c1@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Atheer Elobadi<atheer.elobadi@gmail.com> w= rote: > output from 'ifconfig ath0': > > ath0: flags=3D8843<UP, BROADCAST, RUNNING, SIMPLEX, MULTICAST> metric 0 m= tu > 1500 > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 ether "00:19:7d:be:8c:65 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless thernet autoselect (autoselect) > status: no carrier > ssid "" channel 13 (2472 Mhz 11g) > authmode open privacy OFF txpower 31.5 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan > bgscanintvl 300 mgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11g 7 roam: rate11g 5 > protmode CTS burst bintval 0 > > when 'ifconfig ath0 authmode wpa' : > ieee80211_load_module: load the wlan_xauth module by hand for now. > ifcondif: SIOCS80211: Invalid argument > > i tried to 'kldload wlan_xauth' then 'ifconfig ath0 authmode wpa': (i don= 't > know if this is necessary) Ideally, it should load any dependent modules. > then 'ifconfig ath0' : > > ath0: flags=3D8843<UP, BROADCAST, RUNNING, SIMPLEX, MULTICAST> metric 0 m= tu > 1500 > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 ether "00:19:7d:be:8c:65 > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless thernet autoselect (= autoselect) > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 status: no carrier > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 ssid "" channel 13 (2472 Mhz 11g) > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 authmode 802.1x privacy MIXED deftxkey UNDEF txpowe= r 31.5 bmiss 7 > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscan bgscanintvl 300 mgscanid= le 250 > roam:rssi11g 7 > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 roam: rate11g 5 protmode CTS burst bintval 0 > I hate asking this, because it shouldn't "fix" problems -- it only masks what is underlying -- but, when was your last reboot? With ifconfig_ath0=3D"WPA DHCP" in rc.conf, this will automatically start wpa_supplicant. Before rebooting, you could also try: /etc/rc.d/netif restart; dhclient ath0 --=20 Glen Barber
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