From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 5 14:56:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A9B1106566C for ; Sun, 5 Jul 2009 14:56:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f218.google.com (mail-fx0-f218.google.com [209.85.220.218]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28ECB8FC16 for ; Sun, 5 Jul 2009 14:56:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by fxm18 with SMTP id 18so2831508fxm.43 for ; Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:56:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=KaRyq7CYBdB5QtqVYd2N3g7iyRVEfk5hv6fnLfKKO20=; b=JLvvcsu+zJU9QkD1JYo2O32MDBJfA4X8a92kk4sGatr3xaAmYOOaOAV1gOJUTUup4t vPYHFZdwqTSb23+sijKz7PXdGxFdMEljSsBca6gjNu359UiNFVMmRrI8YMHWnM+cl0J7 vpPZ7J2ruMKgmwKJxuu8/K+FKWTlC759TUb7A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=K5XHbOM57tVBtPOISSD2PFLWhGq14NW0jPsm1rU8aboRzv6Cfp9MIr6h+/2BUW8muv QJoIanIJ+avbvh5CivG9gunZm9p77IhkV6mW03SUuFY2CfU6tNcFnCxYUJO/g4gN90pZ YtQ1GPR0ckfTQjDCLhK4guwSOnI6uYoOYYyqU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.62.68 with SMTP id w4mr3549528bkh.93.1246805758803; Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:55:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <9a537e0c0907050751p505a66ack42f95b247eb9e6c1@mail.gmail.com> References: <9a537e0c0907031944h66e783fdsfccc832aa9e4fa80@mail.gmail.com> <4ad871310907050624o4467dbf0n756c8c6b99b9d3eb@mail.gmail.com> <9a537e0c0907050751p505a66ack42f95b247eb9e6c1@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 10:55:58 -0400 Message-ID: <4ad871310907050755l936431eicf18bc1308d199c8@mail.gmail.com> From: Glen Barber To: Atheer Elobadi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't get atheros ar2413 to connect under freebsd 7.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:56:03 -0000 On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Atheer Elobadi w= rote: > output from 'ifconfig ath0': > > ath0: flags=3D8843 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 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