Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 16:24:21 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Sasha and Tanya Kapshuk <sashaandtanya@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: trouble setting up wireless Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1306081618470.65226@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <51B37B93.7060908@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>
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On Sat, 8 Jun 2013, Sasha and Tanya Kapshuk wrote: > > I am running the GENERIC kernel. I can see that the wlan and ath pieces are > compiled into the kernel, so I removed the ath lines from /boot/loader.conf. > > I seem to have done everything right, but it still doesn't work. > > 'ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0' creates wlan0. > > 'wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' produces no output. > > dhclient wlan0 says no link .... giving up. > > What am I doing wrong? First, check the easy things: is there a physical switch to enable wireless? Is it on? Please post the output of 'ifconfig -a'. Until 'ifconfig wlan0 list scan' produces a list of visible access points, there's not much reason to run wpa_supplicant or dhclient.
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