Excerpts from Leon Winter's message of Tue Aug 17 14:58:07 -0700 2010: > Hi, > > I tried to connect to an access point without authentification and one > with WPA2/PSK(AES) using the iwn driver shipped with OpenBSD running > OpenBSD 4.8 amd64 on my Lenovo Thinkpad X300 (Intel Corporation > PRO/Wireless 4965). Intel Firmwire version 5.5 was used. > > What I have done: > 1.) 'ifconfig iwn0 scan' to choose the AP > 2.) 'ifconfig iwn0 nwid foo chan 11' to select AP > 3.) now I invoke 'ifconfig iwn0' several times only to see the bssid is > identified and a number with extension 'dB' is shown > this number keeps changing, sometimes even the bssid disappears but on > next invocation bssid is found again and the number is being switched > all the time again > > A connection to the AP cannot be established. Since I thought this would > be a bug in 4.8 amd64, I booted an OpenBSD 4.7 install cd, setup the > firmwire, scanned and tested to connect to the AP without success. > So I thought maybe only amd64 is broken and tested 4.8 i386 but I > watched the same things happen again :( > > With FreeBSD or Linux based systems I can access the AP (even on the > machine). > > Is there anything I should attach to provide further assistence? > A bsd developer posted his X300 dmesg so I guess I dont have to post > mine: http://www.bsdfrog.org/dmesg/x300
there is still high probability that the hardware in your machine does not match the one that was already submitted. hardware revisions change, and i work on enough laptops to know a model does not dictate what version of hardware or even manufacturer is for components in the machine. -ryan > > Regards, > Leon Winter
