Hi Steven, Thanks for the suggestions. I was able to load the driver and get the interface up, but dhclient can't get an ip. If I configure a static ip, I can ping myself, but can't reach router. It is an open network.
2013/12/8, Steven Chamberlain <[email protected]>: > Hi Praveen, > > I'm not sure about support for usbnet (networking with a phone via wired > USB). But for Wi-Fi tethering: > > On 08/12/13 11:48, Praveen A wrote: >> Btw my wifi card is >> 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100 > > That card should work with the iwn driver and doesn't need firmware: > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?iwn > > The examples on that page demonstrate connection to unsecured or WEP > networks using ifconfig. But if your access point (the phone) uses > WPA/WPA2 you will need to use wpa_supplicant. > > Once `ifconfig` shows the link is UP/associatiated, `dhclient` should be > able to configure the interface IP. > > We should probably document common use cases such as this with a new > GNU_kFreeBSD/Wireless page on the Debian Wiki. There we can explain the > manual procedure, whether it is known to work, and the status of any > helper utilities/GUIs. > > Regards, > -- > Steven Chamberlain > [email protected] > -- പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your rights from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as they follow the rules: laws and constitution. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOo+eVpSWgc-OZkqUgLgrytwgdn_JdEzk6zoyEVhx6rMnC=u...@mail.gmail.com
