Unfortunately I've had exactly the same results with svn_91. To summarise:
My network uses WEP encryption with a 128 bit Hex key. With nwam - see my network but does not connect when I enter my WEP key With wificonfig - refuses to connect with error: wificonfig: failed to connect to profile 'homenet' The closest I've gotten is using dladm - it connects (I think...at least it tells me it's connected, but I can't see it on my router's status page). DHCP does not appear to work. I have tried setting a static IP address, and taking the steps below (editing resolve.conf and nsswitch.conf and running the svcadm restart command as below) however I cannot connect to any internet sites. What's really frustrating is that this hardware has worked before with the same network settings on previous opensolaris builds (b57 and b78), but it seems something has happened that's caused it to no longer work. James C. McPherson wrote: > Andrew Myers wrote: >> My AP is service DHCP. >> >> When I issued that command it timed out (I replaced iwk0 with ipw0 >> for my system). I then tried setting a static IP but couldn't >> connect to any internet sites (I expect I also need to set the DNS >> server somewhere?) > > Ah, yes - you'll need to make sure your /etc/resolv.conf has your > nameserver(s) listed, and that /etc/nsswitch.conf has > > hosts: files dns > > then run "svcadm restart dns/client name-service-cache" > >> I decided a reboot might be worth a try, but now it won't start up >> (I'm using the OpenSolaris 2008.05 live CD at the moment). >> >> It just keeps giving the message: >> >> WARNING: ipw0: ipw: RADIO is OFF > > In my experience that means I've generally managed to toggle the > wifi activation button. > >> I think I'll download and install the latest SXCE build and see how I >> get on with that. > > I hope it'll be better - the latest SXCE is build 90 iirc, but > osol2008.05 is based on build86 - there's been change :-) > >> Please take this is constructive criticism rather than me being a >> troll...but from my observations the wireless support in OpenSolaris >> has a fair way to go to catch up with some of the Linux distros. >> I'm happy to assist with its improvement if I can. > > nowurries at all (and you're a loooong way from trolling). > > > > James C. McPherson > -- > Solaris kernel software engineer, system admin and troubleshooter > http://www.jmcp.homeunix.com/blog > http://blogs.sun.com/jmcp > Find me on LinkedIn @ http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamescmcpherson > >
