Re: ifconfig for WLAN using WEP
--On Thursday, December 23, 2004 3:49 AM -0600 Scott Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As it turns out, this was the right question to ask, for which I thank Paul. Glad I was able to help. I interpret the above as meaning that the Broadband interface is the dial-up interface, the Local Area interface is the real Ethernet interface (not connected physically), the 1394 interface is the infrared port as Ethernet- over-FireWire (fwe0), and the Dell 1450 card is indeed the wireless interface. Looking through the boot messages from FreeBSD 5.2.1, I don't see anything that looks like the Dell wireless card being detected. I've looked through all the man pages for the various interface types and haven't seen anything that looks appropriate. If anyone reading this can suggest what to do next, please do. What happens when you type % ifconfig wi0 up and then type % ifconfig? Do you see the interface? Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ifconfig for WLAN using WEP
Paul Schmehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Fri Dec 24 16:22:29 2004: --On Thursday, December 23, 2004 3:49 AM -0600 Scott Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As it turns out, this was the right question to ask, for which I thank Paul. Glad I was able to help. I interpret the above as meaning that the Broadband interface is the dial-up interface, the Local Area interface is the real Ethernet interface (not connected physically), the 1394 interface is the infrared port as Ethernet- over-FireWire (fwe0), and the Dell 1450 card is indeed the wireless interface. Looking through the boot messages from FreeBSD 5.2.1, I don't see anything that looks like the Dell wireless card being detected. I've looked through all the man pages for the various interface types and haven't seen anything that looks appropriate. If anyone reading this can suggest what to do next, please do. What happens when you type % ifconfig wi0 up and then type % ifconfig? Just what one would expect: ifconfig: interface wi0 does not exist Do you see the interface? No, it isn't detected at boot time, apparently. That's why I'm trying to find out of a driver is available for that card. Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG ** * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu * ** * A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * * -- a standing army. * *-- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * ** ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ifconfig for WLAN using WEP
Scott Bennett wrote: Paul Schmehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --On Monday, December 20, 2004 02:14:20 AM -0600 Scott Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been asked in freebsd-newbies to move this to freebsd-questions, so I'll start with my original message content after this line. I'm trying to get my FreeBSD 5.2.1 system to connect to our household wireless net. The router and the only other computer in the household are using WEP, so my FreeBSD machine needs to do so as well. Unfortunately, whenever I add a WEP-related argument (e.g., wep, wepkey, wepmode) to the ifconfig command, as in ifconfig fwe0 wep I get ifconfig: SIOCS80211: Invalid argument fwe is not a wireless interface, it's ethernet over firewire. You're not really giving enough information in this post. What is your wireless card? Peter. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ifconfig for WLAN using WEP
I've been asked in freebsd-newbies to move this to freebsd-questions, so I'll start with my original message content after this line. I'm trying to get my FreeBSD 5.2.1 system to connect to our household wireless net. The router and the only other computer in the household are using WEP, so my FreeBSD machine needs to do so as well. Unfortunately, whenever I add a WEP-related argument (e.g., wep, wepkey, wepmode) to the ifconfig command, as in ifconfig fwe0 wep I get ifconfig: SIOCS80211: Invalid argument I'm currently running the GENERIC kernel, so perhaps I'm missing some config option. Although I've installed many other UNIX systems, this is my first attempt to get a FreeBSD system working, and thus I consider myself a newbie and am posting this problem to this list. If someone thinks I should have posted it to freebsd-questions, please let me know. I'm signed up there, too, so I can repost this over there if that would be more appropriate. If anyone can give me a clue how to get this thing working, I'd really appreciate it. The version of XFree86 that came on the CDROM for 5.2.1 is old and lacks the driver for the Mobility Radeon 9800 graphics card, so I am using the system with no graphics (and thus no windowing other than the old 4.3BSD window(1) command), which is a major drag. I need the net access to ftp the latest-and-greatest version of X11 or XFree86 to make the machine really usable. Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG ** * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu * ** * A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * * -- a standing army. * *-- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * ** ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ifconfig for WLAN using WEP
--On Monday, December 20, 2004 02:14:20 AM -0600 Scott Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been asked in freebsd-newbies to move this to freebsd-questions, so I'll start with my original message content after this line. I'm trying to get my FreeBSD 5.2.1 system to connect to our household wireless net. The router and the only other computer in the household are using WEP, so my FreeBSD machine needs to do so as well. Unfortunately, whenever I add a WEP-related argument (e.g., wep, wepkey, wepmode) to the ifconfig command, as in ifconfig fwe0 wep I get ifconfig: SIOCS80211: Invalid argument This was posted recently here by Daan Vreeken. You can't combine use DHCP and use this SSID in /etc/rc.conf . To do both, you need to create a startup script that sets the interface options (ssid / wep key / etc) and then just set /etc/rc.conf to use DHCP. In /etc/rc.conf put this : ifconfig_ath0=DHCP Then place this in a file called /etc/start_if.ath0 : ifconfig ath0 ssid some network wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890123 --- end of /etc/start_if.ath0 --- The RC scripts will now first execute /etc/start_if.ath0 on boot, and then try to get an ip address on the interface with dhclient. Obviously, your file would be /etc/start_if.fwe0. Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ifconfig for WLAN using WEP
Paul Schmehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --On Monday, December 20, 2004 02:14:20 AM -0600 Scott Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been asked in freebsd-newbies to move this to freebsd-questions, so I'll start with my original message content after this line. I'm trying to get my FreeBSD 5.2.1 system to connect to our household wireless net. The router and the only other computer in the household are using WEP, so my FreeBSD machine needs to do so as well. Unfortunately, whenever I add a WEP-related argument (e.g., wep, wepkey, wepmode) to the ifconfig command, as in ifconfig fwe0 wep I get ifconfig: SIOCS80211: Invalid argument This was posted recently here by Daan Vreeken. You can't combine use DHCP and use this SSID in /etc/rc.conf . To do both, you need to create a startup script that sets the interface options (ssid / wep key / etc) and then just set /etc/rc.conf to use DHCP. I wasn't combining them. Here's some background information: the only connected interface at the time of the ifconfig shown above is the loopback. The ethernet interface is UP but not physically connected to anything. The wireless interface is not UP and not previously configured for anything. As I wrote before, the problem is that *any* WEP-related terms given to the ifconfig command result in the error message being returned. Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG ** * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu * ** * A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * * -- a standing army. * *-- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * ** ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ifconfig for WLAN using WEP
Scott, I just went through this myself. Take a look at the FreeBSD handbook at www.freebsd.org/handbook. This is in the section for advanced networking, don't have the link handy just now. Additionally, you can do a man ifconfig my ifconfig looks like this: ifconfig_ath0=inet x.x.x.x netmask x.x.x.x ssid wepmode on channel 1 wepkey 0xX hope that helps. scott --- Scott Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been asked in freebsd-newbies to move this to freebsd-questions, so I'll start with my original message content after this line. I'm trying to get my FreeBSD 5.2.1 system to connect to our household wireless net. The router and the only other computer in the household are using WEP, so my FreeBSD machine needs to do so as well. Unfortunately, whenever I add a WEP-related argument (e.g., wep, wepkey, wepmode) to the ifconfig command, as in ifconfig fwe0 wep I get ifconfig: SIOCS80211: Invalid argument I'm currently running the GENERIC kernel, so perhaps I'm missing some config option. Although I've installed many other UNIX systems, this is my first attempt to get a FreeBSD system working, and thus I consider myself a newbie and am posting this problem to this list. If someone thinks I should have posted it to freebsd-questions, please let me know. I'm signed up there, too, so I can repost this over there if that would be more appropriate. If anyone can give me a clue how to get this thing working, I'd really appreciate it. The version of XFree86 that came on the CDROM for 5.2.1 is old and lacks the driver for the Mobility Radeon 9800 graphics card, so I am using the system with no graphics (and thus no windowing other than the old 4.3BSD window(1) command), which is a major drag. I need the net access to ftp the latest-and-greatest version of X11 or XFree86 to make the machine really usable. Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG ** * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu * ** * A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * * -- a standing army. * *-- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * ** ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ifconfig for WLAN using WEP
--On Monday, December 20, 2004 11:21:01 AM -0600 Scott Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wasn't combining them. Here's some background information: the only connected interface at the time of the ifconfig shown above is the loopback. The ethernet interface is UP but not physically connected to anything. The wireless interface is not UP and not previously configured for anything. As I wrote before, the problem is that *any* WEP-related terms given to the ifconfig command result in the error message being returned. You'll get that error message if you try to use wep commands on a non-wireless interface. I wonder if your system is detecting the wireless NIC and has the correct drivers for it? fwe0 should be a ethernet over firewire interface. What type of wireless NIC are you using? Your wireless interface should be something like an0 or wi0, etc. Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
