Re: [solved - I hope] Re: if_bwn woes

2010-10-08 Thread Paul B Mahol
On 10/8/10, Eitan Adler li...@eitanadler.com wrote: Finally, thank to Freenode's ##freebsd I tried wpa_supplicant which worked. I can now connect to the internet. I'd still like to know why I must use the program and I can't use the raw commands though. So OPEN authmode is broken somehow?

Re: [solved - I hope] Re: if_bwn woes

2010-10-08 Thread Eitan Adler
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Paul B Mahol one...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/8/10, Eitan Adler li...@eitanadler.com wrote: Finally, thank to Freenode's ##freebsd I tried wpa_supplicant which worked. I can now connect to the internet. I'd still like to know why I must use the program and I

if_bwn woes

2010-10-07 Thread Eitan Adler
On a fresh 8.1-RELEASE install ifconfig wlan0 scan results in no output and takes forever (ie - it hangs) ifconfig wlan0 ssid my_ssid dhclient wlan0 results in no link being discovered Here is some relevant system config and such to help diagnose the problem: #ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev bwn0

Re: if_bwn woes

2010-10-07 Thread Paul B Mahol
On 10/7/10, Eitan Adler li...@eitanadler.com wrote: On a fresh 8.1-RELEASE install ifconfig wlan0 scan results in no output and takes forever (ie - it hangs) If you set wlan0 for manual roaming it will not hang. Use 'ifconfig wlan0 list scan' instead. ifconfig wlan0 ssid my_ssid dhclient

Re: if_bwn woes

2010-10-07 Thread Eitan Adler
ifconfig wlan0 scan results in no output and takes forever (ie - it hangs) If you set wlan0 for manual roaming it will not hang. Use 'ifconfig wlan0 list scan' instead. That worked, thanks. dhclient still results in no link being found. ifconfig wlan0 ssid my_ssid dhclient wlan0 results

Re: if_bwn woes

2010-10-07 Thread Paul B Mahol
On 10/7/10, Eitan Adler li...@eitanadler.com wrote: ifconfig wlan0 scan results in no output and takes forever (ie - it hangs) If you set wlan0 for manual roaming it will not hang. Use 'ifconfig wlan0 list scan' instead. That worked, thanks. dhclient still results in no link being found.

Re: if_bwn woes

2010-10-07 Thread Eitan Adler
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Paul B Mahol one...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/7/10, Eitan Adler li...@eitanadler.com wrote: ifconfig wlan0 scan results in no output and takes forever (ie - it hangs) If you set wlan0 for manual roaming it will not hang. Use 'ifconfig wlan0 list scan' instead.

Re: if_bwn woes

2010-10-07 Thread Paul B Mahol
On 10/7/10, Eitan Adler li...@eitanadler.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Paul B Mahol one...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/7/10, Eitan Adler li...@eitanadler.com wrote: ifconfig wlan0 scan results in no output and takes forever (ie - it hangs) If you set wlan0 for manual roaming it will

Re: if_bwn woes

2010-10-07 Thread Eitan Adler
Looks like you cant associate at all. Also signal power is too low. Why is INT (beacon interval of AP) 102 ? These are the defaults - I have no idea what these numbers mean. What should/could I be changing? -- Eitan Adler ___

Re: if_bwn woes

2010-10-07 Thread Paul B Mahol
On 10/7/10, Eitan Adler li...@eitanadler.com wrote: Looks like you cant associate at all. Also signal power is too low. Why is INT (beacon interval of AP) 102 ? These are the defaults - I have no idea what these numbers mean. What should/could I be changing? I doubt that AP have

Re: if_bwn woes

2010-10-07 Thread Eitan Adler
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Paul B Mahol one...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/7/10, Eitan Adler li...@eitanadler.com wrote: Looks like you cant associate at all. Also signal power is too low. Why is INT (beacon interval of AP) 102 ? These are the defaults - I have no idea what these numbers

Re: if_bwn woes

2010-10-07 Thread Eitan Adler
Sorry for the reply-to-self On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Eitan Adler li...@eitanadler.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Paul B Mahol one...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/7/10, Eitan Adler li...@eitanadler.com wrote: Looks like you cant associate at all. Also signal power is too low.

Re: if_bwn woes

2010-10-07 Thread Paul B Mahol
On 10/7/10, Eitan Adler li...@eitanadler.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Paul B Mahol one...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/7/10, Eitan Adler li...@eitanadler.com wrote: Looks like you cant associate at all. Also signal power is too low. Why is INT (beacon interval of AP) 102 ? These

Re: if_bwn woes

2010-10-07 Thread Eitan Adler
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Paul B Mahol one...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/7/10, Eitan Adler li...@eitanadler.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Paul B Mahol one...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/7/10, Eitan Adler li...@eitanadler.com wrote: Looks like you cant associate at all. Also signal

[solved - I hope] Re: if_bwn woes

2010-10-07 Thread Eitan Adler
Finally, thank to Freenode's ##freebsd I tried wpa_supplicant which worked. I can now connect to the internet. I'd still like to know why I must use the program and I can't use the raw commands though. On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Eitan Adler li...@eitanadler.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 7, 2010