Re: seeing a wireless router when building a 7.2 system

2009-09-26 Thread Warren Block 

On Sat, 26 Sep 2009, Henry Olyer wrote:


I have read all about the WPA sub-system;  I've also setup my /boot/loader.conf 
and /etc/rc.conf files, correctly.
Except one small detail...

ifconfig ath0 up scan

never returns.

And when I do a:

ifconfig ath0

It tells me I don't have a carrier.


Let me repeat:


Then you need the entries in /etc/rc.conf
to create the wlan0 interface ...
wlans_ath0=wlan0


After /etc/rc.d/netif runs, that is equivalent to

  ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0

Then use the wlan0 interface instead of ath0:

  ifconfig wlan0 up scan

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Re: seeing a wireless router when building a 7.2 system

2009-09-26 Thread Henry Olyer 
I have read all about the WPA sub-system;  I've also setup my
/boot/loader.conf and /etc/rc.conf files, correctly.
Except one small detail...

ifconfig ath0 up scan

never returns.

And when I do a:

ifconfig ath0

It tells me I don't have a carrier.

I know the wireless router is working because this Apple sees it.  So the
problem is on my Presario.

But the HP CQ-60 Presario is a pretty popular laptop, and the Atheros
chip-set is also very widely used.  So, some one has almost certainly been
here before me.

I think my only problem now is to get the carrier logic to respond.  Of
course I'd like to be able to control my wireless by pushing the light
button, to turn on and off wireless access.

Does any FreeBSD user have the button working?  I understand it turns blue
when it's up.  Orange when it's not...

This is a friend's email account.

I am Jules Gilbert, and thank's very much -- I couldn't do this stuff by
myself.

--jg





On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 1:14 AM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote:

 On Tue, 22 Sep 2009, Henry Olyer wrote:

  I am putting up 7.2 and I am attempting to use a wireless router.
 How do I tell the 7.2  configurator to use my router, wirelessly?

 --jg

 I am using an Atheros chip-set, so I am not expecting trouble.  I just
 need
 FBSD to see my system.  I know my wireless 'name'.  What do I do??


 If you're using WPA, create your /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf:

 network={
  ssid=myssid
  psk=mykey
 }

 Then you need the entries in /etc/rc.conf to create the wlan0 interface and
 set it up for WPA and DHCP:

 wlans_ath0=wlan0
 ifconfig_wlan0=WPA DHCP

 If you're not using WPA, well, why not?

 See the Handbook for more:


 http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-wireless.html

 -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA

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Re: seeing a wireless router when building a 7.2 system

2009-09-22 Thread Warren Block 

On Tue, 22 Sep 2009, Henry Olyer wrote:


I am putting up 7.2 and I am attempting to use a wireless router.
How do I tell the 7.2  configurator to use my router, wirelessly?

--jg

I am using an Atheros chip-set, so I am not expecting trouble.  I just need
FBSD to see my system.  I know my wireless 'name'.  What do I do??


If you're using WPA, create your /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf:

network={
  ssid=myssid
  psk=mykey
}

Then you need the entries in /etc/rc.conf to create the wlan0 interface 
and set it up for WPA and DHCP:


wlans_ath0=wlan0
ifconfig_wlan0=WPA DHCP

If you're not using WPA, well, why not?

See the Handbook for more:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-wireless.html

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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