misc/160604: Problem with wireless configuration in 9.0-Beta2 installer

Tim nackpere at yahoo.com
Fri Sep 9 22:20:12 UTC 2011


>Number:         160604
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       Problem with wireless configuration in 9.0-Beta2 installer
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Sep 09 22:20:11 UTC 2011
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Tim
>Release:        FreeBSD 9.0-BETA2 amd64
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD bubbles 9.0-BETA2 FreeBSD 9.0-BETA2 #0: Wed Aug 31 18:07:44 UTC 2011     root at farrell.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64
>Description:
I installed the FreeBSD 9.0-Beta2 using the new installer.  I have a urtw wireless usb adapter and the installer correctly identified it and identified my home network.  However, after the installation I was unable to connect to my network, and I found that it was caused by the fact that the line in /etc/rc.conf for DHCP was as follows:

ifconfig_wlan0="WPADHCP"

there should be a space between WPA and DHCP, and I fixed the problem by changing the line to this:

ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"

>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
The installer needs to put a space between WPA and DHCP in the following line in /etc/rc.conf:

ifconfig_wlan0="WPADHCP"

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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