MA401 worked w/5.3 - No go under CURRENT
Chris
racerx at makeworld.com
Sun Feb 20 22:43:48 GMT 2005
Chris wrote:
> John Birrell wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 06:16:58PM -0600, Chris wrote:
>>
>>> I'm just starting to follow the CURRENT branch and popped that
>>> latest snapshot on my laptop. Under 5.3 my NetGear MA401 worked
>>> with just adding something like this to /etc/rc.conf:
>>>
>>> ifconfig_wi0="inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid XXX
>>> wepmode on wepkey 0xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
>>>
>>> And everything came up just dandy. Has something changed?
>>
>>
>>
>> I hadn't tried to use my wireless stuff for months until a few days
>> ago. I have
>> the hostap running on current and I was trying to connect with wepmode
>> on from
>> a RELENG_5 laptop without success. I read the recent messages
>> suggesting the
>> explicit setting of the wepkey and default key, but that didn't solve
>> the problem.
>>
>> I'll be away from the current box for 5 weeks and unable to debug
>> anything, so I
>> know this message is virtally useless. I just wanted to say "me too".
>>
>
> Ok folks, I added the suggested stuff in /etc/rc.conf:
>
> ifconfig_wi0="inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid XXX
> wepmode on weptxkey 1 wepkey 1:0xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
>
> And /boot/loader.conf:
> wlan_wep="YES"
>
> Still a no-go. Light on the wireless nic just blinks.
> I'm pretty much at a loss - anyone?
>
Ahh - thank you Alexandre Kovalenko for pointing out the kernel mod.
I didn't think of that. I was off trying to add the wep via loader.conf
Perhaps that ought to be an option? I dunno - but at least now I'm
working. And thank you also Sam, Paul and John,
--
Best regards,
Chris
Machines that have broken down will work perfectly
when the repairman arrives.
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