Re MAN Page on Wireless Cards

[Chad Perrin]

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 03:01:25AM -0500, Dr. James R. Pannozzi D.O.M. LAc. wrote:
> This is really sad.  I've discovered this beautiful PC-BSD operating
> system, am pleased with almost every aspect of it, but cannot connect to my
> D-Link Verizon high speed Internet modem in the next room even though I
> have a supported Linksys ralink card in my desktop computer.
> 
> The card is recognized and installed, I can scan for nearby networks and
> see them, I can add my network to a "profile" and I can enter the ssid and
> WAP password in the "configure".
> 
> But there is NO PLACE in the man pages that I can find how to activate the
> card.  It does nothing when I say ifconfig WLAN0 UP
> and continually says "no carrier".
> 
> I've spent DAYS on this googling and I'm going to have to dump bsd and just
> install Windows 7.
> 
> It seems to me that BSD could and should have been a dominant operating
> system but it is things like this, wasting people's time that prevents it.
> 
> I also have a Netgear USB wireless - no go on that either, it is not even
> detected.
> 
> Everything else working perfectly.

Can you connect using a different (non-FreeBSD) system?  This would
confirm the access point is working.

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Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]