WG511T dhcp problem on Freebsd 5.4

[Dennis Binder]

hello,

i'm trying to get a wlan card WG511T from netgear to work
and connect to the internet via an accesspoint.
The accesspoint has an SSID= "WLAN" and provides DHCP.

dmesg bings up the following:
ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0x88000000-0x8800ffff irq 9 at device 0.0 on
cardbus0
ath0: mac 5.9 phy 4.3 5ghz radio 4.6
ath0: Ethernet address: 00:0f:b5:67:1b:4f
ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps
36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps

my /etc/rc.conf  looks like this:
removable_interfaces="ath0 ep0"
ifconfig_ath0="NO"

my /etc/start_if.ath0 is empty. After plugging the card "ifconfig ath0"
prints this:
ath0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    ether 00:0f:b5:67:1b:4f
    media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect
    status: no carrier
    ssid ""
    channel -1 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
    rtsthreshold 2312 protmode CTS
    wepmode OFF weptxkey 1

after this I want to manually connect to the internet.
I try
# ifconfig ath0 ssid WLAN
# ifconfig ath0
ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    inet6 fe80::20f:b5ff:fe67:1b4f%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
    inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
    ether 00:0f:b5:67:1b:4f
    media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/1Mbps)
    status: no carrier
    ssid WLAN 1:WLAN
    channel -1 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
    rtsthreshold 2312 protmode CTS
    wepmode OFF weptxkey 1

After running "dhclient ath0" the netgear-card finds the accesspoint ( both
leds blinking simultanously).
"ifconfig ath0" prints "status: active" but the inet-address remains
0.0.0.0.

How can I assign the card a valid ip-address via dhcp ?
Or what is wrong in my setup ?
My second interface fxp0 has no problems getting valid
ip-address via dhcp.

Any tips are very welcome.

Dennis Binder



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