Problems with WPC11 wirelss card on FreeBSD 4.10

[Chris]

Davis Doherty wrote:
> I just put a fresh install of FreeBSD 4.10 from CD on my Presario 1610
> laptop (ancient!), and I'm trying to get a Linksys WPC11 wireless card
> working with my home network.
> 
> The wireless card uses the Prism 2 chipset, and was recognized when I
> plugged it in. I did 'wicontrol -n "my network SSID"' and 'wicontrol -p
> 1'. I then tried to set up the card via DHCP in /stand/sysinstall, and
> failed, so I set the network information manually. However, ifconfig -a
> still showed "status: no carrier." So I tried 'wicontrol -r 2432' thinking
> that I might need to have the RTS set to agree with my wireless AP, but
> still no luck. Except for a brief moment of connectivity, I remain unable
> to connect.
> 
> All this took place about 5 feet from the AP, which is not using WEP, so
> signal should not be an issue. Is there something I'm missing in my setup
> here?
> 
> -Davis
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Your /etc/rc.conf should look have something like this in it:

ifconfig_wi0="inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.xxx ssid xxx 
wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890abcdef1234567890"


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Best regards,
Chris

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