howto load or install wlan_wep module on freeBSD 5.4 ?

[Andrew L. Gould]

On Mon,  8 Aug 2005 15:09:31 -0400 (EDT)
"PK" <piotrekk at excite.com> wrote:

> 
> hi
> 
> I have wlan card WG311T from Netgear installed on freeBSD 5.4
> 
> # ifconfig
> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         inet 192.168.2.20 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
>         inet6 fe80::20f:b5ff:fe26:d1c9%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
>         ether 00:0f:c4:12:b2:b8
>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/1Mbps)
>         status: no carrier
>         ssid myssid 1:myssid
>         channel -1 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
>         rtsthreshold 2312 protmode CTS
>         wepmode MIXED weptxkey 1
>         wepkey 1:104-bit
>  
> but it doesn't work.
> 
> I think WEP is not active ! 
> 
> in /etc/rc.conf I have:
> 
> ifconfig_ath0="inet 192.168.2.20 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid myssid
> wepmode on wepkey 0xXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" 
> 
> it seems I'm missing wlan_wep module
> 
> # kldstat
> Id Refs Address    Size     Name
>  1   16 0xc0400000 5dde24   kernel
>  2    1 0xc09de000 47dc     snd_via8233.ko
>  3    2 0xc09e3000 1d4fc    sound.ko
>  4    1 0xc0a01000 b948     if_ath.ko
>  5    2 0xc0a0d000 279a8    ath_hal.ko
>  6   14 0xc0a35000 56270    acpi.ko
>  7    1 0xc25fc000 6000     linprocfs.ko
>  8    1 0xc265b000 17000    linux.ko
>  9    1 0xc2f27000 9000     ntfs.ko
> 
> howto activate or install wlan_wep module ?
> 
> piotr 
> 

I'm using an atheros wireless PCI adapter with 64bit WEP.  I've never
had to load a wep module.

How do you know the configuration isn't working?  Are you unable to
ping other IP addresses?  Are you unable to ping other host names?

Some non-WEP problems could inlude:
1. Poor signal strength
2. Improperly configured nameserver information (/etc/resolv.conf)
3. Improperly configured default gateway

More information would be helpful.

Andrew Gould