Getting wireless network up and running

[Roland Smith]

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 07:37:43AM -0400, Carmel wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 07:05:13 -0400, Carmel stated:
> 
> > On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 23:50:33 +0100, Ben Woods stated:
> > 
> > > On 14 March 2016 at 20:17, Carmel <carmel_ny at outlook.com> wrote:
> > >   
> > > > I cannot seem to get my wireless network up and running.
> > > >
> > > > /boot/loader.conf
> > > > if_bwn_load="YES"  # Broadcom BCM43xx IEEE 802.11 wireless NICs

You also need to load the firmware using the ports/net/bwn-firmware-kmod port
*before* calling ifconfig. See the manual page bwn(4). (Type ‘man 4 bwn’ in a
terminal or on the console to view the manual page.)

> > > > /etc/rc.conf
> > > > ## Wireless
> > > > wlans_bwn="wlan0"
> > > > ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP"
> > > >
> > > > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> > > > network={
> > > >         ssid="Wireless-2g"
> > > >         psk="Secret"
> > > >         key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > I have run "service netif restart", but the network never comes
> > > > up. I tried rebooting, but still nothing.
> > > >
> > > > If I append a "0" to bwn; ie, wlans_bwn0="wlan0", I get this
> > > > output:
> > > >
> > > > dhclient[1485]: short write: wanted 20 go 0 bytes
> > > > dhclient[1485]: exiting
> > > >
> > > > The system is then frozen solid, so I am forced to reboot into
> > > > single user mode and remove the entry in "rc.conf".

Nevertheless, it *should* be: wlans_bwn0="wlan0", because ‘bwn0’ is the
interface name.

Try ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"

> > > > Can anyone tell me what the problem is?

At a guess I think you forgot to load the firmware.

Roland
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