TP-Link TL-WN727N V3 - cannot scan or connect to anything

[Adrian Chadd]

You  have to do an 'up' with that ifconfig create line, or run the
supplicant. The supplicant does the 'up' itself.


-a


On 30 December 2013 15:09, Thomas Mueller <mueller6724 at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> from Toomas AAS:
>
>> Hello Adrian!
>
>> Thanks for the idea.
>
>> I tried with just "ifconfig wlan0 up". Indeed it seems that the "scan"
>> is redundant, as wlandebug output shows that a scan is started
>> immediately after I issue the "ifconfig wlan0 up" command. Alas, the
>> scan result is still the same as in my original message, and "ifconfig
>> wlan0 list scan" shows no results.
>
> Surprise that scan would occur gratuitously.  When I type
>
> ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev rsu0 wlanmode sta
>
> I don't get any scan.  But I can follow with
> wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> and this connects or associates.  I still need
>
> dhclient wlan0
> or
> ifconfig wlan0 inet 192.168.0.101 netmask 255.255.255.0
> route add default 192.168.0.1
>
> This is for Hiro H50191 USB-stick wireless adapter.
> Chipset is RTL8191SU, FreeBSD >= 10 device rsu.
>
> With re(4) bug, this is my only way for Internet access from FreeBSD on
> MSI Z77 MPOWER motherboard.
>
> Tom
>
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