wi0 values like Wepkey etc...

[Kiffin Gish]

Great, I got it working (almost) with the following:

 wepmode on wepkey 2:40-bit xxxxxxxx

Now status is "associated" but I still cannot get to the internet.

I have to go through the wireless router (10.0.0.139) which is connected
through the DSL modem (10.0.0.138) etc.

I can ping myself (10.0.0.153), but when I try and ping other machines
(10.0.0.15x) hooked up via the router, or the router and/or the modem, I
get:

sendto: Host is down.

And when I try to ping my dns server I get:

Sendto: No route to host.

What about the stationname value?

Under my old Windows system it worked fine with these settings, so I know
they are alright, but now that I have dumped Windows for good, it would sure
be nice to access the network.

-- 

Kiffin Rex Gish
Gouda, The Netherlands

 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brooks Davis [mailto:brooks at one-eyed-alien.net]
> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 21:34
> To: Kiffin Gish
> Cc: freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: wi0 values like Wepkey etc...
> 
> On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 09:27:54PM +0100, Kiffin Gish wrote:
> > I decided to dump Windows for good and installed FreeBSD on my laptop.
> That
> > makes me happy, but I cannot for the life of me connect to the Internet
> via
> > my Dell TrueMobile PCMCIA-card.
> >
> > I use this:
> >
> > ifconfig wi0 ssis my_ssid wepmode on wepkey 0x12345.
> >
> > I have set the SSID and can see that it works, but what is the syntax of
> > wepkey 0x12345? If my key is 12345 (decimal) do I use 0x12345, the hex-
> value
> > e.g. 0x3039, or just wepkey 12345?
> >
> > Nothing seems to work. Is there something I am missing?
> 
> If the first two characters are 0x then the entry is in HEX (0x12345 is
> invalid).  Otherwise it's an ASCII string.  A wep key of the decimal
> number 12345 is entierly non-sensical.
> 
> -- Brooks
> 
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