ATHEROS -- 802.11a/b/g Wireless Lan Mini PCI Express -- 6459-CTO

[freebsd_user at guice.ath.cx]

> > >  > MACHINE: THINKPAD T61P
> > >  > MACHINE TYPE: 6459-CTO
> > >  > NETWORK ADAPTER: 11a/b/g Wireless Lan Mini PCI Express (windows)
> > >  > -
> > >  > FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE i386 <== fresh install
> > >  > -
> > >  > ==> pciconf -l -v |grep -i atheros
> > >  >     vendor     = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
> > >  >     device     = 'AR5212 Atheros AR5212 802.11abg wireless'
> > >  > 
> > > 
> 
> > I was doing so while my em0 was connected to
> > the same LAN with an ip of: 192.168.1.6 netmask
> > 255.255.255.0 <== this is not the way I planned
> > on using the devices.  I only want to use the
> > 'ath0' unless the situation calls for cable.
> > 
> > I'm also not sure what to read about setting up
> > 'WPA' and/or 'WEP' or, if the device/driver
> > will auto-detect.
> 
> 
> You don't say that you set the default route once you disconnected the
> LAN cable.  That will be necessary for access beyond the LAN.

What I post below was currently done without disconnecting the LAN cable.

FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p4 i386 GENERIC
==
/etc/rc.conf | grep route
defaultrouter="192.168.1.1"
==

Not configured
ath0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	ether 00:1f:3a:4d:45:d1
	media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
	status: no carrier
	ssid "" channel 1 (2412 Mhz 11b)
	authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 50 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan
	bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11b 7 roam:rate11b 1 burst
	bintval 0

ifconfig ath0 "DHCP"  <== assigned my external IP to the ath0 :-\
ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>
metric 0 mtu 1500
        ether 00:1f:3a:4d:45:d1
        inet 72.225.169.69 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast
72.255.255.255
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect
(OFDM/36Mbps)
        status: no carrier
        ssid SORRY channel 42 (5210 Mhz 11a)
        authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 31.5 bmiss 7
scanvalid 60 bgscan
        bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11a 7
roam:rate11a 12 burst

With regard to the above IP being set to 72.225.169.69;
the routers' DHCP server appears to be working fine with other
machines using cable and one (1) windows machine (another T61p
Atheros 5212) on the same network.  Its only this one,
topic of discuss machine, that gets the external IP
assigned to it when in fact the outside world see's
this 72.225.169.69.

ifconfig ath0 inet 192.168.1.111 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid SORRY
ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	ether 00:1f:3a:4d:45:d1
	inet 192.168.1.111 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
	media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/36Mbps)
	status: no carrier
	ssid SORRY channel 40 (5200 Mhz 11a)
	authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 31.5 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan
	bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11a 7 roam:rate11a 12 burst

I trust there are no typo's in this msg.  Thank you for
pointing out ...