cannot get IP working between associated ath0 & AP, what to do?

[Matt Emmerton]

> > Hi,
> >
> > I have an SMC PCMCIA wireless adapter, model SMCWCB-G, based on an
> > Atheros 5212 chipset, in a laptop running a fresh install of FreeBSD
> > 6.0-RC1.
> >
> > The card associates fine, but then fails to send any IP packets in
> > the air, or at least that's what I presume is going on. I cannot
> > ping the AP, I cannot get a lease using DHCP, basically the only
> > thing I can do is associate. I think it does associate because when
> > I set an invalid wep key, t# Wireless NIC cards
> 
> > Setting a static IP address does not help.
> >
> > Any hints on where I might go from here to debug this? I know the
> > setup should work because in a previous life [1] it Worked With
> > Windows[TM] (and on the same AP).
> 
> >If it is using wep, set the weptxkey. I had the same problem when
> >moving from a laptop with releng_5 to a laptop with releng_6.
> 
> I am having this same issue I believe in FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE.  I have a
> dwl-g650 "na.b5", h/w ver ":b5", f/w ver :2.54.  I compiled the
> following into my kernel:
> 
> device          wlan            # 802.11 support  
> device          ath             # Atheros
> device          ath_hal         # Ath_hal
> device          ath_rate_onoe
> device          wlan
> device          wlan_wep        # WEP support
> 
> I type in:
> 
> # ifconfig ath0 channel 7 ssid gibsons wepmode on
> # ifconfig ath0 weptxkey *****etc.
> # ifconfig ath0 up
> # ifconfig ath0
> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         inet6 fe80::213:46ff:fe0f:3f66%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 
>         ether 00:13:46:0f:3f:66
>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/11Mbps)
>         status: associated
>         ssid gibsons channel 7 bssid 00:0c:41:a0:2c:46
>         authmode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF txpowmax 38 protmode CTS
>         bintval 100
> # ifconfig ath0 inet 192.168.107.15
> # ping 192.168.107.1
> 
> I am unable to ping my router. (linksys bewfs42)
> 
> It seems like i'm missing something really simple here...anyone able to
> help point me in the right direction?  Thanks.

Maybe deftxkey needs to be set?

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Matt Emmerton