wlan setup

Derek Funk dfunk6 at cox.net
Tue Aug 30 18:09:39 UTC 2011


On Mon, 2011-08-29 at 19:00 -0500, Derek Funk wrote:
> I followed the handbook and searched online but yet still unable to get
> a wireless connection to an access point.
> 
> I have in my rc.conf file:
> wlans_ath0="wlan0"
> ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
> 
> and in the wpa_supplicant.conf:
> network={
>   ssid="myssid"
>   psk="mypassword"
> }
> 
> It associates but does not get an ip.
> 
> I works fine with Windows or with Ubuntu.
> 
> Any help is appreciated.
> 
> Derek


Drivers are loaded and I tried using SYNCDHCP instead of just DHCP in
rc.conf.
I even tried my own entry in devd.conf as shown in a google search.
But still it links to the access point but does not get an IP.

Derek



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