Getting wireless network up and running

[Ben Woods]

On 14 March 2016 at 20:17, Carmel <carmel_ny at outlook.com> wrote:

> I cannot seem to get my wireless network up and running.
>
> /boot/loader.conf
> if_bwn_load="YES"  # Broadcom BCM43xx IEEE 802.11 wireless NICs
>
> /etc/rc.conf
> ## Wireless
> wlans_bwn="wlan0"
> ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP"
>
> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> network={
>         ssid="Wireless-2g"
>         psk="Secret"
>         key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> }
>
> I have run "service netif restart", but the network never comes up. I
> tried rebooting, but still nothing.
>
> If I append a "0" to bwn; ie, wlans_bwn0="wlan0", I get this output:
>
> dhclient[1485]: short write: wanted 20 go 0 bytes
> dhclient[1485]: exiting
>
> The system is then frozen solid, so I am forced to reboot into single
> user mode and remove the entry in "rc.conf".
>
> Can anyone tell me what the problem is?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Carmel


Hi Carmel,

To help us determine which model of WiFi card you have, can you please
reply to the list with the output of "pciconf -lv".

By the way, your rc.conf line should be:
wlans_bwn0="wlan0"

Refer to the FreeBSD handbook for more details:
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/network-wireless.html

Refer to the bwn(4) man page for details about the bwn drive and which
models it supports:
https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?bwn

Regards,
Ben

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From: Benjamin Woods
woodsb02 at gmail.com