Getting wireless network up and running

[Carmel]

On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 18:31:22 +0100, Roland Smith stated:

> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 07:37:43AM -0400, Carmel wrote:
> > On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 07:05:13 -0400, Carmel stated:
> >   
> > > On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 23:50:33 +0100, Ben Woods stated:
> > >   
> > > > 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  
> 
> You also need to load the firmware using the
> ports/net/bwn-firmware-kmod port *before* calling ifconfig. See the
> manual page bwn(4). (Type ‘man 4 bwn’ in a terminal or on the console
> to view the manual page.)

I did that originally.

> > > > > /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".  
> 
> Nevertheless, it *should* be: wlans_bwn0="wlan0", because ‘bwn0’ is
> the interface name.
> 
> Try ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
> 
> > > > > Can anyone tell me what the problem is?  
> 
> At a guess I think you forgot to load the firmware.
> 
> Roland




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Carmel