hi,
sorry if this seem repeated or noob question.
but how is it the correct way to use ath0 wifi on this presario F762AU laptop?
btw, running FreeBSD 7.1 release here.
my /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf is like below
i did the following with the hope to connected to wifi and ping www.google.com
then the console screen halt without giving me a # unless i do Ctrl + C.
i press ALT + F2 to start another console screen
i suspect i don't get the IP address.
but.
in etc/rc.conf
i already specified.
my boot/loader.conf is like below
where could be wrong??? clueless..
sorry if this seem repeated or noob question.
but how is it the correct way to use ath0 wifi on this presario F762AU laptop?
btw, running FreeBSD 7.1 release here.
my /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf is like below
Code:
network={
ssid="THESTAR"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=NONE
wep_key1=1234567890
wep_tx_keyidx=1
}
i did the following with the hope to connected to wifi and ping www.google.com
Code:
# wpa_supplicant -i ath0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
Trying to associate with 00:25:e9:e1:8e:88 (SSID='THESTAR' freq=2417 MHz)
Associated with 00:25:e9:e1:8e:88
CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:25:e9:e1:8e:88 completed (auth) [id=0 id_str=]
i press ALT + F2 to start another console screen
Code:
# ifconfig ath0
ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
ether 00:1f:4a:9e:d9:25
inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/36Mbps)
status: associated
ssid THESTAR channel 2 (2417 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:25:e9:e1:8e:88
automode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey 2 wepkey 2:40-bit txpower 31.5
bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250
roam:rssi11g 7 roam:rate11g 5 protmode CtS burst roaming MANUAL
i suspect i don't get the IP address.
but.
in etc/rc.conf
i already specified.
Code:
ifconfig_ath0="authmode open wepmode mixed DHCP"
my boot/loader.conf is like below
Code:
if_ath_load="YES"
wlan_scan_ap_load="YES"
wlan_scan_sta_load="YES"
wlan_wep_load="YES"
where could be wrong??? clueless..