I've stayed up all night just trying to make it work. I've finally figured out how to compile the b43-fwcutter driver and modify rc.conf, loader.conf, and wpa_supplicant.conf. It works after the first reboot, but the second time, the driver keeps "restarting" as far I can tell. The Wi-Fi indicator keeps blinking where it should stay solid. Of course, the Internet is down again.
Here are my history:
40 sudo pkg install bwn-firmware-kmod
41 sudo pkg install portmaster
42 sudo pkg install b43-fwcutter
43 sudo portmaster sysutils/b43-fwcutter net/bwn-firmware-kmod
44 sudo nano
45 sudo nano /boot/loader.conf
46 clear
47 nano /etc/rc.conf
48 sudo nano /etc/rc.conf
49 clear
50 nano /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
51 sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
52 sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
53 sudo reboot
and here's ifconfig after:
wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
ether ---------------------
groups: wlan
ssid "" channel 40 (5200 MHz 11a)
regdomain FCC country US authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 17 bmiss 7
mcastrate 6 mgmtrate 6 scanvalid 60 wme
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
status: no carrier
nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
Here are my history:
40 sudo pkg install bwn-firmware-kmod
41 sudo pkg install portmaster
42 sudo pkg install b43-fwcutter
43 sudo portmaster sysutils/b43-fwcutter net/bwn-firmware-kmod
44 sudo nano
45 sudo nano /boot/loader.conf
46 clear
47 nano /etc/rc.conf
48 sudo nano /etc/rc.conf
49 clear
50 nano /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
51 sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
52 sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
53 sudo reboot
and here's ifconfig after:
wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
ether ---------------------
groups: wlan
ssid "" channel 40 (5200 MHz 11a)
regdomain FCC country US authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 17 bmiss 7
mcastrate 6 mgmtrate 6 scanvalid 60 wme
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
status: no carrier
nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>