error when trying to manually start wpa_supplicant on asus x533ma

[whyisok]

Whenever I try to do this command wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf. I get this exact error message

ioctl [SIOCS80211,  op=20, val=0, arg_len=7]: invalid argument.

Also during boot. It does not start dhclient even though I have configured /etc/rc.conf and /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf correctly


Edit My wifi card is an Atheros AR9485

 

[SirDice]

Post your rc.conf and wpa_supplicant.conf (remove the password from it).

 

[whyisok]

wpa_supplicant.conf

network={ 
                 ssid="myssid"
                  psk="mypsk"
}

rc.conf

hostname="alex-freebsd-asus"
keymap="colemak-dh.acc.kbd"
create_args_wlan0="country CA regdomain XC900M"
ntupdate_enable="YES"
ntpd_enable="YES"
powerd_enable="YES"
dumpdev="NO"
wlans_ath0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA_SYNCDHCP"

 

[SirDice]

create_args_wlan0="country CA regdomain XC900M"

Remove that regdomain XC900M

ifconfig_wlan0="WPA_SYNCDHCP"

Those are two words divided by a space, not an underscore.

ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP"

 

[whyisok]

Thank you so much. Remove the regdomain part worked.For the underscore.That was just a mistype when I was typing the reply.I did not actually have it in my rc.conf