Hello again. I have gotten a little, just a little, more experienced in handling FreeBSD networking since the last time I was here. You'll have to pardon me for not having exact output for you. Since I need wireless to connect to the internet, I have to use linux to get here. I'll save some stuff to my jump drive when I get the chance. I created an interface, wlan0, in my rc.conf file. I also installed desktopbsd-tools, so I have a gui for networks and stuff. I'm using that as a sort of crutch until I figure out ifconfig.
So, I do this:
then
those aren't the real names or keys, of course, they're just for examples. next I do:
it tells me that it couldn't find a dhcpoffer and that I am a complete idiot. so I go over to the DesktopBSD network manager to see what that tells me. It scans my interfaces and gives me "myqwest1234", which i then select. I tell it to use dhcp then i give it my wepkey and hit "connect". after a few minutes it tells me that the "connection failed".
So... what's up here? do i need a different dhcp client? if I haven't done this right, what is the right way to do it? :\
I use KDE 3.5.10 so you know. I can (probably) get you my rc.conf file if you need to see it.
So, I do this:
Code:
ifconfig wlan0 up scan
Code:
ifconfig wlan0 ssid myqwest1234 wepkey 12345ABC67
Code:
dhclient wlan0
So... what's up here? do i need a different dhcp client? if I haven't done this right, what is the right way to do it? :\
I use KDE 3.5.10 so you know. I can (probably) get you my rc.conf file if you need to see it.