How do I setup a wireless connection on my Laptop?

Cherry Bakewell

Cherry Bakewell

Hello all,

Please could someone post a basic "how-to" setup wireless networking on a laptop, with FreeBSD 11.1 32 bit?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Cherry Bakewell.
 
For a laptop install I think for a new user it is best to use the FreeBSD installer and use your wireless card as the network interface.
The installer will scan for AP and ask for the passphrase during setup.
The only glitch is that when you hit 'Scan' sometimes it returns no Access Points. Simply run scan again and your nearby Access Points will show up.
If you see a box for Country Code you can set your wireless card to your country for proper frequency usage.

The installer will setup everything for internet usage. It is easy to add your wired ethernet adapter after install.
 
Also you can try to use net-mgmt/networkmgr.
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Install it (better install latest version (2.5) from ports tree),
then create /usr/local/etc/doas.conf:
Code: 
permit nopass keepenv :wheel cmd netcardmgr
permit nopass keepenv :wheel cmd detect-nics
permit nopass keepenv :wheel cmd detect-wifi
permit nopass keepenv :wheel cmd ifconfig
permit nopass keepenv :wheel cmd service
permit nopass keepenv :wheel cmd wpa_supplicant
Your user should be in wheel group, execute # pw groupmod wheel -m [I]yourusername[/I]


Or add
Code: 
permit nopass keepenv [i]yourusername[/i] cmd netcardmgr
permit nopass keepenv [i]yourusername[/i] cmd detect-nics
permit nopass keepenv [i]yourusername[/i] cmd detect-wifi
permit nopass keepenv [i]yourusername[/i] cmd ifconfig
permit nopass keepenv [i]yourusername[/i] cmd service
permit nopass keepenv [i]yourusername[/i] cmd wpa_supplicant
to /usr/local/etc/doas.conf instead. Replace "yourusername" with your user name.
 
Thank you very much for all of your replys. This has really helped me.... (much better than the Arch community!)

Regards,

The Bakewell :)
 
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