WiFi login loop on FreeBSD 15.0-Current

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mkooner

I am trying to install FreeBSD 15 to see if it will resolve driver issues I am having with my hardware. But when I try to connect to the WiFi the connection prompt resets itself to the beginning every time I choose my WiFi network.
 
mkooner said:
I am trying to install FreeBSD 15 to see if it will resolve driver issues I am having with my hardware. But when I try to connect to the WiFi the connection prompt resets itself to the beginning every time I choose my WiFi network.
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What prompt? What program do you use there?
 
Common advice for any version on FreeBSD: if your network card (wireless or wired) doesn't work properly during install, use a different one temporarily during install, then fix the network problem afterwards.
USB to Ethernet adapters are a popular choice for this, usb tethering to a mobile phone is also popular.
 
tingo said:
use a different one temporarily during install
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Unless you use the netboot installer, you don't even need a working network connection during the install. Just skip it and configure it after the installation finished and the new system is booted. It's much easier to configure and troubleshoot from a working system.
 
SirDice said:
Unless you use the netboot installer, you don't even need a working network connection during the install. Just skip it and configure it after the installation finished and the new system is booted. It's much easier to configure and troubleshoot from a working system.
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Thanks, I took this route did the minimal install and added the WiFi config after. Everything seems to be working now
 
I am glad you made it through the install procedure and repaired the wifi network afterwards.
I will share a manual setup template procedure for a USB WiFi dongle device Edimax EW-7811un and a PCI RTL8188ce card.

https://forums.ghostbsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=526 USB RTL8192cu Edimax ES-7811un Realtek device
https://forums.ghostbsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=570 PCI RTL8188ce Realtek PCI device

I researched and wrote those forum posts to take some one who is a new user (like myself at that time) to FreeBSD / GhostBSD and find out what WiFi devices exist on their laptop or desktop and then manually go step by step with simple commands, until you have a working WiFi network connection using the same tools and programs that the NetworkMgr python application uses to make a network connection. I wrote these steps down based on reading many sources, Web URLS, and then testing step by step myself. I collected this information and wrote it down from beginning to end. The FreeBSD handbook is very useful, but starts in the middle and supposes you know what commands to use and in which order to configure your network, yet when you are a new user, you have no ideas on what command to use, nor previous experience in this "new to you" operating system.

Use the commands listed as a template and modify for your computer hardware situation. Basically edit 3 files:
/boot/loader.conf
/etc/rc.conf
/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

and run about 4 commands:
ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev rtwn0
killall dhclient
wpa_supplicant -b -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
dhclient wlan0
 
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