Re: wi-fi with dwl-510 on 8.0

On Sun, April 19, 2009 15:01, Sukhorukov Alexander wrote:
> Hello all! for sure i got
> *[root_at_mail /etc]# uname -a
> FreeBSD mail.emoxam.ru 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #2: Sun Apr 12
> 13:26:05 M
> SD 2009     root_at_mail.emoxam.ru:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CUSTOM1  i386
> [root_at_mail /etc]#*
>
>
> first of all i got my FreeBSd-way begins no so long ago, i may not know
> all the trick, so why am i here!
>
> pass all the trick OS set to me i'm totaly stucked with wi-fi setup!
> So DLink AP got _*WEP encription, 64bit, HEX, 10 symbols.*_
>
> Just because handbook didn't help me - i don't know how to make wifi
> works right.
>  and because i read a lot o forums i choose that way:
>
> *[root_at_mail /etc]# ifconfig ral0
> ral0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
>         ether 00:21:91:82:31:9b
>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
>         status: no carrier
> [root_at_mail /etc]#*
>
> *ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ral0* (was stealed from one post on the
> third party forum)
>
> that man ifconfig and so on.. i choose this:
>
> *[root_at_mail /etc]# ifconfig wlan0 wepmode on weptxkey 1 wepkey
> 1:0x0F00FF00F0 authmode shared bssid 00-80-C8-38-61-C8 channel 6 country
> RU ssid olko regdomain
> debug*
> (i don't know why "debug" e.g., because i man regdomain is
> noninformative enough, and by the way regdomain.xls was stealed from
> somewhere..)
>
> so..
>
> *[root_at_mail /etc]# ifconfig wlan0
> wlan0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
>         ether 00:21:91:82:31:9b
>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
>         status: no carrier
>         ssid olko channel 1 (2412 Mhz 11b) bssid 00:80:c8:38:61:c8
>         regdomain DEBUG country RU authmode SHARED privacy ON deftxkey 1
>         wepkey 1:40-bit txpower 30 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan
> bgscanintvl 300
>         bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 1 bintval 0
> [root_at_mail /etc]#*
>
> why is it no carrier ? i can do something not right, and i will be
> appriciate if you show me tha way where i can read how to get it work,
> or maybe you'll edit/fix me! Thanx!
>
>
> P.S. 40 bit on FreeBSD and 64 bit on Dlink is it the same values ? am i
> set it right ?

I tried hostap mode in this very same card (just revision I can't say to
be the same, don't have the card right now - it is from work), and I got
some firmware issues in dmesg. have you seen dmesg ?

I just can't make it an AP. client mode wasn't tested though.

matheus


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