Re: Trying to use my ath wireless with wep.
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Quoting Andrew Thompson <[email protected]>: > On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 07:48:16PM -0500, [email protected] wrote: >> Thanks to the help here I have been enjoying my ath for almost a week. It >> works perfectly with the following in rc.conf >> >> wlans_ath0=wlan0 >> ifconfig_wlan0="DHCP ssid virus2" >> >> Now I am trying to get it to connect with wep. I have set the modem open >> wep pass phrase key to lets say 1122334455 and I have substituted the above >> ifconfig_wlan0 line for: >> >> ifconfig_wlan0="DHCP ssid virus2 wepmode on wepkey 0x1122334455" >> >> >> and I have also tried it with WPA before DHCP but it doesn't connect either >> way. > > I believe you need to also set 'deftxkey 1', see ifconfig(8). Thanks, Andrew. I went the weptxkey route that is an alias according to the manual and at the same time caught the space between the : and the key from david's suggestion. Thanks, that makes my life much better. Now to solve my multiple hotspot needs and I will be a happy camper. Thanks again, ed > > > Andrew > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"