On Friday 22 October 2004 10:21 pm, scott renna wrote: > So, > > Thanks to a fellow list member I got my 5.2.1 System > to see my Dlink card. The trouble now I'm having > involves setting up WEP. I am currently running WEP > on a Netgear Wireless router 802.11b. The Dlink does > 802.11b/g. Here's what I'm running into when turning > on WEP. The router has a 26 character string for > 128-bit WEP that I created via a passphrase. Windows > takes it and works well wirelessly but when I > configure my card, here's wha t happens on BSD: > > ifconfig ath0 192.168.2.175 netmask 255.255.255.0 > ssid SSID_NAME wepmode on wepkey > 0xyxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists > > Assume the first 0x means hex and the rest is the key > name. Anyone have any ideas? > > Thanks > scotty >
There should be the term 'inet' between 'ath0' and the IP address: ifconfig ath0 inet 192.168.2.175 netmask 255.255.255.0 ..... Is this an error in the email or in the configuration? Andrew Gould _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
