Hi guys.. I made a post at bsdforums.org about a problem I am having getting my Atheros card working, but not too many people frequent that forum.. Instead of rehashing everything I have done I guess I will link to the topic:
http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?t=38562 The LINK to my exact wireless card is in the first post of that topic.. It is a Senao NMP-8602 a/b/g Atheros card.. I have it working no problems on Windows (blech), and my network at home is running WPA2+AES. What I have done so far: Followed the handbook through installing the system to configuring the kernel I copied the GENERIC file to a MYKERNEL file. (The kernel config file) I edited it, and added device ath device ath_hal device ath_rate_sample device wlan_wep device wlan_ccmp device wlan_tkip to the file. I then proceeded to /usr/sbin/config MYKERNEL, and 'cd ../compile/MYKERNEL'. I did a 'make depend' , 'make' , 'make install' all without a hitch, no compiling problems.. and before rebooting into the new kernel I tweaked my /boot/loader.conf file: su-2.05b# cat loader.conf agp_load="YES" ntfs_load="YES" sound_load="YES" snd_driver_load="YES" wlan_wep_load="YES" wlan_tkip_load="YES" wlan_ccmp_load="YES" So I rebooted, and the new kernel booted no problem. However when the system was starting up and all of the text was flashing by I still saw no sign of an ath0 device.. So I logged in and tried doing a 'kldload if_ath' and it said "File already exists" so I thought that meant it was loaded.. Just for fun I tried a 'ifconfig ath0 up' but that just spit out "ifconfig: interface ath0 does not exist" and now I'm really starting to get nervous :( One of the replies I got a guy told me to edit a /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file to input all the information from my home network like WPA key and stuff, but that file doesn't exist on my system! (wpa_supplicant is installed though) .. Here were his exact directions Quote: "Edit /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf to include all the wireless details of your network (SSID, use WPA, WPA passphrase, etc). Edit /etc/rc.conf to add ifconfig_ath0="WPA DHCP" Edit /etc/rc.conf to add wpa_supplicant_enable="YES" Run /etc/rc.d/netif ath0 start to bring up the ath0 interface, start wpa_supplicant, establish the link to the access point, and grab the IP info via DHCP. This step will be done automatically at boot based on the above rc.conf entries." But will that really bring up the ath0 device even though 'ifconfig ath0 up' yielded a 'interface ath0 does not exist' ? And I have no /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file for some reason, and no clue how to create one from scratch, what should I do? I need to do WPA2+AES for my network Thank you so much guys, I'm at a brick wall and appreciate help ASAP These mailing lists is all a novice user like me can count on because theres no way to be this detailed on IRC Thanks again -Ryan _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"