Gosh, I don't understand anything. I am sorry that I am overwhelming your inboxes today but
1- I tried to make the nwid visible (it's possible to make it invisible) 2- I also tried to switch off the wep key and _nothing_ But the wlan CAN scan the networks! When I type ifconfig -M iwi0 I get the usual neighbour's access points and mine! It's only that protocol doesn't get a DHCPOFFER I am writing this email from a debian laptop connected to my network and the funny thing is that the wlan chip is the same one... any hint? I want to totally move to O'bsd but wlan connection is crucial for me and it's the only thing that's stopping me to install obsd on the production laptop, I'm bored of the crashbox, now I want to make "The Move" Cheers and thanks for your patience, Pau 2006/11/28, Vim Visual <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Woodchuck et al, > > I see you're a Woodchuck indeed! > > Nice to see there are people like you around... when I think that my > friends think I am a kind of wood chuck like you because I haven't run > windows for some seven years, I must laugh > > Don't complain about pcs! Think of what people use to "work"! MacOSX, > for instance, that FreeBSD corrupted thing. Somebody brainwashed me > here at the Institute and told me I should ask for a Mac (the > institute provides us with a laptop to work) because it was like a > magic *nix box in which everything was working out of the box (of > course, propietary things work like that) and since I became father > recently I though "well, what the heck, let's try it, I don't want to > spend too many time with a machine and I prefer to spend it with my > child". > > After two weeks I could not stand it any more and I installed > GNU/Linux on it because you will not believe it, but if you want a > MacOSX box running the normal-everyday applications, like zsh, tex, > gv, a DECENT TERMINAL you have to spend something like 40 times more > time than installing OBSD on a spectrum 48k... But still under > GNU/Linux many things were not working, among them the airport extreme > wlan card... and as I said, it's crucial for me... In any case it was > such a pain, sooooo slow, sooo noisy, so hot, so... that I gave it > back and asked for a glorious pc and got a fujitsu siemens lifebook > p7010 and I tell you something: it's the best laptop I've ever had. > > Now I want it running O'BSD! > > The O'bsd mailing list has been kind of frustrating... I was expecting > something miraculous but it's not much from what I get out of this > newbies list... > > Bye, > > Pau > > 2006/11/28, Woodchuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Tue, 28 Nov 2006, Vim Visual wrote: > > > > > Woodchuck, you're talking in Chinese! I'm doing my best and I'm > > > reading the Absolute book in the tram everyday but I guess an easier > > > solution for dmesg would be to use LAN or a flash usb gimmick ;) > > > > Heh. That was actually written in Old Hackish. I'm a fossil. I > > own two real VT-101 terminals. I actually have one wired up and > > in intermittent use. I'm sentimental about them. It's worth it > > once to use vi on the keyboard/screen that it was (probably) designed > > on. (The escape key is convenient, and CTRL is where the PeeCee > > weirdly put the useless "capslock" key. There is no "ALT".) > > > > But linking two com ports for either login via a terminal emulator > > or setting up ppp networking is a Worthy Exercise. If the LAN > > won't start, then you need a console. It is considered Bad Form > > to boot a "rescue diskette" if other means are still available. > > (Like if you do something -- say, run Mozilla :-) -- that crashes > > X and locks up your keyboard. This can usually be fixed over > > a serial line without rebooting. Rebooting = more Bad Form -- > > I suspect that attitude is why the *nixes tend to be able to > > go so long without it.) > > > > One of the real drawbacks of the PeeCee architecture is its lack > > of a true console over a RS-232 port. (I mean one that works as > > console from power on.) I guess now there are various rack-mount > > type servers that can do this. I probably own two, but haven't > > gotten around to trying it. That and an actual ROM *console* program > > that can *do* things. A rescue diskette, actually, comes close to > > this, very close. It's surprising what one can do with one in a > > pinch. That the BSD one will get your network working, at least > > in a limited way, is something of a happy miracle. That it is the > > same as the install/upgrade diskette is Very Happy. > > > > > I am starting to become addicted to OBSD and am looking forward to > > > > OpenBSD is orderly, like the barracks of an elite, high-morale > > regiment. The amount of labor this saves in the long run is worth it. > > There are some people that just can't come to like this, though. > > > > > switching my production laptop OS to it asap but wlan is crucial for > > > me. Fortunately the crashbox and the production laptop have the same > > > wlan chip, so that when I've figured out what's the problem I will do > > > the move. The hardware is not broken because it worked pretty well > > > with the debian-based ubuntu > > > > I hear repeated rumors of wifi equipped, functional O'bsd systems. > > I have seen with my own eyes a NetBSD laptop with working wifi. > > > > > And yes, I have googled, yahooed and even googlebsd'ed but found > > > nothing... or I am blind > > > > > > I have posted the question to the OBSD mailing list misc... let's see > > > whether they throw me to the lion's pit :) > > > > Well, let's see what happens. > > > > Dave > > -- > > "Confound these wretched rodents! For every one I fling away, > > a dozen more vex me!" -- Doctor Doom > > _______________________________________________ > > Openbsd-newbies mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies > > > _______________________________________________ Openbsd-newbies mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies
