Re: i finally got wireless working
Hello Jonathan...
I configure the wireless in the /etc/dhclient.conf
interface "ndis0" {
send host-name "lMy computer";
prepend domain-name " cwb.casa ";
media "media autoselect authmode open wepkey -",
"ssid bsdnet",
"ssid vex",
"ssid default",
"ssid lenzinet",
"ssid Zaitter",
"ssid 'Crystal Wireless'",
"ssid TelleWireless authmode shared wepkey 0XE235485511 deftxkey
1",
"ssid OndaRPC wepkey ondaondaondao deftxkey 1",
"ssid VoyzeBrazil wepkey 1:0x7440169407 deftxkey 1",
"ssid lenzinet wepkey 1:13825 deftxkey 1",
"ssid ENGNOTE wepkey 1:0x0011AABBFF deftxkey 1",
"ssid lenzicasa wepkey 1:13825 deftxkey 1";
}
for example
when I turn on the computer (a notebook hp pavilion v6600)...
it searches for the wifi points... when it finds some that fits,
it stops and configure the interface acording
Sergio
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Re: i finally got wireless working
On 12/17/2006 00:02, Jonathan Horne wrote: well, a day well spent, i finally sat down to get the intel 2200 wireless on my ibm t42 working. i have sucessfully configured it to attach to my WPA encrypted wifi on bootup. everything is otherwise working to my satisfaction. now, my questions are: 1) how can i set up to access more than just my wireless network? can this be done at the command line, without rewriting my if_iwi line(s) in rc.conf? 2) can wireless configuration be set to automatically attach to preferred networks first, then possibly any available open if preferred not available? Both of these are accomplished with wpa_supplicant magic. man wpa_supplicant.conf HTH. thanks, jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- Regards, Eric ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: i finally got wireless working
On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 09:24:04 -0600 Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 17 December 2006 03:53, Nick Withers wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:07:05 -0600 > > > > Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (snip) > > > > > one big mistake i made, was building world up to 6.2-RC1. there > > > was one good article about installing freebsd on an ibm t42 > > > (found it on google), but it didnt have any info on getting > > > wireless to auto start. after i had wireless manually up and > > > running initially, i then built world, and updated. next boot, > > > firmware and modules would not load. i had tweaked some other > > > things, so i backed those changes off, and worked round and > > > round until i decided to just do a quick reinstall. this time, > > > i didnt use 6.1-RELEASE, but i did 6.2-RC1. same behavior, and > > > this is when i figured out that the only time it really worked > > > like the web page depicted, was when i was on 6.1-RELEASE. so > > > i tried cvsuping to -p11, and things still worked fine. this > > > is the only laptop i have (thus, my only wireless computer), so > > > when 6.2 comes out, ill be pretty nervous about upgrading until > > > i read that everything i kosher with iwi- support. > > > > It works fine. > > > > Please see the UPDATING entry from the 2006-07-11, i.e.: > > > > > > 20060711: > > The iwi(4) was updated to use the firmware(9) framework. > > In order for it to work you need a port change from > > net/iwi-firmware to net/iwi-firmware-kmod. > > > > ah, thanks nick, i didnt remember to check that. i wonder how safe > it would be to switch the port out before i make the change to > 6.2? maybe ill play with that later today. As I recall, I just built the new port, removed the old, upgraded to 6.2-PRERELEASE and installed the already compiled new port. > also, is there a gui app to help manage wireless networks? NetworkManager (http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/) is one I'm aware of, but it doesn't appear to be available in the ports collection (perhaps, as seems to happen more often than I'd like with GNOME projects, it's written with only Linux systems in mind?). > cheers, > jonathan -- Nick Withers email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.nickwithers.com Mobile: +61 414 397 446 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: i finally got wireless working
hi... I would like to ask a wireless problem but has little to do with the article here... i want to setup my desktop to use wireless, but there doesn't seem to have a lot of wireless PCI card supported available, and the supported ones are quite expensive... I wonder if there is a more updated hardware list about the supported PCI card?? thank you!! TFC On 12/17/06, Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sunday 17 December 2006 03:53, Nick Withers wrote: > On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:07:05 -0600 > > Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (snip) > > > one big mistake i made, was building world up to 6.2-RC1. there > > was one good article about installing freebsd on an ibm t42 (found > > it on google), but it didnt have any info on getting wireless to > > auto start. after i had wireless manually up and running > > initially, i then built world, and updated. next boot, firmware > > and modules would not load. i had tweaked some other things, so i > > backed those changes off, and worked round and round until i > > decided to just do a quick reinstall. this time, i didnt use > > 6.1-RELEASE, but i did 6.2-RC1. same behavior, and this is when i > > figured out that the only time it really worked like the web page > > depicted, was when i was on 6.1-RELEASE. so i tried cvsuping to > > -p11, and things still worked fine. this is the only laptop i have > > (thus, my only wireless computer), so when 6.2 comes out, ill be > > pretty nervous about upgrading until i read that everything i > > kosher with iwi- support. > > It works fine. > > Please see the UPDATING entry from the 2006-07-11, i.e.: > > > 20060711: > The iwi(4) was updated to use the firmware(9) framework. In order > for it to work you need a port change from net/iwi-firmware to > net/iwi-firmware-kmod. > ah, thanks nick, i didnt remember to check that. i wonder how safe it would be to switch the port out before i make the change to 6.2? maybe ill play with that later today. also, is there a gui app to help manage wireless networks? cheers, jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to " [EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: i finally got wireless working
On Sunday 17 December 2006 03:53, Nick Withers wrote: > On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:07:05 -0600 > > Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (snip) > > > one big mistake i made, was building world up to 6.2-RC1. there > > was one good article about installing freebsd on an ibm t42 (found > > it on google), but it didnt have any info on getting wireless to > > auto start. after i had wireless manually up and running > > initially, i then built world, and updated. next boot, firmware > > and modules would not load. i had tweaked some other things, so i > > backed those changes off, and worked round and round until i > > decided to just do a quick reinstall. this time, i didnt use > > 6.1-RELEASE, but i did 6.2-RC1. same behavior, and this is when i > > figured out that the only time it really worked like the web page > > depicted, was when i was on 6.1-RELEASE. so i tried cvsuping to > > -p11, and things still worked fine. this is the only laptop i have > > (thus, my only wireless computer), so when 6.2 comes out, ill be > > pretty nervous about upgrading until i read that everything i > > kosher with iwi- support. > > It works fine. > > Please see the UPDATING entry from the 2006-07-11, i.e.: > > > 20060711: > The iwi(4) was updated to use the firmware(9) framework. In order > for it to work you need a port change from net/iwi-firmware to > net/iwi-firmware-kmod. > ah, thanks nick, i didnt remember to check that. i wonder how safe it would be to switch the port out before i make the change to 6.2? maybe ill play with that later today. also, is there a gui app to help manage wireless networks? cheers, jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: i finally got wireless working
On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:07:05 -0600 Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 17 December 2006 00:40, Bill-Schoolcraft wrote: > > Good work Jonathan, > > > > As usual with fellow FreeBSD users, any information about how you > > got past your problem is stuff Unix folks like me love to hear. > > I actually save success stories like yours to help me out with > > wireless issues. > > > > I can only speak for myself but I'd love to hear how ya did it. > > thanks! i was quite proud of my efforts myself! its a pretty good > feeling to complete a project in an area where i have little > expertise (especially when (good) internet docs are few and far > between). after all the docs i read, and bad advice i followed, > bad decisions i made, it all boiled down to a pretty simple recipe: (snip) > one big mistake i made, was building world up to 6.2-RC1. there > was one good article about installing freebsd on an ibm t42 (found > it on google), but it didnt have any info on getting wireless to > auto start. after i had wireless manually up and running > initially, i then built world, and updated. next boot, firmware > and modules would not load. i had tweaked some other things, so i > backed those changes off, and worked round and round until i > decided to just do a quick reinstall. this time, i didnt use > 6.1-RELEASE, but i did 6.2-RC1. same behavior, and this is when i > figured out that the only time it really worked like the web page > depicted, was when i was on 6.1-RELEASE. so i tried cvsuping to > -p11, and things still worked fine. this is the only laptop i have > (thus, my only wireless computer), so when 6.2 comes out, ill be > pretty nervous about upgrading until i read that everything i > kosher with iwi- support. It works fine. Please see the UPDATING entry from the 2006-07-11, i.e.: 20060711: The iwi(4) was updated to use the firmware(9) framework. In order for it to work you need a port change from net/iwi-firmware to net/iwi-firmware-kmod. > cheers, > jonathan -- Nick Withers email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.nickwithers.com Mobile: +61 414 397 446 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: i finally got wireless working
On Sunday 17 December 2006 00:40, Bill-Schoolcraft wrote:
> Good work Jonathan,
>
> As usual with fellow FreeBSD users, any information about how you got
> past your problem is stuff Unix folks like me love to hear. I actually
> save success stories like yours to help me out with wireless issues.
>
> I can only speak for myself but I'd love to hear how ya did it.
thanks! i was quite proud of my efforts myself! its a pretty good feeling to
complete a project in an area where i have little expertise (especially when
(good) internet docs are few and far between). after all the docs i read,
and bad advice i followed, bad decisions i made, it all boiled down to a
pretty simple recipe:
1) install net/iwi-firmware
2) add this to loader.conf:
# Wireless Network - Intel 2200BG
if_iwi_load="YES"
wlan_acl_load="YES"
wlan_wep_load="YES"
wlan_ccmp_load="YES"
wlan_tkip_load="YES"
wlan_xauth_load="YES"
3) add this to rc.conf:
ifconfig_iwi0="DHCP WPA"
iwi_enable="YES"
iwi_interfaces="iwi0"
iwi_mod_iwi0="bss"
4) create and populate /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf:
network={
ssid="myssid"
psk="mypass"
}
reboot, rinse, enjoy!
one big mistake i made, was building world up to 6.2-RC1. there was one good
article about installing freebsd on an ibm t42 (found it on google), but it
didnt have any info on getting wireless to auto start. after i had wireless
manually up and running initially, i then built world, and updated. next
boot, firmware and modules would not load. i had tweaked some other things,
so i backed those changes off, and worked round and round until i decided to
just do a quick reinstall. this time, i didnt use 6.1-RELEASE, but i did
6.2-RC1. same behavior, and this is when i figured out that the only time it
really worked like the web page depicted, was when i was on 6.1-RELEASE. so
i tried cvsuping to -p11, and things still worked fine. this is the only
laptop i have (thus, my only wireless computer), so when 6.2 comes out, ill
be pretty nervous about upgrading until i read that everything i kosher with
iwi- support.
cheers,
jonathan
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Re: i finally got wireless working
At Sun, 17 Dec 2006 it looks like Jonathan Horne composed: > well, a day well spent, i finally sat down to get the intel 2200 wireless on > my ibm t42 working. i have sucessfully configured it to attach to my WPA > encrypted wifi on bootup. everything is otherwise working to my > satisfaction. > > now, my questions are: > > 1) how can i set up to access more than just my wireless network? can this > be > done at the command line, without rewriting my if_iwi line(s) in rc.conf? > 2) can wireless configuration be set to automatically attach to preferred > networks first, then possibly any available open if preferred not available? > > thanks, > jonathan Good work Jonathan, As usual with fellow FreeBSD users, any information about how you got past your problem is stuff Unix folks like me love to hear. I actually save success stories like yours to help me out with wireless issues. I can only speak for myself but I'd love to hear how ya did it. -- Bill Schoolcraft <*> http://wiliweld.com "Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing." -- Redd Foxx ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
i finally got wireless working
well, a day well spent, i finally sat down to get the intel 2200 wireless on my ibm t42 working. i have sucessfully configured it to attach to my WPA encrypted wifi on bootup. everything is otherwise working to my satisfaction. now, my questions are: 1) how can i set up to access more than just my wireless network? can this be done at the command line, without rewriting my if_iwi line(s) in rc.conf? 2) can wireless configuration be set to automatically attach to preferred networks first, then possibly any available open if preferred not available? thanks, jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
