wireless networking

From: William O'Higgins (william.ohiggins_at_utoronto.ca)
Date: 11/24/03

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    After much effort I found a wireless PCMCIA card that is supported by
    FreeBSD. Now I have to get connected to a wireless network, and I need
    some help.

    I have read man wi, and the Handbook, but I'm still missing something.

    When I stick in the card in it is recognized and here is the output of
    ifconfig:

    lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
        inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
        inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
    ppp0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    sl0: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
    faith0: flags=8002<BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.100.24 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.100.255
        inet6 fe80::206:25ff:fe2a:4197%wi0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5
        ether 00:06:25:2a:41:97
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/2Mbps)
        status: no carrier
        ssid "" 1:""
        stationname "FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node"
        channel 0 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
        wepmode OFF weptxkey 1

    I enter the following to connect with the unencrypted network with the
    SSID "kieran", which is not broadcasting its SSID:

    sudo ifconfig wi0 ssid kieran

    I still cannot ping either by ip or dns. Here is the output of
    ifconfig:

    lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
        inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
        inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
    ppp0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    sl0: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
    faith0: flags=8002<BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.100.24 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.100.255
        inet6 fe80::206:25ff:fe2a:4197%wi0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5
        ether 00:06:25:2a:41:97
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/2Mbps)
        status: associated
        ssid kieran 1:kieran
        stationname "FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node"
        channel 6 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
        wepmode OFF weptxkey 1

    As near as I can tell, I don't know enough about networking FreeBSD, and
    it is that ignorance that is the problem. Any suggestions?

    I am including the output of dmesg, in case that's useful.

    -- 
    yours,
    William
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    FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE #0: Mon Oct 27 17:51:09 GMT 2003
        root@freebsd-stable.sentex.ca:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
    Timecounter "i8254"  frequency 1193182 Hz
    CPU: Intel Pentium III (498.27-MHz 686-class CPU)
      Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x683  Stepping = 3
      Features=0x383f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE>
    real memory  = 201129984 (196416K bytes)
    config> en pcic1
    config> po pcic1 0x3e2
    config> ir pcic1 0
    config> iom pcic1 0xd4000
    config> f pcic1 0
    config> en sn0
    config> po sn0 0x300
    config> ir sn0 10
    config> f sn0 0
    config> q
    avail memory = 190193664 (185736K bytes)
    Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc053f000.
    Preloaded userconfig_script "/boot/kernel.conf" at 0xc053f09c.
    Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
    md0: Malloc disk
    pcibios: No call entry point
    npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
    npx0: INT 16 interface
    pcib0: <Intel 82443BX (440 BX) host to PCI bridge> on motherboard
    pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
    agp0: <Intel 82443BX (440 BX) host to PCI bridge> mem
    0x40000000-0x43ffffff at device 0.0 on pci0
    pcib1: <Intel 82443BX (440 BX) PCI-PCI (AGP) bridge> at device 1.0 on
    pci0
    pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
    pci1: <NeoMagic MagicMedia 256ZX SVGA controller> at 0.0 irq 11
    pcic0: <TI PCI-1450 PCI-CardBus Bridge> mem 0x50103000-0x50103fff irq 11
    at device 2.0 on pci0
    pcic0: TI12XX PCI Config Reg: [ring enable][speaker enable][pwr
    save][FUNC pci int + CSC serial isa irq]
    pccard0: <PC Card 16-bit bus (classic)> on pcic0
    pcic1: <TI PCI-1450 PCI-CardBus Bridge> mem 0x50102000-0x50102fff irq 11
    at device 2.1 on pci0
    pcic1: TI12XX PCI Config Reg: [ring enable][speaker enable][pwr
    save][FUNC pci int + CSC serial isa irq]
    pccard1: <PC Card 16-bit bus (classic)> on pcic1
    pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x11c1, dev=0x0449) at 3.0 irq 11
    pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x1013, dev=0x6003) at 6.0 irq 11
    isab0: <Intel 82371AB PCI to ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0
    isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
    atapci0: <Intel PIIX4 ATA33 controller> port 0xfcf0-0xfcff at device 7.1
    on pci0ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
    ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0
    uhci0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> port 0x4000-0x401f irq
    11 at device 7.2 on pci0
    usb0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> on uhci0
    usb0: USB revision 1.0
    uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
    uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
    chip0: <Intel 82371AB Power management controller> port 0xefa0-0xefaf at
    device 7.3 on pci0
    orm0: <Option ROM> at iomem 0xc0000-0xcbfff on isa0
    pmtimer0 on isa0
    fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on
    isa0
    fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
    atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
    atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0
    kbd0 at atkbd0
    psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
    psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0
    vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on
    isa0
    sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
    sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
    sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
    sio0: type 16550A
    sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
    ppc0: parallel port not found.
    pccard: card inserted, slot 1
    pccard: card removed, slot 1
    ad0: 9590MB <IBM-DJSA-210> [19485/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA33
    acd0: CDROM <CRN-8241B> at ata1-master PIO4
    Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s2a
    pccard: card inserted, slot 1
    wi0 at port 0x240-0x27f irq 11 slot 1 on pccard1
    wi0: 802.11 address: 00:06:25:2a:41:97
    wi0: using RF:PRISM3(PCMCIA)
    wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary 1.01.00, Station 1.04.02 
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