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Operating Systems BSD Internet connection with PC BSD Post 302290544 by zer0sig on Monday 23rd of February 2009 02:57:07 PM

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if you're running wireless and trying to connect to an unencrypted network, try this in your /etc/rc.conf

ifconfig_ath0="up"

you would replace ath0 with your detected wifi device (try dmesg |less for this) - you can try rebooting, or /etc/rc.d/netif restart to get it to latch on once you do this. for a WEP network, try (/etc/rc.conf again)

ifconfig_ath0="ssid SSID wepmode mixed weptxkey 1 wepkey KEY DHCP"

where SSID is, that's right, your ssid and KEY is your WEP key. use 0x at the beginning of the key for hex or nothing preceding for ascii.

to retry your device connection, try this simple script:

#!/bin/sh
rm /var/db/dhcli*lease*ath0
ifconfig ath0 down
ifconfig ath0 up
dhclient ath0

if these answers don't help, it's time to read the freebsd handbook. check out /usr/share/doc/en/books/handbook and look for the network-wireless chapter.

best of luck.

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network-admin

network-admin(1)						   User Commands						  network-admin(1)

NAME

       network-admin - Basic administration of network interfaces.

SYNOPSIS

       network-admin [--configure=INTERFACE] [--configure-type=TYPE] [gnome-std-options]

DESCRIPTION

       network-admin  enumerates  the  interfaces  available to the user and provides a mechanism for configuring these interfaces as static-IP or
       DHCP. It's also possible to select which interfaces should be enabled on boot.

       network-admin also allows you configure the systems hostname, DNS options and hosts using the user interface.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -c, --configure=INTERFACE       Configure a specific network interface (e.g. ath0 or bge0).

       -t, --configure-type=TYPE       Configure the first network interface of a specific type (e.g. ethernet or wireless).

       gnome-std-options	       Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5) for more informa-
				       tion.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Running the main application.

       example% network-admin

       Example 2: Configuring the ath0 network interface.

       example% network-admin --configure=ath0

       Example 3: Configuring the first ethernet interface.

       example% network-admin --configure-type=ethernet

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       >0	Application exited with failure

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/network-admin	       Executable for network interface configuration.

       /etc/inet/gnome-system-tools    Storage location for network configuration files when not active on boot.

       /var/spool/setup-tool-backends/backup/network
				       Backup directory for files that are modified.

       /var/spool/setup-tool-backends/data/network
				       Where "Location" profiles are stored.

       /var/run/setup-tool-backends/debug/network
				       Debug logs can be found under here.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-system-tools	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Uncommitted		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

       users-admin(1),	 shares-admin(1),   services-admin(1),	time-admin(1),	gnome-std-options(5),  ifconfig(1M),  hosts(4),  nsswitch.conf(4),
       resolv.conf(4), attributes(5)

NOTES

       This tool can only be used to manage physical network devices as returned by the "dladm show-dev" command, it does not  support	configura-
       tion of more complex configurations.

       There  is  currently  no  support  for enterprise name services such as YP/NIS, NIS+ or LDAP. There is also no support for anything but the
       global zone.

       Written by Darren Kenny, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2006.

SunOS 5.11							    6 Nov 2006							  network-admin(1)