Unable to gain wireless access.

[Weaver]

sysctl net.wlan. devices delivers iwm0

There's a problem getting readouts here because this install is on a laptop and not this machine. If I type all night, I could get it all.

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cat /etc/rc.conf |grep wlan0

gives:

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wlans_"iwm0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"

sudo ifconfig wlan0 up does nothing.

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So, sudo ifconfig | grep -B 3 802.11

provides:

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ssid "Fon WiFi" channel 3 (2422 MHz 11g) bssid a6:91:b1:60:b7:b8
regdomain FCC country US authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 30
bmiss 10 scanvalid 60 protmode CTS wme
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet DS/1Mbps mode 11g

Amongst which I can find little reference to drivers, and it looks more like one of the neighbour's channels than anything.
So, to check:

sudo ee /etc/rc.conf tells me the card is there, and little else:

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rc_parallel="NO"
sendmail_enable="NONE"
sendmail_submit_enable+"NO"
sendmail_outbound_enable+"NO"
sendmail_msp_queue_enable="NO"
devfs_system_ruleset=="devfsrules_common"
kld_list+"linux linux64 cuse /boot/modules/i915kms.ko"
ntpd_sync_em0="DHCP"
wlans_iwm0="wlan0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
keymap="us.kbd"
hostname="telaman.net.au"

... other than the fact I screwed up the hostname.
So, I can't do anything in /etc/rc.conf.
Where should I go from here?
Thanks for any time and trouble.

Edited by ericbsd plain text trigger my COD.

[Weaver]

Further to:

/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf is configured thusly:

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network={
ssid="TPW4G_1A785F"
bssid=fc:2d:5e:a3:31:e4
key_mgmt=WPA_PSK
proto=WPA
psk="7JD48D6275"
}

...which should be all correct, but with sudo /etc/rc.d/netif restart, I get:

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Successfully initiated wpa_supplicant
Line 4: invalid key_mgmt "WPA_PSK'
Line 4: no key_mgmt values configured
Line 4: failed to parse key_mgmt 'WPA_PSK'
Line 7: failed to parse network block
Failed to read or parse configuration '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'

So, although I'm getting all this straight off the wiki, I think I have something screwed here, somehow.

Edited by ericbsd

[ericbsd]

I hope you did not put your real key online. If so? Replace that before your key gets used against you.

Judging on that error message you are using the wrong key management.

Could you give me the output of ifconfig wlan0 scan?

[Weaver]

Just the one thing:

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interface wlan0 does not exist

[Weaver]

'I hope you did not put your real key online. If so? Replace that before your key gets used against you.'

I wish them luck.
I live in a very, very small community on the edge of the desert in Australia.

[ericbsd]

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rc_parallel="NO"
sendmail_enable="NONE"
sendmail_submit_enable+"NO"
sendmail_outbound_enable+"NO"
sendmail_msp_queue_enable="NO"
devfs_system_ruleset=="devfsrules_common"
kld_list+"linux linux64 cuse /boot/modules/i915kms.ko"
ntpd_sync_em0="DHCP"
wlans_iwm0="wlan0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
keymap="us.kbd"
hostname="telaman.net.au"

Oh, I see now.

This is wrong:

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wlans_iwm0="wlan0="wlan0"

it should be this:

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wlans_iwm0="wlan0"

[Weaver]

No, that was actually a typo.
It's right in the file, itself.
I've been working on this for a couple of nights now, and I think at about that stage my eyelids were resting on my knees.
I've got to retype everything out here, because I can't copy and paste from one machine to the other.

[slawul]

I have this:

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key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
proto=RSN

Possibly: https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?wpa ... nt.conf(5)

[Weaver]

I run a small business, so have had to reinstall Debian unstable, which is what I usually run.
Non-free firmware is required to run the network card on that, so I think it may be the network card holding up the works here.
I've been wanting to get into the BSD aspect for a while now, however, and see Ghost as being an ideal gateway for that.
So I'll be back, once I've built a planned new box, which will be better for the purpose..

[Weaver]

Thanks to all for their efforts.
I look forward to paying back in kind.