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Old 14th May 2011
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Your wireless card needs firmware to work. Download firmware as
Code:
$ lynx http://www.nazgul.ch/bwi/bwi-firmware-1.4.tgz
Change the path to packages as
Code:
# export PKG_PATH=path to your firmware
Add the firmware
Code:
# pkg_add bwi-firmware-1.4.tgz
Then set WEP as follows. See mine
Code:
$ cat /etc/hostname.ral0
dhcp nwid monkey nwkey 9bc948a011989
Instead of /etc/hostname.ral0 name the file as follows /etc/hostname.bwi0.
Edit the file accordingly with the name of your network and nwkey. Reboot the damn thing
and you should have the wireless connection "protected by WEP".

By the way I have experience with bwi0 driver on my wife's DeLL laptop and works rock solid.

Last edited by Oko; 14th May 2011 at 04:39 AM.
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