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OpenBSD 4.5 and wireless connection
Hello,
This is my first posting, I'll try to get all the relevant information here. Recently installed OpenBSD as part of a dual boot system with XP on an ancient Compaq R3000. It has a Broadcom wireless transmitter thing. After going though many related postings, man pages and adjusting files -- the computer can now sucessfully ping the DHCP router. The router is set to use WEP. Computer will not establish an ongoing connection for internet access. When trying to connect the computer pauses then displays "bwi0: no link...... sleeping". Internet connection works fine with XP. I haven't made any progress beyond this in the past two days and am hoping someone could point me in a useful direction to get internet connection while running OpenBSD. A couple additional questions... 1. Would it be better to install 4.9 instead of trying to upgrade from 4.5 --> 4.6 --> 4.7 --> 4.8? Might this have the same connection problem? 2. Should I purchase a USB wireless connector and bypass the Broadcom? Several files attached from my installation: 1. dhcpd.conf.txt.zip -- zipped print-out of dhcpd.conf 2. dhclient.conf.txt -- print-out of dhclient.conf 3. hostname.bwi0.txt -- print-out of hostname.bwi0, originally only "dhcp" but it has been added to in the hopes of making the connection (no difference whatsoever) 4. hostname.rl0.txt -- print-ot of hostname.rl0, I thought this was the wireless connection at first and so edited it 5. ping.txt -- print-out of ping to the router 6. NOTE: there are no "bridge.xxx" files... should they exist in this set-up? |
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Whether or not these changes (& manual installation of the firmware...) will lead to a working configuration on your hardware is unknown. Given that OpenBSD 4.5 is no longer supported, you should either update or simply install a fresh copy of OpenBSD 4.9. Quote:
The OpenBSD project doesn't work on nondisclosure agreements (whereas some Linux drivers are products of NDA's with selected developers...). In the OpenBSD world, drivers are based upon freely available document or from whatever can be discerned through reverse engineering. The result is that wireless card support may be lacking in comparison to other projects which benefit from NDA contracts. |
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Just wanted to say a quick "Thank You" for both of your replies. I have not yet had enough time to try any of the suggestions. Schedule permitting maybe this evening. A complete 4.9 install is tempting.
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Four days of fiddling and the mystery has been solved... the "wpa-psk" command(?) was needed to create an encrypted password the router was expecting. I re-installed OpenBSD 4.5 and made sure the nwid and host names are different. Not sure if that was contributing but it's possible. Now on to installing 4.9!
Thank You both JGGIMI and OCICAT for your input. sd |
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