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Old 18th May 2011
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I generally don't recommend using hostname.if(5) for wireless, but that's my recommendation.. mostly due to the fact that switching between networks and configurations is a high probability with wireless, manual configuration makes more sense.

What you don't explicitly tell us is what happens after running ifconfig/dhclient, pasting the full output in [code][/code] tags.. both before and after you set the nwid and wep key in ifconfig.. will help diagnose possible configuration errors.

Are you bringing the interface up? does the connection establish? is a lease acquired? are you able to ping your router or other hosts?
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If i drop encryption then I'd provide free internet for some of my neighbors and this would not be pleasant. Even if it would work that way I can't do it.
In suggesting to drop encryption, I had in mind doing it for a short time just to try to get a connection, rather than on an ongoing basis. Sorry I probably should have been more clear about that. However, only you can judge if even that would be an unacceptable security risk, fair enough.

I do have two other suggestions to add, assuming you will use encryption.

(1) Carefully check that your WEP key is the same as used in the the AP. I.e., are they both strings or both hex, or do you have some accidental mixture?

(2) Rather than DHCP, you can try running
# tcpdump -ni bwi0
No IP address is needed for this. If the connection and encryption are right, and if there is wireless network traffic, you should see packets being reported.

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This is how I typically connect to a WPA wireless network, assuming wireless interface foo0:

/etc/hostname.foo0:
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dhcp NONE NONE NONE
# ifconfig foo0 nwid networkgoeshere wpa wpakey keygoeshere
# sh /etc/netstart foo0


This is in -current; I remember they changed the key semantics fairly recently (you used to have to run /usr/sbin/wpa-psk to generate the key, then provide those results to ifconfig).
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# ifconfig foo0 nwid networkgoeshere wpa wpapsk keygoeshere
I think this is wrong. "Wpapsk" was being used up until 4.9. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but ifconfig(8), states that you must use "wpakey" instead.

So you should use
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ifconfig <interface> nwid <id> wpakey <key>
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I think this is wrong. "Wpapsk" was being used up until 4.9. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but ifconfig(8), states that you must use "wpakey" instead.

So you should use
Code:
ifconfig <interface> nwid <id> wpakey <key>
You’re right. From /usr/src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c:
Code:
        { "wpakey",     NEXTARG,        0,              setifwpakey },
        { "-wpakey",    -1,             0,              setifwpakey },
/*XXX delete these two after the 4.9 release */
/*XXX*/ { "wpapsk",     NEXTARG,        0,              setifwpakey },
/*XXX*/ { "-wpapsk",    -1,             0,              setifwpakey },
The options do the same thing but wpapsk will be removed soon.
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