Wireless changes under FreeBSD 8.x I recently upgraded my laptop (ThinkPad X61s) to FreeBSD 8.0-PRERELEASE. Along the way, I had a problem with wireless. This is because wireless has changed. Details The symptoms arrived with this command: # /etc/rc.d/wpa_supplicant start ath0 Starting wpa_supplicant. ioctl[SIOCG80211, op 98, len 32]: Invalid argument ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=5 eloop_data=0x800e0b1c0 …
IBM ThinkPad T41 – going from ipw(4) to ath(4) I have an IBM ThinkPad T41. It’s a great little laptop. It’s been very reliable, despite some initial hardware problems. One major problem has been the wireless NIC. I’ve been having problems with it for over a year. The original problem was a total system freeze. …
Configuring IPsec on your XP Professional laptop IPsec is a tool you can use to secure your network communications. I use IPsec to ensure my wireless connections are secured. IPsec offers security and peace of mind over and above the traditional WEP and MAC-address filtering. NOTE: although this article was written with wireless communication in …
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Home networks are everywhere [Free]BSD has networking in its roots. It’s one of the things it does very well. Why else would the BSD TCP/IP stack be used in so many other operating systems if it wasn’t the best around? Most people who use FreeBSD will also have a home network. Whatever the size of …
Installing via wireless NIC If you have been paying attention and reading every one of my articles (which of course, everyone does, I have no doubt) you will recall that John Van Boxtel gave me a Compaq Presario 1620 laptop. This beast has an 814MB disk, 48MB of RAM, and three spare batteries. I’ve also …