FreePZD

PREAMBLE

Tutorial expresses the author's subjective ideas and conform to AAL license.

Description

How-To about activation of network (wi-fi) dongle.

Intro

Before you buy a dongle, is better to check it in a search engine for FreeBSD support. 

Next Level

# sysctl net.wlan.devices

If your dongle is supported by kernel driver you will get something like that

net.wlan.devices: rtwn0 

After that, with your (not so) favorite editor make changes in configuration files like that

# edit /etc/rc.conf

wlan_rtwn0="wlan0"

ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP"

AND

# edit  /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

network

{

ssid="name_of_the_wifi_point"

psk="password_of_the_point"

}

# ping ya.ru

Must work!

Last thoughts

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