This document describes how to configure and troubleshoot IEEE 802.11 networking under Net BSD. Comments, additions, and corrections welcome. Configuring the kernel (top) Net BSD supports a number of PCMCIA/ Cardbus and PCI based IEEE 802.11 compatible network cards, among them the Lucent Wave LAN, ELSA Air Lancer and recent Atheros based cards. To use them, add one of the following to your kernel config: an* at pci? dev? function? Aironet PC4500/ PC4800 (802.11) ath* at pci? dev? function? Atheros 802.11 atw* at pci? dev? function? ADMtek ADM8211 (802.11) wi* at pci? dev? function? Intersil Prism Mini- PCI (802.11b) an* at isapnp? Aironet 802.11 an* at pcmcia? function? Aironet PC4500/ PC4800 (802.11) awi* at pcmcia? function? Bay Stack 650/660 (802.11 FH/ DS) ray* at pcmcia? function? Raytheon Raylink (802.11) wi* at pcmcia? function? Lucent/ Intersil Wave Lan IEEE (802.11) ath* at cardbus? dev? function? Atheros 802.11 atw* at cardbus? dev? function? ADMtek ADM8211 (802.11) See your platform's sys/arch conf/ GENERIC kernel config file for an upto-date list. If you have the ISA version of one of these cards, note that it's really just a PCMCIA controller on an ISA card, so you'll need to configure a PCMCIA controller in your kernel as well. Using the network (top) Once you've booted a kernel with a 802.11 card driver like wi or ath and it has found your card, try configuring the network by hand. Assuming you haven't changed anything yet, use ifconfig(8) and wiconfig(8) to show the card's current configuration. Most of the network card's parameters can be changed using ifconfig(8) and wiconfig(8) (deprecated in Net BSD 3.0 (and -current as of August 2004) there will also be a wlanctl(8) command. Remember that you can get a list of available media and media options with ifconfig -m wi0. Assuming that the defaults are correct for.
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