On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 06:51:13PM +0200, elflord woods wrote: > hi all > my tp x31 is well supported by the beloved openbsd according to > http://www.openbsd.org/i386-laptop.html > and in my dmesg i see that my card is recognized > but the light indicator for wireless connection can not be turned on > I've tried dhclient ipw0 > no luck neither > > do i need some kind of firmware to get it working ? > > what does it mean by firmware and how do i go about to install it? > > btw; what are the usual commands for configuring a wireless card ? > can someone kindly type some examples please ? > for example: what commands give a list of available wireless connections ? > and what command let me choose one of these ? etc > > my school offers a wireless connection without any passwords and stuff > so all i need is the most basic config > > many thanks in advance >
If you look in the man page for ipw you will see a link to the firmware you need to install, you can simple run pkg_add http://... and reboot, in this man page there will also be examples on how to connect to an access point as well. -- James Turner BSD Group Consulting http://www.bsdgroup.org
