[ug-bosug] Solaris wifi issue

[Vivek Joshi]

Thanks for all the replies. BTW, there is nothing wrong in the steps I
followed ... A further investigation revealed two issues,
- signal quality
- we run out of IP addresses

Solaris just rocks!

Cheers, Vivek


On Jan 16, 2008 3:52 PM, Vivek Joshi <vbjoshi08 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I have some issues with the  Solaris wifi. I can connect it from one
> network  but not from other (at different place). The only difference
> between the networks is, the latter has a key ...
>
> I am running B55 and here are the steps to connect from site 1,
>
> (a) Boot in 32 bit mode
> (b) ifconfig bcmndis0 plumb; ifconfig bcmndis0 up
> (c) /sbin/wificonfig -i bcmndis0 createprofile essid=Network1 [[Just one time]]
> (d) /sbin/wificonfig -i bcmndis0 connect Network1
> (e) Run 'inetmenu' and done ... It'll fetch a DHCP IP ...
>
> The above steps are same in office (Network2) but after selecting the
> 'DHCP' in inetmenu, it prompts for the key as expected but no progress
> from there. No IP address is configured .. The other weird thing is,
> it doesn't ask for the key any more. Just once it asked about this.
>
> Is this a known issue? Any trick to connect from Site 2?
>
> Cheers, Vivek
>
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