Re: Using wifi via a smart phone/USB tethering

[Praveen A <pravi.a@gmail.com>]

Hi Steven,
Thanks for the suggestions. I was able to load the driver and get the
interface up, but dhclient can't get an ip. If I configure a static
ip, I can ping myself, but can't reach router. It is an open network.

2013/12/8, Steven Chamberlain <steven@pyro.eu.org>:
> Hi Praveen,
>
> I'm not sure about support for usbnet (networking with a phone via wired
> USB).  But for Wi-Fi tethering:
>
> On 08/12/13 11:48, Praveen A wrote:
>> Btw my wifi card is
>> 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100
>
> That card should work with the iwn driver and doesn't need firmware:
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?iwn
>
> The examples on that page demonstrate connection to unsecured or WEP
> networks using ifconfig.  But if your access point (the phone) uses
> WPA/WPA2 you will need to use wpa_supplicant.
>
> Once `ifconfig` shows the link is UP/associatiated, `dhclient` should be
> able to configure the interface IP.
>
> We should probably document common use cases such as this with a new
> GNU_kFreeBSD/Wireless page on the Debian Wiki.  There we can explain the
> manual procedure, whether it is known to work, and the status of any
> helper utilities/GUIs.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Steven Chamberlain
> steven@pyro.eu.org
>


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