[talk] OpenBSD on iBook G4

[firecrow silvernight]

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  firecrow silvernight
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On Tue, Nov 1, 2016, at 13:55, firecrow silvernight wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 1, 2016, at 13:51, Robert Menes wrote:
>> The AirPort card device is bwi0 in OpenBSD. I already did a fw_update
>> with the drivers.
>> I'm just puzzled as well with ifconfig telling me that 'dhcp' is not
>> a valid option.
>> --Robert
>
> I've had some luck with manually running wpa_supplicant (with -i
> <interface name>) and then calling dhcpcd <interface name> manually,
> it was from netBSD but there is a good chance open has similar
> commands.
>
> my config is on my computer at home, can send more details when i have
> it handy.
>
> ~fire

here is what i did on my netBSD laptop

$ wpa_passphrase <network-ssid> <password> >>
/etc/wpa_supplicant_networks.conf

used ifconfig to find the interface name

then this script gets my wifi running

#!/bin/sh
wpa_supplicant -B -i <interface-name> -c
/etc/wpa_supplicant_networks.conf
sleep 8
# sometimes dhclient <interface-name> works as well depends on the setup
dhcpcd <interface-name>
# to print out if it worked or not
host nycbug.org

there is a way to list ssids with wpa_supplicant but i forget the
commands off hand

hope that helps

~fire
fire at firecrow.com

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>>
>> On Nov 1, 2016 1:45 PM, "Scott Robbins" <scottro at nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Nov 01, 2016 at 01:13:13PM -0400, Robert Menes wrote:
>>> > Hey all,
>>> >
>>> > I successfully installed OpenBSD 6.0 on my iBook G4. I'm packing
>>> > it along
>>> > for tomorrow.
>>> >
>>> > If possible, I'd like to get a little assistance with a couple of
>>> > little
>>> > projects I want to do with
>>> > it, namely switching the desktop environment for something nicer
>>> > like Xfce
>>> > and getting Wifi
>>> > completely working (I installed the necessary firmware packages
>>> > but can't
>>> > seem to get
>>> > ifconfig to see any ESSIDs).
>>>
>>> One thing that I've found, at least with the iwn drivers is that
>>> they don't
>>> work with a hidden WPA2 network.  (Someone on daemonforums had a
>>> similar
>>> experience).  Not knowing your situation, I don't know if that's
>>> relevant.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Scott Robbins
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