[talk] OpenBSD on iBook G4

[Robert Menes]

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

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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