[talk] OpenBSD on iBook G4

[firecrow silvernight]

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

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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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