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Sun Microdevil Pte Ltd@koakuma@uwu.social (2026-09-07 01:31:51)
So, I installed NetBSD on an old Inspiron N4110 but I'm struggling to get it to connect to wifi

The adapter (Atheros AR9285; 168C:002B) seems to be detected well as athn0 but when I try to `wpa_cli scan` it shows no network, when there should be a couple around

How do I convince it to correctly scan and connect to the network I have? :cirnothinking: 

#NetBSD #AskFedi
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Bitslingers-R-Us@AnachronistJohn@zia.io (2026-09-07 01:47:38)
@koakuma Did you make sure the interface is up with ifconfig athn0 up? Sometimes turning of power saving on it can help.

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Sun Microdevil Pte Ltd@koakuma@uwu.social (2026-09-07 01:51:34)
@AnachronistJohn Yup, `ifconfig athn0` says it's up and with powersave off...