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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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Jay 🚩 :runbsd:@jaypatelani@bsd.network (2026-09-07 02:09:00)
@koakuma check your rc.conf :

wpa_supplicant=YES

wpa_supplicant_flags="-B -D bsd -i iwn0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf"

dhcpcd=YES

dhcpcd_flags="-qM iwn0 -b"

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Sun Microdevil Pte Ltd@koakuma@uwu.social (2026-09-07 02:15:23)
@jaypatelani Yup, it's already like this