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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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Sun Microdevil Pte Ltd@koakuma@uwu.social (2026-09-07 01:47:18)
Oh, one more info, I already placed the firmware files like the manual page directed hmm...
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.
lopta@lopta@mastodon.social (2026-09-07 01:48:29)
@koakuma Are any of the wireless networks on 2.4 GHz?
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"