Hi all,
Well, the issue is weird, of that magnitude I was not able to give an impression in the subject.
I followed the page on WIFI on the site of freeBSD itself.
Upon reboot...no WIFI, I issue an ifconfig and "hey" my WIFI tries to knock at the door of the hotspot of...the neighbor...hmm...
Even while the SSID and such are set to MY modem...
Wireless works from the modem out, I have a tablet PC in the kitchen that gives me internet via WIFI to the modem...
So, inquisitive as I am (hehe), I nose in the confs and find that there is to be a /var/run/wpa_supplicant, that, upon even closer inspection, is not even where it's supposed to be.
Obviously, I miss a step... and of course, I am a freeBSD newbee
I have the laptop set up to the point where I can fully function (desktop : Enlightenment, granted, said to be unstable but...sooo gorgeous) save for WIFI and (hehe) shutting down from my desktop...THAT priv I dont have...yet
Big post, lotsalotsa, please...meditate with me...thanks...
Thor
By the way, I got me a laptop to counter the pending power outages belgium will have this winter...NOT back to the dark ages, but FORWARD...to the NEW ages...where less...is more, how funky is that, yea'...
Edit - I got me a Lenovo R400, wifi card is Intel...okay, not new but freeBSD's lightness grants me some 2 hours - on an old battery, love this!!!!!
Edit - solved, I installed something else...no time to crack this one...maybe later, not now... too bad...

Good luck - I'll take you off the no reply list.

BTW - Sorry I had no help, but not a wifi user.

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Thanks...FreeBSD - for all its charms - has a too steep curve, I needed the laptop up and running faster. If it were up to me, and there was no deadline, I'd have continued to research, but one has to be practical and put the resources to USE hehe
I installed Xubuntu. It seems that no matter what approach I took, WIFI did not happen. I ended up taking use of the FON connection instead...it is a way where all subscribers that allow the use of the hotspot in the modem also get free access via other modems...kinda like "I share because you share" - great approach...
(NO advertising in mind!!!!!)
Thor

Might be useful to know what the hardware is? e.g. "lspci" or "lsusb" from a Linux system.

In FreeBSD
Also dmesg is useful, try a grep for common terms e.g.

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Thanks!
My real "desire" still lies with FreeBSD, but now that I cannot get several dongles to work in several distros, exept one, that leads me to raise an eyebrow...
Will I install it....almost certanly, since it's pretty new to me, the curve is somewhat too steep to spend that time on it, the laptop had to be functional a bit sooner.
Just out of info/feedback : install Englightenment at your own risk, it (indeed) is somewhat unstable...though it is a gem...such a shame something this beautifull can do a system-wide freeze...
Thor