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Issue:

How to enable built-in wifi in Acer Aspire 3623WXMi?

Solution:

1. add package ath driver v.0.5 for Solaris 10
2. download wificonfig binary to /usr/bin
3. create profile: wificonfig createprofile profilename essid=ssidname authmode=opensystem encryption=wep wepkey1=wepkey
4. procedure:
   1. ifconfig rtls0 down
   2. ifconfig ath0 plumb
   3. wificonfig -i ath0 connect profilename
   4. ifconfig ath0 dhcp

Tricks:

• down the wired LAN interface (in this case rtls0) before bringing up wireless
• add authmode option in creating profile explicitly
• run: ifconfig ath0 plumb before running wificonfig command otherwise system will probably hang!