install/55440: 10 year old asus laptop wifi not configured automatically.

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>Number:         55440
>Category:       install
>Synopsis:       10 year old asus laptop wifi not configured automatically.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    install-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jun 30 23:50:00 +0000 2020
>Originator:     rino
>Release:        netbsd 9
>Organization:
>Environment:
sorry hosed the machine already. laptop is an Asus that is at least 10 years old.
>Description:
it seems this is a perennial problem with the BSDs. the wifi can't be configured automatically to connect to AP and get ip address. i have to configure by hand the wpa_supplicant.conf and rc.conf files in /etc. then it works.

btw, all linux distros have no issues just to let you know it's not a hardware thing or a wifi remnant thing.
>How-To-Repeat:
install netbsd again.
>Fix:
manually configure wifi settings in /etc/wpa_supplicant and  /etc/rc.conf files.