Configuring Ethernet

After pressing enter in order to do post-installation configuration, the following message appeared: 
User Confirmation Requested 
   Would you like to configure any Ethernet or SLIP/PPP network devices?

                             [ Yes ]   No
I selected [Yes] and pressed enter. Then a screen appeared with a list of various network devices and communication ports. Since I use my Netgear MA401 wireless adapter to connect to my wireless router, I highlighted wi0 Lucent WaveLan/IEEE 8021 wireless adapter and pressed enter.

Next appeared a message asking if I want to try IPv6. I don't think my hardware is even capable of IPv6 so I selected [No]. Then a message asking if I want to try DHCP appeared, and I selected [Yes]. That normally would be enough to configure my network device since my router uses DHCP to assign IP addresses, however I also have WEP activated so I know it won't be enough. After a minute or two of trying unsuccessfuly to obtain an IP address, the FreeBSD configuration utility presents me with a screen that looks something like below but with all the fields blank.

------------------------------Network Configuration----------
Host:
Domain:
IPv4 Gateway:
Name Server:
----Configuration for Interface wi0----
IPv4 Address:
Netmask:
Extra options to ifconfig:
------------------------------ -------------------

I filled in the fields manually using the tab key. You can access this information from Windows 2000/XP/Vista by typing ipconfig at the command prompt.
- Connection-specific DNS suffix is the Domain
- Default Gateway is the IPv4 Gateway
Host is any name you want for your computer. The IPv4 address is only for static IP addresses so I left it blank because my home network uses DHCP to assign addresses dynamically. The Extra options field is where I tell the configuration that I am using WEP encryption and enter my WEP key (preceded by 0x for hexadecimal). This will put lines into the /etc/rc.conf file of my system telling it to use wep and what the wepkey is so that it can obtain an IP address from the router at boot time. When every field looked correct, I tabbed to OK and pressed enter.

The next screen asked: 
User Confirmation Requested 
        Would you like to Bring Up the wi0 interface right now?

                             [ Yes ]   No

I selected [Yes].

I selected [No] for next five messages, however you may find some of these services such as telnet and FTP very useful. Check the FreeBSD website for more information.