From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 16 02:36:04 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45A8016A40F for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 02:36:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C23B643D53 for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 02:36:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from [10.0.0.248] (trouble.errno.com [10.0.0.248]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.13.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id kAG2a24X014815 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:36:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Message-ID: <455BCE92.1020804@errno.com> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:36:02 -0800 From: Sam Leffler User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060920) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: probsd org References: <791040.31210.qm@web52408.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <791040.31210.qm@web52408.mail.yahoo.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wpa_password not included in 6.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 02:36:04 -0000 probsd org wrote: > > Brooks Davis wrote: On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 03:05:55PM -0800, probsd org wrote: >> I'm using FBSD 6.1 and have ndis0 configured. The wireless router I need to connect to is doing WPA-PSK TKIP encryption. I have installed wpa_supplicant but when configuring /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf I have to define 32-bit >> psk password from wpa_password. But, I see wpa_password isn't included in FBSD 6.1 >> >> What are my options? > > wpa_supplicant was shipped with FreeBSD 6.0 and beyond. > > -- Brooks > > It is my understanding that wpa_password is apart of wpa_supplicant. One needs to run 'wpa_password ssid password' to generate the 32-bit password when configuring /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf [please don't cross-post to multiple groups] If you put the ascii string in the wpa_supplicant.conf file then wpa_supplicant will do the work of wpa_passphrase and you don't need it. If you want wpa_passphrase for pre-caculating the PSK, then the code is in contrib/wpa_supplicant and you can build it yourself. Another person requested it be hooked to the build and it's on my TODO list but hasn't happened yet. Sam PS. If you really meant wpa_psasword then I don't know what it is; please provide a pointer.