Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 09:21:11 -0700 From: Paul Beard <paulbeard@gmail.com> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: wireless access point in FreeBSD 8.2p2 Message-ID: <51754C95-3688-4B33-BD98-7DED5F28DC0E@gmail.com>
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I seem to be missing something, possibly from reading too many HOWTOs. = What I am trying to do is get a system with a wireless card to stand in = as a wireless AP should my aging LinkSys base station develop a tragic = smoke leak.=20 It's an ath0-based card and the following steps suggest it should work = (it has HOSTAP capabilities and offering robust encryption).=20 ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0 ifconfig wlan0 list caps = drivercaps=3D6f85ed41<STA,FF,IBSS,HOSTAP,AHDEMO,TXPMGT,SHSLOT,SHPREAMBLE,M= ONITOR,MBSS,WPA1,WPA2,BURST,WME,WDS,BGSCAN,TXFRAG> cryptocaps=3Df<WEP,TKIP,AES,AES_CCM> But various permutations of rc.conf, hostap.conf and many iterations of = /etc/rc.c/netif restart leave me with two ifconfig entries, one of the = ath0 interface and one for wlan0. None of the examples show this so I = suspect it's wrong. The IP address is pingable from the host it's = installed in but not from anywhere else. And I can see the AP from = another system and attach to it but it doesn't route any traffic.=20 from /etc/rc.conf:=20 wlans_ath0=3D"wlan0" create_args_wlan0=3D"wlanmode hostap" ifconfig_wlan0=3D"inet 192.168.0.26 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid lower = mode 11g channel 8" from hostap.conf:=20 interface=3Dwlan0 debug=3D1 ctrl_interface=3D/var/run/hostapd ctrl_interface_group=3Dwheel ssid=3Dlower wpa=3D0 redacted results of ifconfig:=20 ath0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu = 2290 ether 00:0d:88:93:21:3a media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g = <hostap> status: running wlan0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu = 1500 ether 00:0d:88:93:21:3a inet 192.168.0.26 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 inet6 fe80::20d:88ff:fe93:213a%wlan0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x7=20 nd6 options=3D3<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g = <hostap> status: running ssid lower channel 8 (2447 MHz 11g) bssid 00:0d:88:93:21:3a regdomain FCC indoor ecm authmode AUTO privacy OFF txpower 27 scanvalid 60 protmode CTS wme burst dtimperiod 1 -dfs Yes, I am trying it without any encryption until I see some packets = being passed.=20 It seems like a lot of people are getting this to work but I'm not able = to follow how they did it.=20 -- Paul Beard Are you trying to win an argument or solve a problem?=20
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