Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:44:17 -0400 From: Parv <parv@pair.com> To: Mark Linimon <linimon@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, darius@dons.net.au Subject: Re: kern/82926: [ipw] ipw(4) doesn't seem to do WPA, also leaves entries in the scan table Message-ID: <20060428194417.GA1324@holestein.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <200604281435.k3SEZ6wF055318@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200604281435.k3SEZ6wF055318@freefall.freebsd.org>
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in message <200604281435.k3SEZ6wF055318@freefall.freebsd.org>, wrote Mark Linimon thusly... > > Synopsis: [ipw] ipw(4) doesn't seem to do WPA, also leaves entries in the scan table > > State-Changed-From-To: open->suspended > State-Changed-By: linimon > State-Changed-When: Fri Apr 28 14:34:32 UTC 2006 > State-Changed-Why: > This is apparently a known problem which would require a substantial rewrite > to solve. > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=82926 I just want to add a note to this PR that problem seems to be related to use of ipw in scan mode, known to be such only through presence of "ap_scan=1" in wpa_supplicant.conf mentioned in "Describe" section. "How to repeat" section does not specify that wpa_supplicant is used to scan for the available APs. FWIW, i have been using iwi (for Intel 2200BG, from net/iwi-firmware port) for a quite while, on FreeBSD 6, w/ Linksys WRT54G v4 in BSS mode. - Parv --
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