From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 25 13:08:46 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 243C7106564A for ; Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:08:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EF8D8FC0C for ; Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:08:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn35 with SMTP id 35so2380128iwn.13 for ; Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:08:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.31.135 with SMTP id y7mr7009149ibc.182.1280063324116; Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:08:44 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.148.9 with HTTP; Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:08:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Eitan Adler Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:08:22 -0400 Message-ID: To: "illoai@gmail.com" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: why do I require "WPA" in rc.conf even for open networks. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:08:46 -0000 > I use WPA and have no urge to run tests for someone else on this > right now, but are you sure something like > > ifconfig_wlan0="ssid ForteanJungle wepmode mixed wepkey 8675309 DHCP" > > doesn't work at all these days? I had ifconfig_wlan0="ssid MySSID DHCP" and attempted to connect to an OPEN network without being able to do so. When I added ifconfig_wlan0="ssid MySSID WPA DHCP" I was able to connect to the same network. -- Eitan Adler