Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 09:08:21 -0700 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: "Russell J. Yount" <rjy@cmu.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0-RC1 hostapd with wi(4) problems Message-ID: <43624CF5.5090403@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <9308474.1130451660@[192.168.1.207]> References: <9308474.1130451660@[192.168.1.207]>
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Russell J. Yount wrote: > I have FreeBSD 6.0-RC1 setup as an AP using ath(4) driver, > hostapd(8) using WPA-PSK, and if_bridge(4) between an sis(4) > and wi(4). It seems to work well with a windows XP client. > > When I try to substitute the wi(4) driver (with card firmware 1.7.4) > windows XP seems to see it to be WEP security rather than AES,TKIP > and will not associate. > > Running hostapd with debugging seem to indicate no packets are > passed to hostapd and I do not see received packet on the wi(4) > interface with netstat -i. > > With open authentication wi(4) seems to work well. > > Is there something different in capabilities between the ath(4) > and wi(4) drivers related to using hostapd in FreeBSD? The wi driver does not support WPA and I've never tried it with 802.1x. > > The intersil-prism card I have used with hostapd in linux for > over a year with no problems. Linux uses a completely different driver that supports WPA w/ Prism cards. Sam
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