Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:11:05 -0700 From: Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 802.1x for wired networks Message-ID: <47FCEA99.4050000@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20080409141324.GA43689@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <20080409130531.GA73375@gvr.gvr.org> <20080409141324.GA43689@lor.one-eyed-alien.net>
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Brooks Davis wrote: > On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 03:05:31PM +0200, Guido van Rooij wrote: >> What is the best way to be able to have a FreeBSD system connect >> via 802.1x to a wired network? Wap_supplicant seems to insist on >> calling 80211 ioctl's and thus fails. >> >> I found the open1x project, but did not find it in the ports tree. >> This suggests that perhaps there is a native solution after all, yet >> I can't seem to find it. >> >> Any suggestions? > > Sam just comitted support to /etc/rc.d/wpa_supplicant in head to set the > driver to bsd or wired based on the device media type. > > -- Brooks Right; you need to specify -Dwired to get the "wired driver". Note I have no way of testing wired supplicant operation so if it works I'd like to hear about it. Sam
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