From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 19 03:22:31 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36A9B16A403 for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:22:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10EFA13C491 for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:22:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from sam-lefflers-powerbook-g4-15.local ([10.0.0.178]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.13.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id l6J3MSa8086342 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:22:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Message-ID: <469ED8F1.2070409@errno.com> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:22:25 -0700 From: Sam Leffler Organization: Errno Consulting User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (Macintosh/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kevin Oberman References: <20070718204740.DA71845045@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: <20070718204740.DA71845045@ptavv.es.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems connecting to public WiFi with latest 80211 code X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:22:31 -0000 Kevin Oberman wrote: > I had not seen this problem because I do not use the wpa_supplicant to > connect to open networks when at home, but I am on travel this week and > it has been a real pain. > > System is current as of this afternoon and is running on a ThinkPad T43 > with an Atheros 5212 mini-PCI card. mac+phy revs for card are always important; dmesg|grep ath > > When the system comes up, the wpa_supplicant starts, but the system > never scans except with 'authmode WPA1+WPA2/802.11i privacy ON' and > never tries to associate with an open AP even though I have an entry in > wpa_supplicant.conf for that network. I have to issue a 'ifconfig > wepmode off' to get it to associate. I don't see a log from wpa_supplicant or console debug msgs as obtained with wlandebug. > > Even then, it still won't always associate until I ifconfig the > interface down and up. Once I do this, it seems to associate rather > quickly. > > I suspect that the problem reported on mobile by Matthias Apitz and jhb > may be a part of the problem, but I think the inability to get to > authmode OPEN is different. > > I use the supplicant at home and it works fine, but that is NOT an open > network, so I don't need the interface to run in OPEN mode. > > Any idea what is going on and if it can be fixed or worked around? I can't help w/o the usual info: what os, card info (mac+phy), and how to reproduce (e.g. wpa_supplicant.conf and cmd line). Sam