Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:36:17 -0800 From: Arvind Srinivasan <arvind1@gmail.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WPA on laptops running FreeBSD 5.3 (hacked a custom driver but having trouble) Message-ID: <c91ae14805030909367d9f0445@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2fd864e05030906332fb7c65e@mail.gmail.com> References: <c91ae148050308234173362dda@mail.gmail.com> <2fd864e05030906332fb7c65e@mail.gmail.com>
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Good idea - I'll add the sysctls this weekend. I also need to figure out why the link is up but cannot get anything to transmit over it. Maybe the 6-CURRENT code has some pointers .... On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 08:33:20 -0600, Astrodog <astrodog@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 23:41:11 -0800, Arvind Srinivasan <arvind1@gmail.com> = wrote: > > I hacked a custom ndis driver to use WPA-PSK. The driver pretends to > > be WEP (so that I can continue to use the existing API's) but under > > the covers it actually calls the ndis wrapper with WPA OIDs instead of > > the WEP OIDs. > > > > The essential changes I made are a call to OID_802_11_ADD_KEY instead > > of OID_802_11_ADD_WEP, and NDIS_80211_WEPSTAT_ENC2ENABLED instead of > > NDIS_80211_WEPSTAT_ENABLED. > > All the changes are in if_ndis.c:ndis_setstate_80211. > > > > I've tried two different cards: Linksys WPC54G and Dell WLAN 1350. > > Both cards associate fine, but do not get much further than that. I am > > unable to get an IP address from the NETGEAR router via DHCP, even > > though the link is up. > > Note that both cards work fine with the same router in Windows..... > > > > Is there anything else I need to do besides provide the right key and > > encryption method in ndis_setstate_80211? > > > > Thanks. > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------= -------------------------------- > > > > >>>>> "Sam" =3D=3D Sam Leffler <sam at errno.com> writes: > > > > Hi, > > > > Sam> I have no intention. I believe it is more valuable to spend time > > Sam> on importing support for newer devices that can support WPA > > Sam> natively (like Intel). > > > > Fully understandable and logical. > > > > Sam> OTOH there's nothing to stop someone else from doing it; it shoul= d > > Sam> not be a lot of work. > > > > Wish I could code... > > > > =C9ric > > > > -- > > TP> Les binaires sur fr.* ne sont pas envisageables pour diverses > > TP> raisons techniques qui ont d=E9j=E0 =E9t=E9 =E9voqu=E9es des centa= ines de fois. > > Les techniques que tu =E9voques sont des techniques de ta m=E8re. > > -+- C in GNU - Ta m=E8re en short elle administre un serveur de niouze= s - > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" > > >=20 > Might want to see if you can make it a sysctl/tunable to switch > between the two modes, if it was, I could atleast give it a shot on my > laptop. Lemme know if you get it to that point, even if it isn't > entirely functional, and I'll be all over it. :) >
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