Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 11:02:17 -0700 (PDT) From: George Hartzell <hartzell@alerce.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/86532: wpa_supplicant.conf man page should discuss WEP based setups. Message-ID: <200509241802.j8OI2HIP001022@kong.alerce.com> Resent-Message-ID: <200509241810.j8OIAKoN019509@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 86532
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: wpa_supplicant.conf man page should discuss WEP based setups.
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: high
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sat Sep 24 18:10:20 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: George Hartzell
>Release: FreeBSD 6.0-BETA5 i386
>Organization:
none
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD kong.alerce.com 6.0-BETA5 FreeBSD 6.0-BETA5 #1: Fri Sep 23 17:37:01 PDT 2005 root@kong.alerce.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/KONG i386
Sony Vaio laptop, 6,0-BETA5
>Description:
I just moved from 6.0BETA-1 to 6.0-BETA5 and finally switched from my old crufty
setting of WEP keys and stuff in the ifconfig_ath0 line to a WPA and DHCLIENT based
setup.
I couldn't find any mention of how to configure wpa_supplicant for simple wep keys,
although it's gone by on the mailing list a bunch of times. Seems like it should
be in the docs.
Having it written down might head off a bunch of headaches and questions.
>How-To-Repeat:
Set up a wep based wpa managed network as a first timer and try to find the
instructions.
>Fix:
Someone w/ better info about wpa_supplicant should check out the text for
wep_key[0123], but here's a first cut at a patch.
*** wpa_supplicant.conf.5 2005/09/24 01:41:12 1.1
--- wpa_supplicant.conf.5 2005/09/24 02:03:05
***************
*** 396,399 ****
--- 396,403 ----
By default these workarounds are enabled.
String EAP conformance can be configured by setting this to 0.
+ .It Va wep_key0, wep_key1, wep_key2, wep_key3
+ The four WEP keys (quoted strings or hex digits).
+ .It Va wep_tx_keyidx
+ The index of the WEP key that should be used for transmitting.
.El
.Sh CERTIFICATES
***************
*** 494,497 ****
--- 498,516 ----
ca_cert="/etc/cert/ca.pem"
phase2="auth=MD5"
+ }
+ .Ed
+ .Pp
+ Shared WEP key connection (no WPA, no IEEE 802.1X)
+ .Bd -literal
+ ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
+ ctrl_interface_group=wheel
+ network={
+ ssid="static-wep-test"
+ key_mgmt=NONE
+ wep_key0="abcde"
+ wep_key1=0102030405
+ wep_key2="1234567890123"
+ wep_tx_keyidx=0
+ priority=5
}
.Ed
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