Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:47:40 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: sam@errno.com Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Problems connecting to public WiFi with latest 80211 code Message-ID: <20070718204740.DA71845045@ptavv.es.net>
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--==_Exmh_1184791660_74708P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline 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. 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. 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? -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 --==_Exmh_1184791660_74708P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 06/03/2002 iD8DBQFGnnxskn3rs5h7N1ERAgmRAJ45sZ55rtJOF4oCeSv7EzL0OGFx2QCZAWGO h0wRzK+M0L9Xuf7xQJEgLv4= =/kOb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1184791660_74708P--
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