From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 20 00:05:24 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EEB116A417 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:05:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS1=a866e2cdc4db16dbe9046af29cda30229a163259=es.net==a866e2cdc4db16dbe9046af29cda30229a163259=400=es.net=oberman@es.net) Received: from postal1.es.net (postal1.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:14:3::6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E79013C44C for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:05:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS1=a866e2cdc4db16dbe9046af29cda30229a163259=es.net==a866e2cdc4db16dbe9046af29cda30229a163259=400=es.net=oberman@es.net) Received: from postal1.es.net (postal4.es.net [198.124.252.66]) by postal1.es.net (Postal Node 1) with ESMTP (SSL) id XBN15945 for Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [198.128.4.29]) by postal4.es.net (Postal Node 4) with ESMTP (SSL) id XBN58042; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:47:42 -0700 Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id DA71845045; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:47:40 -0700 (PDT) To: sam@errno.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1184791660_74708P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:47:40 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20070718204740.DA71845045@ptavv.es.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: 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: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:05:24 -0000 --==_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--