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Subject: Re: PRISM3(PCMCIA) and/or wi(4) driver unable to do WPA?
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Doug Poland wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I just acquired a Linksys "Instant Wireless Network PC Card" 802.11b
> wireless NIC.  When plugged into a 6.2 i386 laptop, dmesg reports:
> 
> wi0: <The Linksys Group, Inc. Instant Wireless Network PC Card> at port 0x100-0x13f irq 11 function 0 config 1 on pccard1
> wi0: using RF:PRISM3(PCMCIA)
> wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary (1.1.0), Station (1.4.2)
> wi0: Ethernet address: 00:06:25:18:6e:1d
> 
> When I attempted to connect to my WPA-PSK WAP, wpa_supplicant(8) just
> hangs.  When I turned off encryption on the WAP, and enter:
> 
> # dhclient wi0
> 
> Then the NIC connects just fine.  So the question is, is it the NIC, the
> wi(4) driver, or what?  
> 
> 
The driver sadly, see http://www.freebsd.org/projects/ideas/#p-wi
Its possible someones working on it but not that i know of.


Vince