Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 14:37:35 -0700 From: Robert <traveling08@cox.net> To: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LOR wlan0 wi0 Message-ID: <20090809143735.3fa4e8db@vaio> In-Reply-To: <4A7F29DD.30907@errno.com> References: <20090807165850.3e8541f8@vaio> <4A7DA0DF.50107@errno.com> <20090808134101.44d7d210@vaio> <4A7E5E2B.6060204@errno.com> <20090809100420.3ca4ff14@vaio> <20090809112759.3f1c2399@vaio> <4A7F29DD.30907@errno.com>
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On Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:56:13 -0700 Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> wrote: > Robert wrote: > > On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 10:04:20 -0700 > > Robert <traveling08@cox.net> wrote: > > > >> On Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:27:07 -0700 > >> Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Robert wrote: > >>>> On Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:59:27 -0700 > >>>> Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Robert wrote: > >>>>>> Greetings > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I have just upgraded a laptop on my network to current: > > > > > > <clip> > > > >>> I can confirm WEP is broken on wi in sta mode (and probably ap > >>> mode). I found at least two bugs but couldn't get it to work so > >>> am going to leave it as an errata for 8.0. But what's truly odd > >>> is that WPA works fine despite a bug that should've caused it to > >>> not work. I knew WPA worked which is probably why I ignored WEP > >>> (noone in their right mind uses WEP when WPA is available :-)). > >>> > >>> Sam > >> Sam > >> > >> I never claimed to be in my right mind. I haven't been myself > >> since I quit smoking in 1986. :-) > >> > >> I tried WPA yesterday before answering the previous email. I kept > >> getting and error stating: unable to start wpa_supplicant. > >> > >> I was thinking (always dangerous) that this old card maybe didn't > >> have support for WPA. I'm probably wrong since I am not in my > >> right mind. I was going to try again when the WG511T arrives. But > >> now I will try again. > >> > >> Thanks again > >> > > > > Sam > > > > Set up WPA again. The exact error is: > > > > wpa_supplicant[1919]: Failed to initialize driver interface > > > > I found this error message in wpa_supplicant.c at line 1772 as part > > of > > > > "static int wpa_supplicant_init_iface2(struct wpa_supplicant > > *wpa_s)" > > > > function. > > > > I am just guessing but it seems this card is unable to use WPA. I > > will wait for the delivery and try with that one. > > > > Thanks for all of your help. > > You're probably correct. > > ifconfig wlan0 list caps > > will tell you for sure. I think I dropped this issue--that > wpa_supplicant should check device capabilities when it hits an error > to see if the device is even capable. > > I've got an MA401 but didn't find it. I tested with a different card > the does support wpa. > > Sam ifconfig wlan0 list caps drivercaps=10701<STA,IBSS,PMGT,HOSTAP,MONITOR> cryptocaps=1<WEP> It doesn't look promising. At least it wasn't my burned out brain :-) Robert
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