Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 12:10:04 +0200 From: Rene Ladan <r.c.ladan@student.tue.nl> To: Ben Kaduk <minimarmot@gmail.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dhclient and wpa_supplicant Message-ID: <20050730101002.GA85066@82-168-75-155-bbxl.xdsl.tiscali.nl> In-Reply-To: <47d0403c050729223074ddf67d@mail.gmail.com> References: <42EAD325.60707@errno.com> <47d0403c050729223074ddf67d@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 05:30:42AM +0000, Ben Kaduk wrote:
>=20
> ndis0: <Dell TrueMobile 1400 Dual Band WLAN Mini-PCI Card> mem
> 0xfaff6000-0xfaff7fff irq 9 at device 3.0 on pci2
> ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.0
^^^
You should use NDIS API version 5.1, which comes with the
Windows XP drivers.
> ndis0: Ethernet address: 00:90:4b:2d:46:ce
>=20
> When I issue an:
>=20
> prolepsis# ifconfig ndis0 inet up ssid 'NetworkXcAe5@r' wepmode on
> wepkey 0xdeadc0de
>=20
> my interface associates fine, giving me this:
>=20
> prolepsis# ifconfig ndis0
> ndis0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> inet6 fe80::290:4bff:fe2d:46ce%ndis0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
> ether 00:90:4b:2d:46:ce
> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect
> status: associated
^^^^^^
You should get a bssid here.
> ssid NetworkXcAe5@r bssid 00:12:17:1d:f7:08
> authmode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF wepkey 1:40-bit txpowmax =
100
It might be safer to define a default transmit key, but I'm not sure on
that.
>=20
> but when I run:
>=20
> prolepsis# dhclient ndis0
> DHCPDISCOVER on ndis0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
> DHCPDISCOVER on ndis0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
> DHCPDISCOVER on ndis0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 16
> DHCPDISCOVER on ndis0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
> DHCPDISCOVER on ndis0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11
> DHCPDISCOVER on ndis0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
> No DHCPOFFERS received.
> No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
>=20
> prolepsis# ifconfig ndis0
> ndis0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> inet6 fe80::290:4bff:fe2d:46ce%ndis0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
> inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
> ether 00:90:4b:2d:46:ce
> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect
> status: associated
> ssid NetworkXcAe5@r bssid 00:12:17:1d:f7:08
> authmode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF wepkey 1:40-bit txpowmax =
100
>=20
>=20
> dhclient doesn't seem to pick it up. I know this ap is actually
> running a dhcp server; it works on darwin.
>=20
> I have read that using ifconfig for wireless (encryption?) is not the
> way of the future, that I should be using wpa_supplicant,
WPA uses a stronger encryption than WEP, ifconfig is just a tool to
configure network interfaces. In theory it could support WPA.
>=20
> Thanks for putting in all this effort.
>=20
> Ben Kaduk
Regards,
Rene
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