Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 08:12:35 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: "Thomas D. Dean" <tomdean@speakeasy.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BWN WLAN wpa_supplicant ssid mismatch no carrier Message-ID: <20130113081235.7b98013f@X220.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <50F206B7.4090108@speakeasy.org> References: <50F206B7.4090108@speakeasy.org>
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Hi,
On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 16:58:31 -0800
"Thomas D. Dean" <tomdean@speakeasy.org> wrote:
> FreeBSD 9.0 as of June 1, 2012.
>
> I have an older laptop with a PC Card Linksys WiFi adapter.
>
> I cannot connect to a close-by (2 ft) wireless router.
>
> > cat rc.conf
> ...
> ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP"
you must add here the ssid to be used.
> wlans_bwn0="wlan0"
> ...
>
> > cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> network={
> ssid="tddhome"
> psk="...."
> }
>
> # wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -ddt
> ...
> 0: < the correct router> ssid='' wpa_ie_len=22 ...
> skip - SSID mismatch
> ...
>
> The interface is seeing the correct router
> > ifconfig -v wlan0 list scan
> ...
>
> SSID<tddhome> ... WPA<v1 mc:AES-CCMP uc:AES-CCMP km:8021X-PSK> ...
>
> What am I doing wrong?
You must tell ifconfig which ssid to use.
Erich
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