Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:14:23 +0000 From: Michael <mlmichael70@gmail.com> To: bschmidt@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dhclient (possibly all networking) not working with some routers and WPA Message-ID: <4D7744EF.3030102@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201103091002.39932.bschmidt@freebsd.org> References: <4D76D138.9010103@gmail.com> <201103091002.39932.bschmidt@freebsd.org>
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On 09/03/2011 09:02, Bernhard Schmidt wrote: > On Wednesday, March 09, 2011 02:00:40 Michael wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm running FreeBSD 8.1-Release with ath0 card. For some unknown reason >> this laptop is not able to get IP address from my access point (DHCP) if >> WPA encryption is enabled. >> >> The tricky part is that it says it is associated but has IP of 0.0.0.0. >> So it looks like encryption part is working and then other communication >> fails. >> >> Everything works fine if I switch the encryption off. >> The same station works fine with other access points. Other operating >> systems works fine on the same station with the same access point. And >> the same access point works fine with other stations. >> In short - it's only FreeBSD that is having problems in this setup. > > Was talking with Adrian about that after remembering the famous > keycache issue. There are some fixes for that in HEAD, can I talk you > into trying HEAD? > Absolutely yes. As I said I am really keen to get it sorted. I have spent quite a lot of money on two different wireless routers (in 6 months time, two different locations) that doesn't work wireless with my FreeBSD laptop - bummer. Is there some image file I can download and install or do I have to compile the whole thing from sources? Michael
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