Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 10:44:35 +0100 From: Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt@freebsd.org> To: Michael <mlmichael70@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dhclient (possibly all networking) not working with some routers and WPA Message-ID: <201103091044.35689.bschmidt@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4D7744EF.3030102@gmail.com> References: <4D76D138.9010103@gmail.com> <201103091002.39932.bschmidt@freebsd.org> <4D7744EF.3030102@gmail.com>
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On Wednesday, March 09, 2011 10:14:23 Michael wrote: > 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? There are snapshots available: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/201102/ Maybe the livefs iso is enough for giving this a shot, dunno. -- Bernhard
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