From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 5 17:01:45 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 980BA1065672 for ; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 17:01:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@brightstar.bomgardner.net) Received: from brightstar.bomgardner.net (brightstar.bomgardner.net [209.240.79.79]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 320CC8FC30 for ; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 17:01:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@brightstar.bomgardner.net) Received: from brightstar.bomgardner.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by brightstar.bomgardner.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1E17119CE7 for ; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 12:01:45 -0500 (CDT) From: "Gene" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 12:01:45 -0500 Message-Id: <20090605165231.M1533@brightstar.bomgardner.net> In-Reply-To: <3a142e750906041618n132196e8y638e12aabf27453@mail.gmail.com> References: <20090604204438.M13014@brightstar.bomgardner.net> <3a142e750906041618n132196e8y638e12aabf27453@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: OpenWebMail 2.52 20060502 X-OriginatingIP: 192.168.0.6 (fbsd) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Subject: Re: Wireless Woes (NDIS, WPA2) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:01:45 -0000 On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 23:18:42 +0000, Paul B. Mahol wrote > On 6/4/09, Gene wrote: > > Hi All: > > > > I'm trying to get wireless working on a laptop. It works fine as long as no > > encryption is used, but if I try to use either WEP or WPA2, I ueem to always > > wind up with > > > > Status: No Carrier > > > > Any help greatly appreciated. > > _____________________- > > > > >From /etc/rc.conf: > > > > ifconfig_ndis0="WPA DHCP" > > > > >From wpa_supplicant.conf > > > > network={ > > ssid="northstar" > > psk="Passphrase here" > > } > > > > >From /var/log/messages > > > > ndis0: mem 0x88000000-0x8800ffff > > irq > > 5 at device 0.0 on cardbus0 > > ndis0: [ITHREAD] > > ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.1 > > NDIS: could not find file preparse.ini in linker list > > NDIS: and no filesystems mounted yet, aborting NdisOpenFile() > > NDIS: could not find file regAdd.txt in linker list > > NDIS: and no filesystems mounted yet, aborting NdisOpenFile() > > > > ndis0: WARNING: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface > > ndis0: Ethernet address: 00:18:39:17:28:35 > > > > And from ifconfig ndis0 scan: > > > > genesis# ifconfig ndis0 scan > > > > SSID BSSID CHAN RATE S:N INT CAPS > > northstar 00:21:91:de:3f:8d 1 54M -51:-96 100 EPS > > > > And finally from ifconfig ndis0: > > > > genesis# ifconfig ndiso > > > > ndis0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 > > ether 00:18:39:17:28:35 > > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect > > status: no carrier > > ssid "" channel 1 (2412 Mhz 11b) > > authmode OPEN privacy OFF bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 roaming MANUAL > > bintval 0 > > > > ________________________ > > > > IHN, > > Gene > > > > -- > > To everything there is a season, > > And a time to every purpose under heaven. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > Look in output from wpa_supplicant using -d switch > for information about possible misconfiguration. > > # wpa_supplicant -d -Dndis -iwlan0 -cMY_CONF.FILE > > -- > Paul Paul - thanks for the response. Did the above - the output shows that wlan could not be found. It's loaded according to kldstat so I'm not sure what's going on. Should there be an entry for wlan in rc.conf? Output from wpa_supplicant is below. Yhanks! ________________ genesis# wpa_supplicant -dd -Dndis -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf Initializing interface 'wlan0' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'ndis' ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A' Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' Line: 1 - start of a new network block ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=9): 6e 6f 72 74 68 73 74 61 72 northstar PSK (ASCII passphrase) - hexdump_ascii(len=15): [REMOVED] PSK (from passphrase) - hexdump(len=32): [REMOVED] Priority group 0 id=0 ssid='northstar' Initializing interface (2) 'wlan0' EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state DISCONNECTED EAPOL: KEY_RX entering state NO_KEY_RECEIVE EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state INITIALIZE EAP: EAP entering state DISABLED EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0 EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0 NDIS: Packet.dll version: FreeBSD WinPcap compatibility shim v1.0 NDIS: 1 adapter names found NDIS: 1 adapter descriptions found NDIS: 0 - ndis0 - ndis0 NDIS: Could not find interface 'wlan0' Failed to initialize driver interface Failed to add interface wlan0 Cancelling scan request Cancelling authentication timeout genesis# IHN, Gene -- To everything there is a season, And a time to every purpose under heaven.