From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 20 5: 8: 3 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from server1.shellworld.net (server1.shellworld.net [64.39.15.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED3F237B405; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 05:07:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (tforrest@localhost) by server1.shellworld.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f8KC7ti40798; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 07:07:55 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from tforrest@server1.shellworld.net) Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 07:07:55 -0500 (CDT) From: Tommy Forrest - KE4PYM To: Ian Cartwright Cc: , Subject: Re: Netgear MA401 and WEP In-Reply-To: <20010920051742.25986.qmail@web14510.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Why do you want to bother with WEP? It takes all of about 15 minutes to crack WEP. On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Ian Cartwright wrote: > Hello eveybody, > > BTW: I am posting this from Yahoo because either @home > is blocking mail from freebsd.org or vice versa; sorry > for the garbled formatting... > > Anyway, I've posted a couple timed before with no > replies. But now that 4.4-R is out maybe there is time > for someone to take alook at this... > > I have a Netgear MA-401 that I have been unable to get > working under FreeBSD. The card works fine under > Windows 2000. The card works great in FreeBSD without > WEP. When I enable WEP I lose my connection to my > access devica (a Netgear ME102). I have scoured the > archives, with no luck. I've tried -STABLE for the > last few weeks, following freebsd-mobile in some hope > of finding someone with a similar issue. I have tried > wicontrol, ifconfig, setting via the command line, > setting in rc.conf, setting in pcccard.conf, and > setting in start_if.wi0, all with no luck. > > Here is some info about my current setup: > - The card works with WEP disabled > - My WEP key is entered in hex > - I am trying to attach to a Netgear MA-102 Access > Point which only supports 40 bit hex keys > - wicontrol looks like it is doing everything properly > (correct keys, ssid, etc.) > - ifconfig looks OK too, except "authmode" is NONE and > I cannot change it to anything else > > Here is a copy of my start_if.wi0 > #!/bin/sh > /usr/sbin/wicontrol -i wi0 -t 11 > /usr/sbin/wicontrol -i wi0 -n IansWireless > /usr/sbin/wicontrol -i wi0 -c 0 -p 0 > /usr/sbin/wicontrol -i wi0 -k 0x1111111111 -v 1 > /usr/sbin/wicontrol -i wi0 -T 1 > /usr/sbin/wicontrol -i wi0 -e 1 > > Also, I have noticed some strange behavior when > setting keys. If I set the 40 bit WEP key to all 3's > then do a wicontrol -i wi0 to report the keys, it will > show the key as '33333' (as in a text string instead > of hex). But that may or may not be part of this. > > Cheers, > > Ian > > __________________________________________________ > Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? > Donate cash, emergency relief information > http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message