Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 15:28:51 +0000 From: Pollywog <lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wpa_supplicant question Message-ID: <200709011528.51697.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> In-Reply-To: <200709011707.46857.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0708312226240.18503@yvahk2.ty.hzop.rqh> <200709011447.l81ElnsJ024085@mi0.bluebottle.com> <200709011707.46857.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
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On Saturday 01 September 2007 15:07:46 Mel wrote: > On Saturday 01 September 2007 16:47:49 Xihong Yin wrote: > > Thanks, I thought it was the problem of the argument. But I still can not > > connect to my Access Point using wap_supplicant while I can connect by > > 'ifconfig'. It always connects to a different network which is in the > > previous DHCP leases. But this network is not what I specified in my > > /etc/wap_supplicant.conf file. > > > > My /etc/wap_supplicant.conf looks like this: > > > > network={ > > ssid="home" > > key_mgmt=NONE > > wep_key1=1234567890 > > wep_tx_keyidx=1 > > } > > Unless that's a typo, it would be /etc/wpa_supplicant not wap. > Also make sure you don't specify the 0x in wep_key1. Also try wep_key0 and > wep_tx_keyidx=0. It automagically worked for me on one install. > > That said, I don't have much luck with wpa_supplicant either, some cards it > works some cards it doesn't and the output isn't very informative. Recently > `ifconfig ath0 up scan' seems to make all network traffic stop, even if > you're connected through a wire. Would one use a WEP key in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf ? Mine looks like this and I have a laptop with built-in Ralink rt2500 ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant ctrl_interface_group=wheel network={ ssid="myssid" key_mgmt=WPA-PSK psk=12345979374andalotorletterstoo }
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