From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 18 16:30:06 2010 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 DD89D106568B for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:30:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kuku@kukulies.org) Received: from werkwelt.de (post.werkwelt.de [91.194.85.74]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CF108FC17 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:30:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [87.79.34.228] (account kuku@kukulies.org HELO [172.27.4.215]) by werkwelt.de (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.13) with ESMTPSA id 6749280; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:29:49 +0100 Message-ID: <4B548C6A.4070909@kukulies.org> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:29:30 +0100 From: Christoph Kukulies User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Craig Butler References: <4B507B9A.3050803@kukulies.org> <3a142e751001150817x7b4da53fs16cebd2e097890b4@mail.gmail.com> <4B547396.7070902@kukulies.org> <1263831293.14794.14.camel@main.lerwick.hopto.org> In-Reply-To: <1263831293.14794.14.camel@main.lerwick.hopto.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Paul B Mahol , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Samuel_Mart=EDn_Moro?= , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rum0 acting as an Access point (belkin router) 8.0 R 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: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:30:07 -0000 Craig Butler schrieb: > On Mon, 2010-01-18 at 16:25 +0100, Samuel Martín Moro wrote: > >> in my rc.conf: >> ifconfig_rum0="DHCP wepmode on weptxkey 1 wepkey 1:0xBC45AD1BD5 ssid >> ReseauWIFI" >> >> Maybe your problem is that wepkey is malformatted in your command >> If not, I didn't try to understand, but I also had troubles with the >> position of SSID keyword. >> (ifconfig arg error, might be your problem) >> (btw: I also had problem with ssid containing spaced characters) >> >> >> Later, I tried to set it up as an hostap, it seems to work well. >> But when I try to connect from an other computer, I'm unable to to join the >> network. >> (running under 7.2, I compiled the kernel adding a define matching my >> device, based on a similar (I hope so...) chipset) >> >> >> good luck >> >> >> Samuel Martín Moro >> CamTrace >> {EPITECH.} tek4 >> >> "Nobody wants to say how this works. >> Maybe nobody knows ..." >> Xorg.conf(5) >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Christoph Kukulies wrote: >> >> >>> Paul B Mahol schrieb: >>> >>> On 1/15/10, Christoph Kukulies wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>> I'm not sure wether syntax has changed but I wanted to cretae an wlan >>>>> acess point >>>>> and tried various things. Under 7.0 I got it working with the following >>>>> command >>>>> >>>>> ifconfig rum0 inet 10.0.0.1/24 mediaopt hostap ssid CITYOFFICE wepmode >>>>> on wepkey 0xf00baf00ba weptxkey 1 channel 1 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I tried this but got a socket error "Invalid argument". >>>>> >>>>> Then I tried (from an example in the rum (4) manpage):ifconfig wlan >>>>> create wlandev rum0 10.0.0.1/24 mediaopt hostap CITYOFFICE wepmode on >>>>> wepkey 0xf00baaf00baa weptxkey 1 channel 1 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Perhaps you want this one: >>>> >>>> ifconfig wlan create wlandev rum0 10.0.0.1/24 wlanmode hostap ssid >>>> CITYOFFICE wepmode on wepkey 0xf00baaf00baa weptxkey 1 channel 1 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> I tried this in rc.conf: >>> >>> ifconfig_rum0="wlan create wlandev rum0 10.0.0.1/24 wlanmode hostap ssid >>> CITYOFFICE wepmode on wepkey 0xf00baaf00baa weptxkey 1 channel 1" >>> >>> I got this: >>> >>> rum0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 2290 >>> ether 00:11:50:cb:52:10 >>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect >>> ) >>> status: no carrier >>> >>> >>> Why "no carrier"? >>> And I would expect more info on the interface like SSID and such. >>> >>> -- >>> Christoph >>> >>> >>> and got: >>> >>>>> wlan0 >>>>> ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA (media): Device not configured >>>>> >>>>> But suddenly the wlan0 device is there. >>>>> >>>>> Can anybody fill me in? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Christoph >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> > > Wireless changed on 8, you have to define wlans in rc.conf then set the > That's why I'm asking :) > network up onto the appropriate wlan entry; > > example; > > wlans_wpi0="wlan0" > ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP" > > Regards > > Craig B > > Thanks Craig, and also Paul. It looks a bitt better now though still not perfect. I don't see the SSID on the network yet (I filled in a bogus wepkey for posting here, of course): rc.conf: wlans_rum0="wlan0" network_interfaces="lo0 rl0 wlan0" # List of network interfaces (or "auto"). ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1" # default loopback device configuration. ifconfig_rl0="inet 172.27.4.219 netmask 255.255.248.0" ifconfig_wlan0="wlan create wlandev rum0 10.0.0.1/24 wlanmode hostap ssid Aachen wepmode on wepkey 0xf00baaf00baa weptxkey 1 channel 1" defaultrouter="172.27.2.116" ifconfig: rum0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 2290 ether 00:11:50:cb:52:10 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g status: associated wlan0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 00:11:50:cb:52:10 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) status: no carrier ssid "" channel 10 (2457 Mhz 11g) country US authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 0 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode CTS bintval 0 Note, that I would like to build up an AP, not a peer to peer or WLAN client. -- Christoph