From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 30 19:23:14 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6550816A41F for ; Sat, 30 Jul 2005 19:23:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.202.55]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07CC243D45 for ; Sat, 30 Jul 2005 19:23:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from [192.168.214.218] (c-24-1-232-64.hsd1.tx.comcast.net[24.1.232.64]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with ESMTP id <2005073019231201100hvjgge>; Sat, 30 Jul 2005 19:23:13 +0000 Message-ID: <42EBD3A0.5070407@computer.org> Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 14:23:12 -0500 From: Eric Schuele User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050721) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sam Leffler References: <42EAD325.60707@errno.com> <42EAD80C.9060707@errno.com> <42EBC41E.4070102@computer.org> <42EBC77F.1010601@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <42EBC77F.1010601@errno.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: dhclient and wpa_supplicant 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: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 19:23:14 -0000 Sam Leffler wrote: > Eric Schuele wrote: > >> dhclient.conf contains >> =========================== >> interface "ath0" { >> #send option host-name "myhost"; >> #send option domain-name "nxdomain.org"; >> send dhcp-client-identifier "myhost"; >> >> media >> ### Home >> "ssid mode 11b channel 11 wepmode on weptxkey 1 wepkey >> 0x", >> ### Office >> "ssid > 0x"; >> request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, routers, >> domain-name-servers, domain-name; >> } > > > Do not use media statements to setup wireless parameters; this does not > work. You need to run wpa_supplicant and let it identify the network > and setup the key parameters. How do I tell wpa_supplicant about the network media? I had found an older post of yours regarding NOT doing it in dhclient.conf.... but I've found no other way to accomplish it. > >> >> wpa_supplicant.conf >> ============================= >> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant >> ctrl_interface_group=wheel >> >> # Home Network >> network={ >> ssid="" >> scan_ssid=1 >> key_mgmt=NONE >> wep_tx_keyidx=0 >> wep_key0="" >> } >> >> # Office Network >> network={ >> ssid="" >> scan_ssid=1 >> key_mgmt=NONE >> wep_tx_keyidx=0 >> wep_key0="" >> } >> > > Not sure you need scan_ssid set, I'd leave it out. > > If you have problems try disabling auto-startup of ath0 and run > wpa_supplicant by hand with the -d flag to see what it's doing. Once > that's going then enable startup in rc.conf. If you continue to have > problems provide the output wpa_supplicant -d -i ath0 -c > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf (or similar) when you have trouble. There is > also a pending issue with locating some ap's that are setup to hide > their ssid. If one of the ap's is configured in this way contact me > directly--I've been trying to collect the info I need to identify what's > going on. Both my APs (home and office) hide their ssids. One is a wrt54g (home), the other is linksys as well... though I forget the model at the moment (FWIW its a/b/g). What can I do to provide the info you need? > > Sam > -- Regards, Eric