Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:37:03 +0000 From: Craig Butler <craig001@lerwick.hopto.org> To: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@kukulies.org> Cc: Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rum0 acting as an Access point (belkin router) 8.0 R Message-ID: <1263836223.14794.17.camel@main.lerwick.hopto.org> In-Reply-To: <4B5492AF.9060906@kukulies.org> References: <4B507B9A.3050803@kukulies.org> <3a142e751001150817x7b4da53fs16cebd2e097890b4@mail.gmail.com> <4B547396.7070902@kukulies.org> <ce5f79aa1001180725k40ec87aer997f43c5d47d7684@mail.gmail.com> <1263831293.14794.14.camel@main.lerwick.hopto.org> <4B548C6A.4070909@kukulies.org> <3a142e751001180839q61003c56x835a76a4f6c4b742@mail.gmail.com> <4B5492AF.9060906@kukulies.org>
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On Mon, 2010-01-18 at 17:56 +0100, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
> Paul B Mahol schrieb:
> > On 1/18/10, Christoph Kukulies <kuku@kukulies.org> wrote:
> >
> >> 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
> >>>> <kuku@kukulies.org>wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Paul B Mahol schrieb:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 1/15/10, Christoph Kukulies <kuku@kukulies.org> 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<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu
> >>>>> 2290
> >>>>> ether 00:11:50:cb:52:10
> >>>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect <adhoc>
> >>>>> (autoselect
> >>>>> <adhoc>)
> >>>>> 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
> >>
> >
> > Still incorrect, remove "wlan create wlandev rum0"
> >
> >
> >> wepmode on wepkey 0xf00baaf00baa weptxkey 1 channel 1"
> >> defaultrouter="172.27.2.116"
> >>
> >> ifconfig:
> >> rum0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> 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<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> 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.
> >>
> >
> > BTW rum(4) is crap in hostap mode.
> >
> >
>
> This is what it looks like now:
>
> 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="10.0.0.1/24 wlanmode hostap ssid OFFICE wepmode on
> wepkey 0xf00baaf00baaweptxkey 1 channel 1"
> defaultrouter="172.27.2.116"
>
> ifconfig:
>
>
> rum0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> 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<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
> ether 00:11:50:cb:52:10
> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
> status: no carrier
> ssid "" channel 11 (2462 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
>
>
>
> Hmm, should I throw the Belkin thing into the waste and buy something
> else? I was hoping that 8.0 had changed it to the better a bit. But if
> you are saying, rum(4) is still crappy...
>
> --
> Christoph
> _______________________________________________
ifconfig_wlan0="10.0.0.1/24 wlanmode hostap ssid OFFICE wepmode on
wepkey 0xf00baaf00baaweptxkey 1 channel 1"
erm missing inet ??? missing space between the wepkey and weptxkey ??
Regards
Craig B
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