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(192.168.0.2) by lerwick.hopto.org with SMTP; 18 Jan 2010 17:38:53 +0000 From: Craig Butler To: Christoph Kukulies In-Reply-To: <4B5492AF.9060906@kukulies.org> References: <4B507B9A.3050803@kukulies.org> <3a142e751001150817x7b4da53fs16cebd2e097890b4@mail.gmail.com> <4B547396.7070902@kukulies.org> <1263831293.14794.14.camel@main.lerwick.hopto.org> <4B548C6A.4070909@kukulies.org> <3a142e751001180839q61003c56x835a76a4f6c4b742@mail.gmail.com> <4B5492AF.9060906@kukulies.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:37:03 +0000 Message-Id: <1263836223.14794.17.camel@main.lerwick.hopto.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Paul B Mahol , 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 17:37:39 -0000 On Mon, 2010-01-18 at 17:56 +0100, Christoph Kukulies wrote: > Paul B Mahol schrieb: > > On 1/18/10, Christoph Kukulies 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 > >>>> 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 > >> > > > > Still incorrect, remove "wlan create wlandev rum0" > > > > > >> 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. > >> > > > > 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 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 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