Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 07:07:55 -0500 (CDT) From: Tommy Forrest - KE4PYM <tforrest@server1.shellworld.net> To: Ian Cartwright <ian351c@yahoo.com> Cc: <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Netgear MA401 and WEP Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0109200707230.40326-100000@server1.shellworld.net> In-Reply-To: <20010920051742.25986.qmail@web14510.mail.yahoo.com>
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Why do you want to bother with WEP? It takes all of about 15 minutes to crack WEP. On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Ian Cartwright wrote: > Hello eveybody, > > BTW: I am posting this from Yahoo because either @home > is blocking mail from freebsd.org or vice versa; sorry > for the garbled formatting... > > Anyway, I've posted a couple timed before with no > replies. But now that 4.4-R is out maybe there is time > for someone to take alook at this... > > I have a Netgear MA-401 that I have been unable to get > working under FreeBSD. The card works fine under > Windows 2000. The card works great in FreeBSD without > WEP. When I enable WEP I lose my connection to my > access devica (a Netgear ME102). I have scoured the > archives, with no luck. I've tried -STABLE for the > last few weeks, following freebsd-mobile in some hope > of finding someone with a similar issue. I have tried > wicontrol, ifconfig, setting via the command line, > setting in rc.conf, setting in pcccard.conf, and > setting in start_if.wi0, all with no luck. > > Here is some info about my current setup: > - The card works with WEP disabled > - My WEP key is entered in hex > - I am trying to attach to a Netgear MA-102 Access > Point which only supports 40 bit hex keys > - wicontrol looks like it is doing everything properly > (correct keys, ssid, etc.) > - ifconfig looks OK too, except "authmode" is NONE and > I cannot change it to anything else > > Here is a copy of my start_if.wi0 > #!/bin/sh > /usr/sbin/wicontrol -i wi0 -t 11 > /usr/sbin/wicontrol -i wi0 -n IansWireless > /usr/sbin/wicontrol -i wi0 -c 0 -p 0 > /usr/sbin/wicontrol -i wi0 -k 0x1111111111 -v 1 > /usr/sbin/wicontrol -i wi0 -T 1 > /usr/sbin/wicontrol -i wi0 -e 1 > > Also, I have noticed some strange behavior when > setting keys. If I set the 40 bit WEP key to all 3's > then do a wicontrol -i wi0 to report the keys, it will > show the key as '33333' (as in a text string instead > of hex). But that may or may not be part of this. > > Cheers, > > Ian > > __________________________________________________ > Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? > Donate cash, emergency relief information > http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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