Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 09:30:48 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Ross Adams Lippert <ripper@MIT.EDU> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wep on ath not working in 6.0 Message-ID: <43A03AA8.20304@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20051214144006.GA2372@no-knife.mit.edu> References: <20051214144006.GA2372@no-knife.mit.edu>
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Ross Adams Lippert wrote: >Hi, > >I'm using an atheros card with freeBSD 6.0. I'm having trouble making wep work. >(I'm not subscribed to freebsd-mobile, btw) > >The /etc/start_if.ath0 file says > ifconfig ath0 ssid "name" wepmode on wepkey 0x12345.... >and my /etc/rc.conf says > ifconfig_ath0="inet 192.168.1.4 netmask 255.255.255.0" > defaultrouter="192.168.1.1" >I'm getting "no route to host" messages when I try to ping the router. >If I disable wep then everything works, but I'd rather know how to fix >this problem. This worked just as it is on freebsd 5.3. > >I have wlan_wep loaded as shown here > squiggy# kldstat -v | egrep -e 'wlan|ath' > 27 ath_hal > 42 ath_rate > 43 pci/if_ath > 44 cardbus/if_ath > 218 wlan_wep > 219 wlan > >I did not see anything on the support pages on freebsd.org to indicate >that there was no known problem. > > Did you set the 'weptxkey 1' option also? I can't tell, since there is a '....' there.. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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