From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 22 13:47:15 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E79B31065676 for ; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:47:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com (ey-out-2122.google.com [74.125.78.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F5558FC13 for ; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:47:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 4so1580578eyf.9 for ; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:47:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=PPVRmvyB7z4dY2BgP1zyOxihjaw2w1IbJA0naJtjwdo=; b=MclK69J2lW9+iGmdG3fUp2LU0SK90tfqI3KkfSIfHU736+QLTNnZZhO38KnijPazZN S0kyOOHEPvl7DtA5n4twqJO0REjI7A3oCMo2wPbK3APSSYtX5R78nmS1AMovmWCAp61E p1zgi5rje8hhkCfeo/XOzQpD1/9izp1jd2zVQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=oKGmbygdJagVw/POJxUThOHCzThfllVnOfNQItMLZTVB/UZCO+Ch2dDyvvZFc7T9kw rB7gR9NBGgIrpSTEl+d6FoGG9KsYSOMmw0zbIYa4yMYpRjJ9oxp1pQwzVzRkHNreA0+6 QcjNr+lucLg4bVh1ABBD/svMQ0Bnf7aD3eUdA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.97.14 with SMTP id j14mr7542135ebn.52.1261489634392; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:47:14 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <200912212116.54270.freebsd@insightbb.com> References: <200912212116.54270.freebsd@insightbb.com> Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:47:14 +0100 Message-ID: <3a142e750912220547l14e3ca8bjc30a4550ef5d6783@mail.gmail.com> From: Paul B Mahol To: Steven Friedrich Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless interface says privacy OFF 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: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:47:16 -0000 On 12/22/09, Steven Friedrich wrote: > What does "privacy" mean and why isn't it explained in any man page? > > Here's my ifconfig: > wlan0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 > ether 00:14:a5:2a:a5:db > inet 192.168.2.254 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/54Mbps mode 11g > status: associated > ssid FriedrichAir channel 1 (2412 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:17:3f:f1:3d:50 > country US authmode WPA privacy OFF txpower 0 bmiss 7 mcastrate 6 > mgmtrate 6 scanvalid 60 protmode CTS roaming MANUAL > > This wlan0 is configured to a NDIS wrapped Windows Ethernet driver. > New in 8.0, the bwi driver supports the same hardware. > When I get the ifconfig for wlan0 when it's configured for he bwi driver, > privacy said ON. > > What exactly does privacy mean and do I want it ? Ignore it, if_ndis.c just forgot to set IEEE80211_F_PRIVACY flag. It set that flag mistakenly only when WEP is enabled. -- Paul B Mahol