Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 11:46:36 -0700 From: "Ian Cartwright" <ian351c@home.com> To: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>, "Ian Cartwright" <ian351c@yahoo.com> Cc: <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Netgear MA401 and WEP Message-ID: <FCEJJHIBHGNJPCHBDMACAEAICFAA.ian351c@home.com> In-Reply-To: <200109201759.f8KHxvR31194@ptavv.es.net>
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Hi Kevin,
My mistake on the "-p 0" part of the wicontrol script, that should read "-p
1" this was an old script that I have been modifying on and off fro the past
few weeks. Even entering the commands manually at the command line (with no
script) doesn't work. BTW: I'm not sure, but I think "-t 11" works but is
undocumented, since the wi man page states that 11MBps is supported and the
equivalent ifconfig ("ifconfig wi0 mediao DS/11Mbps") works ok. But I have
tried leaving the -t setting at it's default with no success.
In the course of my toubleshooting I have tried a bare bones approach. Like
so:
- no pccard_ether entry in rc.conf
- no start_if.wi0 script
- stock pccard.conf (i.e. no wicontrol commands in it)
- configure from the command line via wicontrol or ifconfig
-wicontrol -k 0x1111111111 -v 1
-wicontrol -e 1
or
-ifconfig wi0 nwkey 1:0x1111111111
All to no avail...
Cheers,
Ian
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Kevin Oberman
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:00 AM
> To: Ian Cartwright
> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: Netgear MA401 and WEP
>
>
> > Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 22:17:42 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Ian Cartwright <ian351c@yahoo.com>
> > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
> >
> > 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
>
> Read the wicontrol man page. '11' is NOT a valid entry for -t. You
> probably want to leave it at its default. '0' is not valid for -p and
> is default for -c. If you are running 4.4 or stable, '1' is the
> default for -p although I just noticed that the man page has not been
> updated.
>
> You probably only want/need:
> #!/bin/sh
> /usr/sbin/wicontrol -i wi0 -n IansWireless
> /usr/sbin/wicontrol -i wi0 -k 0x1111111111 -v 1
> /usr/sbin/wicontrol -i wi0 -e 1
>
> R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
> Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
> Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
> E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
>
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