Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 22:57:17 +0100 (BST) From: Scott Mitchell <scott+freebsd@fishballoon.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: kern/53940: Some WiFi devices cannot connect to hostap access point with WEP enabled Message-ID: <200306302157.h5ULvHpa006504@tuatara.fishballoon.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200306302200.h5UM0Kst007398@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 53940 >Category: kern >Synopsis: Some WiFi devices cannot connect to hostap access point with WEP enabled >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Jun 30 15:00:20 PDT 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Scott Mitchell >Release: FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD tuatara 4.8-STABLE FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE #0: Sun Apr 13 14:23:25 BST 2003 scott@tuatara:/local/0/obj/usr/src/sys/TUATARA i386 >Description: I'm having some trouble getting hostap and WEP to play nicely together - some cards work with the hostap access point while some others don't. One machine is a 4.8R box with a SMC2602W PCI wireless adapter, configured in hostap mode with a 128-bit WEP key: FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE #0: Thu Apr 3 10:53:38 GMT 2003 root@freebsd-stable.sentex.ca:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC [...] wi0: <PRISM2STA WaveLAN> port 0xe400-0xe43f,0xe000-0xe07f mem 0xde003000-0xde003fff irq 10 at device 20.0 on pci0 wi0: 802.11 address: 00:04:e2:0e:36:b0 wi0: using RF:PRISM2 MAC:HFA3841 CARD:HWB3163 rev.A wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary 0.03.00, Station 0.08.03 The other machine is a laptop running 5.0-CURRENT from a couple of months ago. It's running a slimmed-down OLDCARD kernel (old machine with no NEWCARD support yet): FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #3: Wed Apr 9 00:07:38 BST 2003 scott@tuatara:/local/0/obj/local/0/-CURRENT/src/sys/ORAC Card #1 is a Dell Truemobile, which appears to be a rebadged Lucent/Orinoco Gold card. It works perfectly with the hostap box, with and without WEP enabled: wi0 at port 0x240-0x27f irq 3 slot 0 on pccard0 wi0: 802.11 address: 00:02:2d:50:ee:ff wi0: using Lucent Technologies, WaveLAN/IEEE wi0: Lucent Firmware: Station (8.10.1) wi0: supported rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps Card #2 is an Intel 2011, which works with WEP turned off but refuses to associate with the AP when I turn WEP on: wi0 at port 0x280-0x2c7 iomem 0xd4000-0xd43ff irq 3 slot 0 on pccard0 wi0: 802.11 address: 00:02:b3:04:a1:c5 wi0: using RF:PRISM2 MAC:HFA3841 wi0: Symbol Firmware: Primary (2.1.2), Station (2.20.2) wi0: supported rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps I'm using the same /etc/start_if.wi0 script to set up the card in both cases, so I doubt it's a configuration error. The Intel card works with a standalone AP, WEP enabled, at the office, in a Windows laptop. I've seen this problem mentioned on the lists before, but it's generally been written off to 'flaky Windows drivers', eg. kern/41834. That's pretty clearly not the case here... I guess it could be a firmware issue, but I thought I should ask here before I start trawling around for firmware and moving cards into Windows boxes to flash them. This is just a toy network, so I'm happy to try almost anything, especially on the -CURRENT box. And yes, I know WEP is rubbish, but it does at least put up the wireless equivalent of a 'keep out' sign until I find the time to sort out something better, >How-To-Repeat: Try to attach a Symbol WiFi card to a hostap access point. >Fix: Don't use Symbol cards, I guess :-( >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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