Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:29:08 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> To: "Dr. James R. Pannozzi D.O.M. LAc." <jimserac@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re MAN Page on Wireless Cards Message-ID: <201202211729.08664.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <CAGpEWErzBWpo8Cb0fNhEE5pLchVggxj5Shfz6w7vUkq9woKsUQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGpEWEq2oDyYQ=3_0zZwEtGnzEiVQS4hEvUpAEDD%2B_7PeyJ8Ww@mail.gmail.com> <201202211600.29579.erich@alogreentechnologies.com> <CAGpEWErzBWpo8Cb0fNhEE5pLchVggxj5Shfz6w7vUkq9woKsUQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi,
first of all, I put the proper list into the CC. This increases you chances of fast help.
On Tuesday 21 February 2012 17:09:59 Dr. James R. Pannozzi D.O.M. LAc. wrote:
> Well thanks!
> If anyone can make sense out of this here it is...
>
> Oh, I'm sending this from the same pc-bsd computer with the wireless
> problem, I just plugged in a long lan cable from the other room and
> got my lan cable connection immediately after typing
> ifconfig re0 up
> but I have to get the wireless working.
>
> Here is the output of the command:
> wpa_supplicant -dd -i wlan0 -i /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
I am a bit confused here. Let us go back to the basics
You should have something like this in your /etc/rc.conf
#
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Wireless Network Configuration:
#
# Configuration for LooLa, Bintan.
#
wlans_run0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="inet 192.168.1.28 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid WhaterYoursIs WPA"
defaultrouter="192.168.1.1"
#
Of course, you also could use DCHP.
You must also know if run is the proper driver for your card. Here is the point where dmesg comes in handy.
My wpa_supplicant.conf looks like this:
network={
ssid="WhaterYoursIs"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk="a very secret password"
}
This is really all I needed.
This is from 8.2. I do not think that much has changed with 9.0 but others might will know.
>
> and after that I'll list the wpa_supplicant and relevant rc.conf files...
>
> Please note my wife's Windows 7 computer wirelessly connects with no
> problem so it's not a router problem (Verizon Hi Speed Intneret
> wireless modem/router D-Link)
>
> OK, here is output of the wpa_supplicant command
>
> wpa_supplicant -dd -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
When you are at this point, you should know which driver does the actual work.
> Cancelling scan request
> Cancelling authentication timeout
> wpa_driver_bsd_set_wpa_internal: wpa=2 privacy=0
>
This looks like that you have your driver. Can you check which one it is?
> Here is the wpa_supplicant.conf:
>
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
>
> network={
> ssid="b8a386e4dc03"
> priority=145
> scan_ssid=1
> psk="JD8YFPE6WBFTVSLD"
> }
>
Sounds reasonable. You checked the values?
>
>
> And here is the last several lines from /etc/rc.conf:
> # Run the pcbsd init service
> pcbsdinit_enable="YES"
>
> # Enable anacron
> anacron_enable="YES"
>
> # Enable fusefs
> fusefs_enable="YES"
> ntpd_enable="YES"
> ntpd_sync_on_start="YES"
> keymap="us.iso"
> # Auto-Enabled NICs from pc-sysinstall
> wlans_ral0="wlan0"
This would mean that you have ral as the driver.
> ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP"
Let us compare:
ifconfig_wlan0="inet 192.168.1.28 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid WhaterYoursIs WPA"
I think you missed the entry ssid WhaterYoursIs
Are you sure that SYNCDHCP is right?
> ifconfig_re0="DHCP"
> # Auto-Enabled NICs from pc-sysinstall
> ifconfig_re0_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv"
> hostname="pcbsd-8753"
> mysql_enable="YES"
> mythbackend_enable="YES"
> vmware_guest_vmblock_enable="YES"
> vmware_guest_vmhgfs_enable="YES"
> vmware_guest_vmmemctl_enable="YES"
> vmware_guest_vmxnet_enable="YES"
> vmware_guestd_enable="YES"
> vboxguest_enable="YES"
> vboxservice_enable="YES"
>
Do you run this in a virtual machine?
>
> If I read the output of that wpa_supplicant command properly, it seems
> to see a wpa_ie_len of 0 from my router (the length of the wpa
> password??) but sees a nearby router in the building with an ssid of
> "linksys" which has a password of 22 bytes !.
>
Some things confuse me a bit. This is why I went back to the basics first.
> Anyway if you spot anything, please let me know. I know the card is
> working and scanning OK, how hard can it be to just activate it to
> start talking to the router and give me internet access ??? We've got
> to come up with better instructions on doing this. I'm typing
> commands by copying stuff in google but it would take me days or weeks
> to study them and figure out what they exactly mean!
At least for the run driver, it was really as easy as I said. I also failed with a ral device. But the ral device did not work much better under Windows. So, I did not bother any further.
Erich
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