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Date:      Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:46:17 -0600
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>
To:        Rui Paulo <rpaulo@fnop.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, Jordy Dickinson <praesentium@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Getting WPA2-PSK
Message-ID:  <20081219164617.GC50722@lor.one-eyed-alien.net>
In-Reply-To: <BE30D816-399E-4430-A8B5-48FD0D948523@fnop.net>
References:  <ca416ff40812190619i327fc582g5d30b0049cb342b@mail.gmail.com> <BE30D816-399E-4430-A8B5-48FD0D948523@fnop.net>

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On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 03:04:55PM +0000, Rui Paulo wrote:
>=20
> On 19 Dec 2008, at 14:19, Jordy Dickinson wrote:
>=20
>> Hey, I've never used a mailing list before, so forgive me if I'm not doi=
ng
>> this right.
>>=20
>> I'm trying to set up my network card, but I keep getting this error=20
>> message.
>> I type in this:
>>=20
>> ifconfig wi0 authmode wpa
>>>=20
>>=20
>> And I get this:
>>=20
>> ieee80211_load_module: load the wlan_xauth module by hand for now.
>>> ifconfig: SIOCS80211: Invalid argument
>>>=20
>>=20
>> Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong?
>>=20
>=20
> You're probably running a custom kernel without the wlan_xauth module bui=
lt=20
> in. Either load it as a module or compile it in your kernel.
>=20
> You may also want to use wpa_supplicant instead.

More specifically, setting "authmode wpa" with ifconfig will always be
wrong (unless perhaps someday someone adds a suplicant to the kernel).
If you want WPA to work, you must run wpa_supplicant.

-- Brooks

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