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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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 03:04:55PM +0000, Rui Paulo wrote: > > On 19 Dec 2008, at 14:19, Jordy Dickinson wrote: > >> Hey, I've never used a mailing list before, so forgive me if I'm not doing >> this right. >> >> I'm trying to set up my network card, but I keep getting this error >> message. >> I type in this: >> >> ifconfig wi0 authmode wpa >>> >> >> And I get this: >> >> ieee80211_load_module: load the wlan_xauth module by hand for now. >>> ifconfig: SIOCS80211: Invalid argument >>> >> >> Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong? >> > > You're probably running a custom kernel without the wlan_xauth module built > in. Either load it as a module or compile it in your kernel. > > 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 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFJS8/ZXY6L6fI4GtQRArCsAJwICgbp7JUm+FpzsL8R3v34pvAD6QCePCGj r5lXx9Z4dgQ79IdRTQLZL5E= =4vjZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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