From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 19 22:33:19 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2B191065688 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:33:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from praesentium@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f22.google.com (mail-gx0-f22.google.com [209.85.217.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8555A8FC23 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:33:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from praesentium@gmail.com) Received: by gxk3 with SMTP id 3so457675gxk.19 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:33:17 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=jx1Hq7jsHxvB8HLxobAgagmH7/uTSNn8SB3kbrHJw9A=; b=Tu1dCn4TeNdMuLuI1AVaT5AKU22dSbSTkX3pWoD3SPfH2omxxJL/1wjMHE525X/Suw /DLzSnD7IjHdD4Sy1Z3MNUhZyRed9Pvdi73uXmgEZLwKtBLg6TUhZclzp5K8a8awiAgh BleWSLT4qv5pGOIHqv/pA/lk0r/q7w2Mh7Uto= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=w66Y3BPmjdxC6U71GsTFhExnuYx0gHkqzYiuTXjFdrRAWjTMIa5UscGwMxIYwKYFP0 l7hExCzJU6fLOhL+DQUFPUmRn1SpBGwqf0A8nzkBi1f5VImgV/E0KwTxlQLmGt/pranL NfxVQq0inHDm5jDSH7hu4o42w2yb1SMIYFpTk= Received: by 10.214.26.13 with SMTP id 13mr564506qaz.331.1229725997717; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:33:17 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.214.218.8 with HTTP; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:33:17 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:33:17 -0500 From: "Jordy Dickinson" To: "Brooks Davis" In-Reply-To: <20081219164617.GC50722@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20081219164617.GC50722@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Rui Paulo , FreeBSD-Net Subject: Re: Getting WPA2-PSK X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:33:19 -0000 On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Brooks Davis wrote: > 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 So how do I use wpa_supplicant? I've installed it on my machine already, and the man pages are gibberish to me. Also, is there a way to make the mailing list stop sending me emails that I'm not part of?