Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:41:16 -0600 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> To: Jordy Dickinson <praesentium@gmail.com> Cc: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@fnop.net>, FreeBSD-Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Getting WPA2-PSK Message-ID: <20081219224116.GE50722@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> In-Reply-To: <ca416ff40812191433k7025c644hb4ca80b811f1e95f@mail.gmail.com> References: <ca416ff40812190619i327fc582g5d30b0049cb342b@mail.gmail.com> <BE30D816-399E-4430-A8B5-48FD0D948523@fnop.net> <20081219164617.GC50722@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <ca416ff40812191433k7025c644hb4ca80b811f1e95f@mail.gmail.com>
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--WK3l2KTTmXPVedZ6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 05:33:17PM -0500, Jordy Dickinson wrote: > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> wrote: >=20 > > 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 >=20 >=20 > So how do I use wpa_supplicant? I've installed it on my machine already, = and > the man pages are gibberish to me. You have to add appropriate entries to /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf for your network. See the examples in the default file and the wpa_supplicant.conf manpage for details. You would then add WPA to your ifconfig_wi0 line in /etc/rc.conf. However, even if you do this, you will not actually be able = to use WPA because wi(4) devices only support WEP (I missed that you were runn= ing wi(4) before). If you have a WPA encrypted network you will need to get another card. > Also, is there a way to make the mailing list stop sending me emails that > I'm not part of? You can not subscribe to the list. Since you have pretty basic questions you might consider asking the freebsd-questions list. -- Brooks --WK3l2KTTmXPVedZ6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFJTCMLXY6L6fI4GtQRApz7AJ9Ul4dpIJr/2AEa8ixZUUyR6eXeZwCfQ6/q F+9MeS155Vv0+fCft1t+Gb0= =CZ3T -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --WK3l2KTTmXPVedZ6--
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