Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:46:53 -0600 From: Mark Bennett <mbennett@claritysoftwaresystems.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Wireless ath0 configuration on 8.0-RELEASE Message-ID: <4B68C77D.2060300@claritysoftwaresystems.com>
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Hi,
I've been beating my brains out off and on for several days trying to
get a wireless card with an Atheros chip to work on 8.0. Maybe somebody
can help, but the on-line documentation seems to be stuck on version 7.2
and I've Googled till I'm blue in the face trying to find just one
simple, straight-forward how-to for this version.
I'm not wanting anything fancy. I just want this laptop with an Atheros
card to associate to my access point with WPA2. I've tried two
different cards, same results.
Here are pertinent facts about my configuration:
====================================
Output of uname -v
FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Sat Nov 21 15:48:17 UTC 2009
root@almeida.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
------------------------------------
Entire content of /boot/loader.conf
if_ath_load="YES"
wlan_ccmp_load="YES"
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Edited content of /etc/rc.conf
pccard_enable="YES"
vaps_ath0="wlan0"
# wlans_ath0="wlan0"
# ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
defaultrouter="192.168.5.100"
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Edited content of /etc/rc.conf
network={
ssid="CLARITY"
psk="MYWPAKEY"
}
======================================
When I issue the command:
ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0
It echoes the following:
wlan0: Ethernet address: 00:20:e0:37:8a:ca
At this point, everything seems to be OK.
When I issue the command:
wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -dd -s -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
It echoes the following:
ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=7):
43 4c 41 52 49 54 59 CLARITY
PSK (ASCII passphrase) - hexdump_ascii(len=63): [REMOVED]
PSK (from passphrase) - hexdump(len=32): [REMOVED]
It hangs at this point, with the power/activity lights on the NIC
alternately flashing. Breaking this command echoes this:
^Cioctl[SIOCS80211, op 26, arg 0x0]: Operation not supported
Feb 2 19:28:38 pierce wpa_supplicant[1274]: Failed to disable WPA in the
driver.
ioctl[SIOCS80211, op 26, arg 0x0]: Operation not supported
ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=5 eloop_data=0x28406140
user_data=0x2840d040 handler=0x8069f40
==========================================
ifconfig for both ath0 and wlan0 show "status: no carrier"
The issue seems to be the "Failed to disable WPA in the driver" error,
but I don't know at what point this failure happens, or what to do
differently to fix it.
Any and all help is appreciated.
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Mark Bennett
Clarity Software Systems
(417) 864-4404
The perfect name for a band: "Fruitless Googling"
I want credit for this.
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