From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 10 04:13:42 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8839716A41F for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 04:13:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from algould@datawok.com) Received: from smtpauth09.mail.atl.earthlink.net (smtpauth09.mail.atl.earthlink.net [209.86.89.69]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 224A445DBB for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 04:13:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from algould@datawok.com) Received: from [206.255.31.21] (helo=grokwell.org) by smtpauth09.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.34) id 1E2hyH-0000gw-9r; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:13:41 -0400 Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 23:13:48 -0500 From: "Andrew L. Gould" To: piotrekk@excite.com Message-ID: <20050809231348.098d107e@grokwell.org> In-Reply-To: <20050809221109.1E780B6E7@xprdmailfe20.nwk.excite.com> References: <20050809221109.1E780B6E7@xprdmailfe20.nwk.excite.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.11 (GTK+ 2.6.8; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: ee791d459e3d6817d780f4a490ca69563f9fea00a6dd62bca2562940dfd7502d1730fdbae224d658350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 206.255.31.21 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: howto load or install wlan_wep module on freeBSD 5.4 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 04:13:42 -0000 On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 18:11:09 -0400 (EDT) "PK" wrote: > > my question was if your wireless accesspoint or router > is set to OPEN or SHARED. As I stated in my previous email: I could not find a place in my AP's configuration application that states whether it is set to open or shared. I am using a Linksys BEFW11S4 V2. > > on my wireless router under security settings I have 2 options: > - security mode: I can set OPEN or SHARED > - cipher type: I can disble or enable WEP > > if I set WEP on the router and set the security mode OPEN, then my > windows works as shared too, but the router is still OPEN. > > my connection is working without WEP only, > but this is not what I want. > > without WEP was working before I did this posting. > > I need WEP and I want the connection with WEP ! > > > > --- On Tue 08/09, Andrew L. Gould < algould@datawok.com > wrote: > From: Andrew L. Gould [mailto: algould@datawok.com] > To: piotrekk@excite.com > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 14:11:34 -0500 > Subject: Re: howto load or install wlan_wep module on freeBSD 5.4 ? > > On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 13:56:02 -0400 (EDT)
"PK" > wrote:

>
> is your wireless router > on open or shared ?
> If I set my wireless router on open, then > it works without problems
> and my ifconfig looks like yours. >
>
> from man ifconfig:
>
> > http://www.gsp.com/cgi-bin/man.cgi?section=8&topic=ifconfig
> >
> authmode mode
> For IEEE 802.11 wireless > interfaces, set the desired
> authentication mode in > infrastructure mode. Not all adaptors support
> all modes. The set > of valid modes is "none", "open", and "shared".
> Modes are case > insensitive.
>
>
> so you should be able to choose > authentication mode
> open is for me open and shared is > shared
>

I cannot find a place in my Access Point's > configuration application
where it states "shared" or "open". My > Windows PC is set to
"shared".

I'm glad you got you > connection working.

Andrew Gould
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