From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 18 14:00:23 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A1921065672 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:00:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 073438FC0C for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:00:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q5IE0MNb075128 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:00:22 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q5IE0MYB075127; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:00:22 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:00:22 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201206181400.q5IE0MYB075127@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Don Allen Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 605E01065672 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:56:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from red.freebsd.org (red.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 315438FC14 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:56:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from red.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q5IDuNPG015775 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:56:23 GMT (envelope-from nobody@red.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id q5IDuNJh015734; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:56:23 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201206181356.q5IDuNJh015734@red.freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:56:23 GMT From: Don Allen To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: misc/169199: Cannot set up static ip addresses for wireless with wpa encryption X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:00:23 -0000 >Number: 169199 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Cannot set up static ip addresses for wireless with wpa encryption >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Jun 18 14:00:22 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Don Allen >Release: 9.0 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE #0: Tue Jan 3 07:15:25 UTC 2012 root@obrian.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: During installation of 9.0 on a Thinkpad G41 with an Atheros-based pcmcia wireless card, I ran into trouble trying to set up wireless networking. I have multiple machines behind a NAT router and I want static IP addresses that I can stick in /etc/hosts so, for example, I can ssh from one to the other, rsync my home directory, etc. The installer found my base station just fine, accepted the wpa pass key and then asked if I wanted to do IPV4 setup. Yes. DHCP or static? Static, please. I then entered the IP address, netmask, and gateway address and clicked 'ok'. I immediately ended up back at the page that gives you a choice of network interfaces to configure. It did not proceed, as the Handbook suggests and as one would expect, to collect addresses of DNS servers and ask if I wanted to do IPV6 configuration. I have done this multiple times to no avail. The information I entered was correct. And if it was not, I would expect an error message, which I did not get. If I just click 'cancel ' when it mysteriously loops back, I can proceed with the rest of the install, but none of the static IP setup info makes it into /etc/rc.conf or anywhere else. My wireless base station does allow you to configure its DHCP server to assign IP addresses based on MAC address, so the address assigned to a particular machine is predictable. I prefer using static IP addresses because it avoids the handshake time with the DHCP server every time you boot. But in this case, I was unable to get static IP address assignment working, so I resorted to DHCP, which did work. I do not know if this problem is wireless-specific or wpa-specific; I can only speak about my own specific case. I will not be able to do anything further with this machine on this problem, as I abandoned the install of FreeBSD -- just too many problems during installation. >How-To-Repeat: Do install as described above. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: