Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 16:43:50 -0800 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" <Alex.Kovalenko@verizon.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WEP Encryption Changes Message-ID: <420416C6.1030803@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <1107562827.1170.7.camel@RabbitsDen> References: <63285.65.27.85.163.1107049410.squirrel@65.27.85.163> <41FC561C.3080505@errno.com> <41FEF40A.70006@gamersimpact.com> <1107387525.979.7.camel@RabbitsDen> <0502042321154.16397@www.mmlab.cse.yzu.edu.tw> <64317.208.4.77.203.1107533389.squirrel@208.4.77.203> <4203AC57.5000708@errno.com> <52857.208.4.77.203.1107541629.squirrel@208.4.77.203> <1107562827.1170.7.camel@RabbitsDen>
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Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 11:27 -0700, Ryan Sommers wrote:
>
>
>>What is odd is the ifconfig options using 'deftxkey' looks the same as
>>using 'weptxkey'. However, from my attempts to use deftxkey it doesn't
>>have the same underlying effect on the encrption. I tried a few times to
>>use this option to set my Tx key but it never seemed to work. Then when I
>>tried using weptxkey it worked the first time. Now, that isn't to say they
>>don't have the same outcome. My wireless card seems to have a few quirks
>>that pop up every now and then, especially if you do a lot of settings
>>changing, and deftxkey not working might have been one of those times.
>
>
> FWIW -- at the time I have encountered this (mid-to-late December?), I
> have played with Prism 2 cards (wi), 2 different Broadcom cards (ndis)
> and one Atheros 5212 (ath). For all four of them adding 'weptxkey 1' to
> ifconfig got me connected and adding 'deftxkey 1' did not.
>
> I do not have most of these cards any more, but with my Prism 2 card(wi)
> and yesterday's -current I get connected whether I use weptxkey or
> deftxkey.
>
From sbin/ifconfig/ifieee80211.c:
DEF_CMD_ARG("deftxkey", set80211weptxkey),
DEF_CMD_ARG("weptxkey", set80211weptxkey),
i.e. deftxkey and weptxkey execute identical code.
Sam
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