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Date:      Tue, 08 Aug 2006 14:31:37 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Dylan Alex Simon <dylan@dylex.net>
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: wpa_supplicant on ndis cannot associate
Message-ID:  <44D902B9.1010404@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060808212657.GA29190@dylex.dylex.net>
References:  <20060805153714.GA22424@dylex.dylex.net> <44D4E939.3060607@FreeBSD.org> <20060808212657.GA29190@dylex.dylex.net>

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Dylan Alex Simon wrote:
>> Are you by any chance not broadcasting the ssid on the WAP? I had problems
>> similar to what you described when I turned that feature off, but when I
>> turned it back on (so the WAP was broadcasting its ssid again) everything
>> worked fine with wpa-psk and TKIP, and -D ndis. (I could not get any
>> "higher" level of WPA working, but that's another story.)
> 
> The SSID is being broadcast (and shows up on the scan).  Actually, trying in a
> controlled setup, it does work when I use RSN/WPA-PSK/TKIP with -D ndis.
> However, it does not work with an open AP (no encryption/authentication).
> wpa_supplicant seems to say that it will work with open networks if so
> configured (key_mgmt=NONE).  Is this not the case?

It has not been the case in my experience. I have not been successful in
getting wpa_supplicant to either set plain old WEP keys, or attach to an
unencrypted network.

Doug

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