Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:20:38 +0000 From: Vince <jhary@unsane.co.uk> To: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PRISM3(PCMCIA) and/or wi(4) driver unable to do WPA? Message-ID: <45EFFF96.2040100@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20070307220223.GA45436@polands.org> References: <20070307220223.GA45436@polands.org>
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Doug Poland wrote: > Hello, > > I just acquired a Linksys "Instant Wireless Network PC Card" 802.11b > wireless NIC. When plugged into a 6.2 i386 laptop, dmesg reports: > > wi0: <The Linksys Group, Inc. Instant Wireless Network PC Card> at port 0x100-0x13f irq 11 function 0 config 1 on pccard1 > wi0: using RF:PRISM3(PCMCIA) > wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary (1.1.0), Station (1.4.2) > wi0: Ethernet address: 00:06:25:18:6e:1d > > When I attempted to connect to my WPA-PSK WAP, wpa_supplicant(8) just > hangs. When I turned off encryption on the WAP, and enter: > > # dhclient wi0 > > Then the NIC connects just fine. So the question is, is it the NIC, the > wi(4) driver, or what? > > The driver sadly, see http://www.freebsd.org/projects/ideas/#p-wi Its possible someones working on it but not that i know of. Vince
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