Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:56:13 -0700 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: Robert <traveling08@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LOR wlan0 wi0 Message-ID: <4A7F29DD.30907@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <20090809112759.3f1c2399@vaio> References: <20090807165850.3e8541f8@vaio> <4A7DA0DF.50107@errno.com> <20090808134101.44d7d210@vaio> <4A7E5E2B.6060204@errno.com> <20090809100420.3ca4ff14@vaio> <20090809112759.3f1c2399@vaio>
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Robert wrote: > On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 10:04:20 -0700 > Robert <traveling08@cox.net> wrote: > >> On Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:27:07 -0700 >> Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> wrote: >> >>> Robert wrote: >>>> On Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:59:27 -0700 >>>> Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Robert wrote: >>>>>> Greetings >>>>>> >>>>>> I have just upgraded a laptop on my network to current: > > > <clip> > >>> I can confirm WEP is broken on wi in sta mode (and probably ap >>> mode). I found at least two bugs but couldn't get it to work so am >>> going to leave it as an errata for 8.0. But what's truly odd is >>> that WPA works fine despite a bug that should've caused it to not >>> work. I knew WPA worked which is probably why I ignored WEP (noone >>> in their right mind uses WEP when WPA is available :-)). >>> >>> Sam >> Sam >> >> I never claimed to be in my right mind. I haven't been myself since I >> quit smoking in 1986. :-) >> >> I tried WPA yesterday before answering the previous email. I kept >> getting and error stating: unable to start wpa_supplicant. >> >> I was thinking (always dangerous) that this old card maybe didn't have >> support for WPA. I'm probably wrong since I am not in my right mind. I >> was going to try again when the WG511T arrives. But now I will try >> again. >> >> Thanks again >> > > Sam > > Set up WPA again. The exact error is: > > wpa_supplicant[1919]: Failed to initialize driver interface > > I found this error message in wpa_supplicant.c at line 1772 as part of > > "static int wpa_supplicant_init_iface2(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s)" > > function. > > I am just guessing but it seems this card is unable to use WPA. I will > wait for the delivery and try with that one. > > Thanks for all of your help. You're probably correct. ifconfig wlan0 list caps will tell you for sure. I think I dropped this issue--that wpa_supplicant should check device capabilities when it hits an error to see if the device is even capable. I've got an MA401 but didn't find it. I tested with a different card the does support wpa. Sam
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