Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:21:28 -0400 From: "Andy Harrison" <aharrison@gmail.com> To: "soralx@cydem.org" <soralx@cydem.org> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: iwi: 'no carrier' Message-ID: <a22ff2940610132121k4f5a24b1u947881ebd6c8536d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200610122255.57752.soralx@cydem.org> References: <200610122255.57752.soralx@cydem.org>
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On 10/13/06, soralx@cydem.org <soralx@cydem.org> wrote:
>
>
> had anyone ever encounterd a problem with Intel 2200BG wireless card,
> when the iwi driver seems to work normaly, but in reality it never
> associates with an access point (i.e., 'no carrier' no matter what)?
> the driver and firmware were all installed from ports, on 6.2-BETA2
Here's how I got mine working. I have my wap configured to use tkip. You
probably won't need all of these options if you're using a simpler
configuration.
First, make sure your internal nic is not enabled.
Here are the lines from my rc.conf
hostname="example"
bfe_enable="NO"
iwi_enable="YES"
ifconfig_iwi0="ssid MySSIDstring authmode wpa inet 192.168.66.66 netmask
255.255.255.0"
wlan_acl_enable="YES"
wlan_wep_enable="YES"
wlan_ccmp="YES"
wlan_tkip="YES"
192.168.66.66 is a bogus ip, it just doesn't seem to want to work right if
you try to turn on dhcp at this point.
Here are the lines from my loader.conf
if_iwi_load="YES"
wlan_acl_load="YES"
wlan_wep_load="YES"
wlan_ccmp_load="YES"
wlan_tkip_load="YES"
wlan_xauth_load="YES"
When the machine boots, it will show my iwi0 interface status as
"associated" by the time I log in a look at it with ifconfig. Then I just
run:
# wpa_supplicant -B -q -i iwi0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
My wpa_supplicant.conf:
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
network={
ssid="MySSIDstring"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=TKIP
psk="my passphrase string"
}
Then I'm ready for a real ip:
# dhclient iwi0
If you have trouble associating with your wap, run the wpa_supplicant in
debug mode:
# wpa_supplicant -d -i iwi0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
The wpa_cli command might also be useful for further troubleshooting.
--
Andy Harrison
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