On 1/18/10, Christoph Kukulies <k...@kukulies.org> wrote: > Craig Butler schrieb: >> On Mon, 2010-01-18 at 16:25 +0100, Samuel Martín Moro wrote: >> >>> in my rc.conf: >>> ifconfig_rum0="DHCP wepmode on weptxkey 1 wepkey 1:0xBC45AD1BD5 ssid >>> ReseauWIFI" >>> >>> Maybe your problem is that wepkey is malformatted in your command >>> If not, I didn't try to understand, but I also had troubles with the >>> position of SSID keyword. >>> (ifconfig arg error, might be your problem) >>> (btw: I also had problem with ssid containing spaced characters) >>> >>> >>> Later, I tried to set it up as an hostap, it seems to work well. >>> But when I try to connect from an other computer, I'm unable to to join >>> the >>> network. >>> (running under 7.2, I compiled the kernel adding a define matching my >>> device, based on a similar (I hope so...) chipset) >>> >>> >>> good luck >>> >>> >>> Samuel Martín Moro >>> CamTrace >>> {EPITECH.} tek4 >>> >>> "Nobody wants to say how this works. >>> Maybe nobody knows ..." >>> Xorg.conf(5) >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Christoph Kukulies >>> <k...@kukulies.org>wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Paul B Mahol schrieb: >>>> >>>> On 1/15/10, Christoph Kukulies <k...@kukulies.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I'm not sure wether syntax has changed but I wanted to cretae an wlan >>>>>> acess point >>>>>> and tried various things. Under 7.0 I got it working with the >>>>>> following >>>>>> command >>>>>> >>>>>> ifconfig rum0 inet 10.0.0.1/24 mediaopt hostap ssid CITYOFFICE >>>>>> wepmode >>>>>> on wepkey 0xf00baf00ba weptxkey 1 channel 1 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I tried this but got a socket error "Invalid argument". >>>>>> >>>>>> Then I tried (from an example in the rum (4) manpage):ifconfig wlan >>>>>> create wlandev rum0 10.0.0.1/24 mediaopt hostap CITYOFFICE wepmode on >>>>>> wepkey 0xf00baaf00baa weptxkey 1 channel 1 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Perhaps you want this one: >>>>> >>>>> ifconfig wlan create wlandev rum0 10.0.0.1/24 wlanmode hostap ssid >>>>> CITYOFFICE wepmode on wepkey 0xf00baaf00baa weptxkey 1 channel 1 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> I tried this in rc.conf: >>>> >>>> ifconfig_rum0="wlan create wlandev rum0 10.0.0.1/24 wlanmode hostap ssid >>>> CITYOFFICE wepmode on wepkey 0xf00baaf00baa weptxkey 1 channel 1" >>>> >>>> I got this: >>>> >>>> rum0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu >>>> 2290 >>>> ether 00:11:50:cb:52:10 >>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect <adhoc> >>>> (autoselect >>>> <adhoc>) >>>> status: no carrier >>>> >>>> >>>> Why "no carrier"? >>>> And I would expect more info on the interface like SSID and such. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Christoph >>>> >>>> >>>> and got: >>>> >>>>>> wlan0 >>>>>> ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA (media): Device not configured >>>>>> >>>>>> But suddenly the wlan0 device is there. >>>>>> >>>>>> Can anybody fill me in? >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Christoph >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >> >> Wireless changed on 8, you have to define wlans in rc.conf then set the >> > > That's why I'm asking :) > >> network up onto the appropriate wlan entry; >> >> example; >> >> wlans_wpi0="wlan0" >> ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP" >> >> Regards >> >> Craig B >> >> > > Thanks Craig, and also Paul. It looks a bitt better now though still not > perfect. I don't see the SSID on the network yet > (I filled in a bogus wepkey for posting here, of course): > > rc.conf: > wlans_rum0="wlan0" > network_interfaces="lo0 rl0 wlan0" # List of network interfaces (or "auto"). > ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1" # default loopback device configuration. > ifconfig_rl0="inet 172.27.4.219 netmask 255.255.248.0" > ifconfig_wlan0="wlan create wlandev rum0 10.0.0.1/24 wlanmode hostap > ssid Aachen
Still incorrect, remove "wlan create wlandev rum0" > wepmode on wepkey 0xf00baaf00baa weptxkey 1 channel 1" > defaultrouter="172.27.2.116" > > ifconfig: > rum0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290 > ether 00:11:50:cb:52:10 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g > status: associated > wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > ether 00:11:50:cb:52:10 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) > status: no carrier > ssid "" channel 10 (2457 Mhz 11g) > country US authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 0 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 > bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 > protmode CTS bintval 0 > > Note, that I would like to build up an AP, not a peer to peer or WLAN > client. BTW rum(4) is crap in hostap mode. -- Paul B Mahol _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"