WPA works now--thanks. This is on the Solaris Express nv70b free DVD release.
First thing I did was disable nwam, which is broken (doesn't take the
pre-shared key, PSK, nor the secobj key). It's not clear if I need to enter
the PSK key or the secobj key. Neither works (I have a PSK 37 bytes long,
which has caused problems with the old wificonfig on Solaris). To disable
nwam, type: svcadm disable nwam
(otherwise, you're prompted over and over again--very annoying).
DHCP is also broken. I also have to set the IP address manually with ifconfig
and add the route manually (even though I have zero-length files /etc/dhcp.ath0
and /etc/hostname.ath0
Overall, I'm happy Wifi finally works for my laptop! I was not willing to
downgrade from WPA to WEP security. Details follow.
- Dan
# dladm create-secobj -c wpa psk
provide value for 'psk': *************************************
confirm value for 'psk': *************************************
# ifconfig ath0 plumb
# dladm connect-wifi -e Molly Wireless -k psk ath0
# dladm show-wifi
# ifconfig ath0 192.168.200.123/24 up
# route add default 192.168.200.1
add net default: gateway 192.168.200.1
# ping 192.168.200.1
192.168.200.1 is alive
# ifconfig ath0
ath0: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 1500 index 2
inet 192.168.200.123 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.200.255
ether 0:14:a4:34:ca:71
# dladm show-dev ath0
ath0 link: up speed: 54Mb duplex: unknown
# dladm show-secobj
OBJECT CLASS
psk wpa
# dladm show-wifi
LINK STATUS ESSID SEC STRENGTH MODE SPEED
ath0 connected Molly Wireless wpa good g 54Mb
# dladm scan-wifi
LINK ESSID BSSID/IBSSID SEC STRENGTH MODE SPEED
ath0 Molly Wireless 0:4:e2:7b:80:9c wpa good g 54Mb
ath0 greenhouse 0:18:2:7a:9b:7f wep weak g 54Mb
ath0 2WIRE748 0:12:88:d9:2b:c9 wep very weak g 54Mb
# dladm show-linkprop ath0
LINK PROPERTY VALUE DEFAULT POSSIBLE
ath0 channel 1 -- --
ath0 powermode ? off off,fast,max
ath0 radio ? on on,off
ath0 speed 54 --
1,2,5.5,6,9,11,12,18,24,36,48,54
ath0 zone
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