Thanks. I find out that I have to setup a dns and pf
at the AP in order to allowed the clients (window,
obsd....) to access the internet. However, it is
plain text mode. Any idea (I am new to this sort of
thing wireless setup). here is my configuration:
ifconfig out put
--------------------
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu
33224
groups: lo
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5
rl0:
flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>
mtu 1500
lladdr 00:e0:4c:3b:a9:ed
groups: egress
media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX
full-duplex)
status: active
inet 192.168.1.120 netmask 0xffffff00
broadcast 192.168.1.255
inet6 fe80::2e0:4cff:fe3b:a9ed%rl0 prefixlen
64 scopeid 0x1
pflog0: flags=141<UP,RUNNING,PROMISC> mtu 33224
pfsync0: flags=0<> mtu 1348
enc0: flags=0<> mtu 1536
wi0:
flags=8d43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,OACTIVE,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>
mtu 1500
lladdr 00:05:5d:d9:84:6c
media: IEEE802.11 autoselect hostap (DS2)
status: active
ieee80211: nwid obsd-group 2dBm (auto)
inet 192.168.2.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast
192.168.2.255
inet6 fe80::205:5dff:fed9:846c%wi0 prefixlen
64 scopeid 0x6
bridge0: flags=41<UP,RUNNING> mtu 1500
groups: bridge
----------------------------
wicontrol output
=================
NIC serial number: [ 99SA01000000
]
Station name: [ air ]
SSID for IBSS creation: [ obsd-group ]
Current netname (SSID): [ obsd-group ]
Desired netname (SSID): [ obsd-group ]
Current BSSID: [
00:05:5d:d9:84:6c ]
Channel list: [ 2047 ]
IBSS channel: [ 6 ]
Current channel: [ 6 ]
Comms quality/signal/noise: [ 0 81 27 ]
Promiscuous mode: [ Off ]
Process 802.11b Frame: [ Off ]
Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc, 6=Host AP): [ 6 ]
MAC address: [
00:05:5d:d9:84:6c ]
TX rate (selection): [ 3 ]
TX rate (actual speed): [ 2 ]
Maximum data length: [ 2304 ]
RTS/CTS handshake threshold: [ 2347 ]
Create IBSS: [ On ]
Antenna diversity (0=auto,1=pri,2=aux): [ ]
Microwave oven robustness: [ On ]
Roaming mode(1=firm,3=disable): [ 1 ]
Access point density: [ 1 ]
Power Management: [ Off ]
Max sleep time: [ 100 ]
Enhanced Security mode: [ ]
Intersil Prism2-based card: [ 1 ]
Card info: [ PRISM2.5
ISL3873, Firmware 1.3.4 ]
Encryption: [ Off ]
Encryption algorithm: [ Firmware WEP
]
Authentication type
(1=OpenSys, 2=Shared Key): [ 1 ]
TX encryption key: [ 1 ]
Encryption keys: [
abcdef1234567 ][ ][ ][ ]
air# cat /tmp/a
NIC serial number: [ 99SA01000000
]
Station name: [ air ]
SSID for IBSS creation: [ obsd-group ]
Current netname (SSID): [ obsd-group ]
Desired netname (SSID): [ obsd-group ]
Current BSSID: [
00:05:5d:d9:84:6c ]
Channel list: [ 2047 ]
IBSS channel: [ 6 ]
Current channel: [ 6 ]
Comms quality/signal/noise: [ 0 81 27 ]
Promiscuous mode: [ Off ]
Process 802.11b Frame: [ Off ]
Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc, 6=Host AP): [ 6 ]
MAC address: [
00:05:5d:d9:84:6c ]
TX rate (selection): [ 3 ]
TX rate (actual speed): [ 2 ]
Maximum data length: [ 2304 ]
RTS/CTS handshake threshold: [ 2347 ]
Create IBSS: [ On ]
Antenna diversity (0=auto,1=pri,2=aux): [ ]
Microwave oven robustness: [ On ]
Roaming mode(1=firm,3=disable): [ 1 ]
Access point density: [ 1 ]
Power Management: [ Off ]
Max sleep time: [ 100 ]
Enhanced Security mode: [ ]
Intersil Prism2-based card: [ 1 ]
Card info: [ PRISM2.5
ISL3873, Firmware 1.3.4 ]
Encryption: [ Off ]
Encryption algorithm: [ Firmware WEP
]
Authentication type
(1=OpenSys, 2=Shared Key): [ 1 ]
TX encryption key: [ 1 ]
Encryption keys: [
abcdef1234567 ][ ][ ][ ]
=================================
sysctl.conf
++++++++++++
net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
net.inet6.ip6.forwarding=1
Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ;!!G
> On 10/11/05, man Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I recently tried to setup a wireless AP machine
> using
> > openbsd-3.8 (i386) without any luck. I tried to
> > search the google to find out the way to solve my
> > problem with no success. Can anyone show me the
> > direction to do it ? Thanks for your time .
> >
> > clarence
> >
> > ps.
> >
> > 1. the hardware is Dlink 802.11b prism2.5
> > 2. I can use wicontrol -l to list the connected
> > machine.
> > 3. I can use ssh from the window-xp to the AP
> machine
> > 4. here is the diagram of my case
> >
> > internet <-- adsl -> obsd-3.6 <- switch -> wired
> > clients
> > |
> > ----> AP (obsd3.8)
> > |
> > ----> wireless
> > clients
>
>
> We need much much more info than that. IP configs,
> output of ifconfig and
> wicontrol from the AP, sysctl.conf from the AP, etc.
>
> Greg
>
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