From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 18 16:56:48 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C374C106568B for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:56:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kuku@kukulies.org) Received: from werkwelt.de (post.werkwelt.de [91.194.85.74]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12B538FC0A for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:56:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [87.79.34.228] (account kuku@kukulies.org HELO [172.27.4.215]) by werkwelt.de (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.13) with ESMTPSA id 6749299; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:56:33 +0100 Message-ID: <4B5492AF.9060906@kukulies.org> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:56:15 +0100 From: Christoph Kukulies User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul B Mahol References: <4B507B9A.3050803@kukulies.org> <3a142e751001150817x7b4da53fs16cebd2e097890b4@mail.gmail.com> <4B547396.7070902@kukulies.org> <1263831293.14794.14.camel@main.lerwick.hopto.org> <4B548C6A.4070909@kukulies.org> <3a142e751001180839q61003c56x835a76a4f6c4b742@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3a142e751001180839q61003c56x835a76a4f6c4b742@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rum0 acting as an Access point (belkin router) 8.0 R X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:56:48 -0000 Paul B Mahol schrieb: > On 1/18/10, Christoph Kukulies 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 >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Paul B Mahol schrieb: >>>>> >>>>> On 1/15/10, Christoph Kukulies 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 metric 0 mtu >>>>> 2290 >>>>> ether 00:11:50:cb:52:10 >>>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect >>>>> (autoselect >>>>> ) >>>>> 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 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 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. > > This is what it looks like now: 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="10.0.0.1/24 wlanmode hostap ssid OFFICE wepmode on wepkey 0xf00baaf00baaweptxkey 1 channel 1" defaultrouter="172.27.2.116" ifconfig: rum0: flags=8843 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 metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 00:11:50:cb:52:10 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) status: no carrier ssid "" channel 11 (2462 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 Hmm, should I throw the Belkin thing into the waste and buy something else? I was hoping that 8.0 had changed it to the better a bit. But if you are saying, rum(4) is still crappy... -- Christoph