From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 1 05:13:50 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39C0716A4D8 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2005 05:13:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.198.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0115643D31 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2005 05:13:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vladimir@math.uic.edu) Received: from cat.math.uic.edu (c-24-12-126-199.client.comcast.net[24.12.126.199]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with SMTP id <20050201051349015009h6vge>; Tue, 1 Feb 2005 05:13:49 +0000 Received: (qmail 53246 invoked by uid 31415); 1 Feb 2005 05:13:40 -0000 Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 23:13:40 -0600 From: Vladimir Egorin To: Ryan Sommers Message-ID: <20050201051340.GA53226@math.uic.edu> References: <63285.65.27.85.163.1107049410.squirrel@65.27.85.163> <41FC561C.3080505@errno.com> <41FEF40A.70006@gamersimpact.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41FEF40A.70006@gamersimpact.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WEP Encryption Changes X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 05:13:50 -0000 On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 09:14:18PM -0600, Ryan Sommers wrote: > I recently (Jan 17) updated my laptop to the latest current. The last > update was in November. After the latest update my WEP wireless stopped > working. After playing with it. It appears something is amiss in the Tx > key for me. I'm able to see broadcast packets coming over the wap just > fine. They don't appear to be corrupt. However, nothing from the laptop > gets to the wap. I'm wondering if Sam's update of sys/net80211 back in > December might be the culprit. > > One thing I did notice was the new deftxkey option in ifconfig. I > attempted to set this to 1 (to use the first and only key), didn't help. > > What all would I need to roll back to reverse these changes? Just > sys/net80211 or would I need to hit sys/dev/wi also? > > Are there any better tools besides another wireless card (only have one > unfortunately) to debug the frames? tcpdump seems to only get me so far. > > For the record this is a Lucent embedded WaveLAN (Dell Trumobile 1150) > firmware 8.10.1. > > -- > Ryan Sommers > ryans@gamersimpact.com Would this help? : 20041219: Auto-loading of ancillary wlan modules such as wlan_wep has been temporarily disabled; you need to statically configure the modules you need into your kernel or explicitly load them prior to use. Specifically, if you intend to use WEP encryption with an 802.11 device load/configure wlan_wep; if you want to use WPA with the ath driver load/configure wlan_tkip, wlan_ccmp, and wlan_xauth as required. -- Vladimir