Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 09:57:23 -0700 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: Kirk Davis <Kirk.Davis@epsb.ca> Cc: "'freebsd-current@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 6-BETA1 iwi + wpa_supplicant fails, and sometimes silently re boots Message-ID: <42E66B73.8010607@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <04C71268DFDAA8499EC1A248A44B6A2B34BFFC@Exchange21.EDU.epsb.ca> References: <04C71268DFDAA8499EC1A248A44B6A2B34BFFC@Exchange21.EDU.epsb.ca>
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Kirk Davis wrote: > I am using the iwi driver with the wpa_supplicant for both WPA-PSK and > WAP/802.11x. It was a little tricky to get working (mostly due to the > firmware) but I now have to working great. I am in the process of creating > a document to post on the steps that I did to get it working. > > Did you recompile the wpa_supplicant in the base system? The wpa_supplicant > does not have TKIP support unless you add ENABLE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_EAPOL="YES" > into /etc/make.conf and recompile. You will also need to install the new > firmware for the driver that can be found here: > http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/ Huh? TKIP is a crypto module and is in the kernel (wlan_tkip). You've enabled EAPOL protocol support which is necessary for using 802.1x to communicate with a back-end server such as FreeRADIUS. I suspect the key thing is to get the necessary firwmare support in the card. Sam
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