Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:03:49 -0400 From: "Martes G Wigglesworth" <mailinglistmember@mgwigglesworth.net> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: [Solved] Re:Commands for AR5212 cause system to hang using 8.2-STABLE Message-ID: <4E5EE805.5010905@mgwigglesworth.net> References: <4E5D5422.9040609@mgwigglesworth.net> <CAJ-Vmon_OazA8CBVcexD39uy5d7oXz5FrtGsoffRc%2BhSceJL=g@mail.gmail.com>
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On 08/30/2011 09:47 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> Can you please try 8.0-RELEASE and see if it works for you? I'd like
> to see where things broke along the FreeBSD-7 -> FreeBSD-8.2 path.
I finished another upgrade from source, and after the restart the
ifconfig commands worked immediately.
I guess whatever I did last Spring, was only a partial install.
Results were as follows:
<code>
|router0>ifconfig
ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
ether 00:1b:2f:37:02:46
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>
status: running
lagg0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
ether 00:00:00:00:00:00
media: Ethernet autoselect
status: no carrier
laggproto failover
wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
ether 00:1b:2f:37:02:46
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>
status: running
ssid wrouter0 channel 1 (2412 MHz 11g) bssid 00:1b:2f:37:02:46
country US ecm authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 23 scanvalid 60
protmode CTS wme burst dtimperiod 1 -dfs |
</code>
I am able to get the wlan0 device to associate, and to scan, as listed
below:
<code>
router0> ifconfig wlan0 scan
SSID/MESH ID BSSID CHAN RATE S:N
INT CAPS
CZXQ2 00:26:b8:46:70:8d 1 54M -85:-96
100 EPS WME HTCAP ATH
4EK81 00:26:b8:1f:ba:41 1 54M -92:-96
100 EPS WME HTCAP ATH
virgicom-wi... 00:18:e7:0d:16:1a 2 54M 0:0
100 EPS WPA
Belkin.306C 94:44:52:a3:f0:6c 1 54M -86:-96
100 EP MESHCONF MESHCONF WPS HTCAP WPA RSN WME
88VC7 00:1f:90:ed:8d:b9 1 54M -88:-96
100 EPS WME ATH
ALLEN 00:24:b2:d6:57:2c 2 54M 0:0
100 EPS WME HTCAP ATH WPS
</code>
However, the current issue may be something that is a simple "staleness"
issue with a faulty kernel install, and hostapd.
When attempting to get hostapd running, I get the following:
<code>
router0>/etc/rc.d/hostapd start
kldload: can't load wlan_xauth: No such file or directory
/etc/rc.d/hostapd: WARNING: Unable to load kernel module
wlan_xauth
/etc/rc.d/hostapd: WARNING: failed precmd routine for hostapd
</code>
Here is the currently installed version, which is asking for the
seemingly depricated kernel module wlan_xauth.
<code>
router0> hostapd -v
hostapd v0.7.3
User space daemon for IEEE 802.11 AP management,
IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP/RADIUS Authenticator
Copyright (c) 2002-2010, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> and
contributors
</code>
I have found that I am actually missing the required wlan_xauth.ko
wlan_xauth.symbols entries in /boot/kernel so I must have a messy
install of the 8.2-STABLE kernel.
I am considering this issue resolved, since I can fully utilize the
wlan0 mechanism now.
Thanks again.
--
Respectfully,
Martes G Wigglesworth
M. G. Wigglesworth Holdings, LLC
www.mgwigglesworth.net
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