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Date:      Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:08:00 -0600
From:      Patrick Bowen <pbowen@fastmail.fm>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PRISM3(PCMCIA) and/or wi(4) driver unable to do WPA?
Message-ID:  <45EF8C20.3030702@fastmail.fm>
In-Reply-To: <63315.172.16.1.7.1173325567.squirrel@email.polands.org>
References:  <55223.172.16.1.37.1173306474.squirrel@email.polands.org> <45EF5181.1020504@fastmail.fm> <63315.172.16.1.7.1173325567.squirrel@email.polands.org>

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Doug Poland wrote:
> On Wed, March 7, 2007 17:57, Patrick Bowen wrote:
>   
>> Doug Poland wrote:
>>     
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have just acquired a Linksys "Instant Wireless Network PC Card"
>>> 802.11b wireless NIC.  When plugged into a 6.2 i386 laptop, dmesg
>>> reports:
>>>
>>> wi0: <The Linksys Group, Inc. Instant Wireless Network PC Card> at
>>> port 0x100-0x13f irq 11 function 0 config 1 on pccard1
>>> wi0: using RF:PRISM3(PCMCIA)
>>> wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary (1.1.0), Station (1.4.2)
>>> wi0: Ethernet address: 00:06:25:18:6e:1d
>>>
>>> When I attempted to connect to my WPA-PSK WAP, wpa_supplicant(8)
>>> just hangs.  When I turned off encryption on the WAP, and enter:
>>>
>>> # dhclient wi0
>>>
>>> Then the NIC connects just fine.  So the question is, is the NIC or
>>> the wi(4) driver incapable of WPA encryption?
>>>
>>>       
>> Try adding;
>>
>> ifconfig_wi0="DHCP"
>>
>> to /etc/rc.conf.
>>
>> That way it will run dhclient automatically whenever you plug the card
>> in.
>>
>>     
> I don't have a problem running dhclient, I have a problem with WPA. 
> Initially, my rc.conf said:
>
> ifconfig_wi0="WPA DHCP"
>
> and I had the correct entry in my /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf.  I could
> not connect to my WAP until I turned off WPA, as I stated in my OP.
>
>   

Doug:

Sorry, I misunderstood. Please excuse the noise...

Patrick



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