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Date:      Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:00:37 -0700
From:      Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org>
To:        eculp@cloudmaster.info
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Trying to use my ath wireless with wep.
Message-ID:  <20080627010037.GA60479@citylink.fud.org.nz>
In-Reply-To: <20080626194816.16432an8womc69c0@cloudmail.cloudmaster.info>
References:  <20080626194816.16432an8womc69c0@cloudmail.cloudmaster.info>

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On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 07:48:16PM -0500, eculp@cloudmaster.info wrote:
> Thanks to the help here I have been enjoying my ath for almost a week.  It 
> works perfectly with the following in rc.conf
> 
> wlans_ath0=wlan0
> ifconfig_wlan0="DHCP ssid virus2"
> 
> Now I am trying to get it to connect with wep.  I have set the modem open 
> wep pass phrase key to lets say 1122334455 and I have substituted the above 
> ifconfig_wlan0 line for:
> 
> ifconfig_wlan0="DHCP ssid virus2 wepmode on wepkey 0x1122334455"
> 
> 
> and I have also tried it with WPA before DHCP but it doesn't connect either 
> way.

I believe you need to also set 'deftxkey 1', see ifconfig(8).


Andrew



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