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Date:      Sun, 9 Oct 2016 09:01:44 +0200
From:      Vladimir Botka <vbotka@gmail.com>
To:        Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com>
Cc:        freebsd-wireless <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: wpa_supplicant doesn't communicate with zyd(4) interface well
Message-ID:  <20161009090144.31a827ea@planb.netng.org>
In-Reply-To: <3da5f80c-610e-d079-c0b4-fa2a9a9b120a@rawbw.com>
References:  <3da5f80c-610e-d079-c0b4-fa2a9a9b120a@rawbw.com>

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Hello!

On Sat, 8 Oct 2016 16:09:30 -0700
Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> wrote:
> I use wpa_gui program (net/wpa_gui port), and it talked to ndis-based=20
> driver very well. wpa_supplicant is the latest version from ports.
> Now I switched to the Belkin device using zyd driver, and wpa_gui just=20
> doesn't communicate well with it. It can't switch wifi network using the=
=20
> combobox, for example.
> Anybody know what might be the problem?
> Yuri

To find the problem more details from wpa_supplicant would be needed.
You might want to add following line to /etc/rc.conf and post the log.

wpa_supplicant_flags=3D"-dd -t -f /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log"

But, I'd recommend to try and configure the interface without wpa_gui
first. If this doesn't work wpa_gui won't help. wpa_gui is just an GUI
to configure wpa_supplicant.
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-wireless=
.html

But, to save time, you might want to change the adapter. Best choice is
Intel for client and Atheros for hostap. Ralink is doing well too. For
example RT5370 USB dongles work fine for me in 10.3. Available from $20
(amazon) to $3 (aliexpress).

# usbconfig -u 0 -a 4 dump_device_desc
ugen0.4: <802.11 n WLAN Ralink> at usbus0, cfg=3D0 md=3DHOST spd=3DFULL
(12Mbps) pwr=3DON (450mA)

  bLength =3D 0x0012=20
  bDescriptorType =3D 0x0001=20
  bcdUSB =3D 0x0200=20
  bDeviceClass =3D 0x0000  <Probed by interface class>
  bDeviceSubClass =3D 0x0000=20
  bDeviceProtocol =3D 0x0000=20
  bMaxPacketSize0 =3D 0x0040=20
  idVendor =3D 0x148f=20
  idProduct =3D 0x5370=20
  bcdDevice =3D 0x0101=20
  iManufacturer =3D 0x0001  <retrieving string failed>
  iProduct =3D 0x0002  <retrieving string failed>
  iSerialNumber =3D 0x0003  <retrieving string failed>
  bNumConfigurations =3D 0x0001

HTH. Cheers and have fun,

	-vlado

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