Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 18:49:34 -0700 From: "Ian Cartwright" <ian351c@home.com> To: "Brooks Davis" <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Netgear MA401 and WEP Message-ID: <FCEJJHIBHGNJPCHBDMACEEBBCFAA.ian351c@home.com> In-Reply-To: <20010921175418.A11378@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
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Eureka! While searching the FAQs on Netgear's website I came across this Knowlege Base article: http://www.netgear-support.com/ts/pwtkbgetsolution.cfm?&id=N01910&kbase=Supp ort&incident=. It mentions that the default configuration for authentication on the MA401 is shared key, and that Cisco access points use open key as their default. The article also says that the MA401 cannot be configured to use open keys via software. I wondered how my Netgear ME102 access point was configured, and sure enough, it was configured for shared keys. On a hunch, I decided to change the ME102 to "Both" for authentication. Behold! A successful connection in FreeBSD! I am assuming that this means that even though the "software" doesn't support it, the card is indeed configurable for shared or open keys, and that open key is the default for FreeBSD. So, until the FreeBSD driver (or ifconfig or wicontrol, etc.) supports it, I guess the order of the day is to make sure your access point is configurable for open key authentication. Thanks to everyone for helping me out here in the forum... Cheers, Ian > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Brooks Davis > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 5:54 PM > To: Ian Cartwright > Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Netgear MA401 and WEP > > > On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 05:38:15PM -0700, Ian Cartwright wrote: > > I tried 'ifconfig wi0 ssid IansWireless wepkey 1:0x1111111111 > wep' as you > > suggested without success... I do have one followup question > though: I have > > noticed that (in Windows) even if I set the keys the same on > the card and > > the access point, WEP doesn't work unless it is the same key as > well (i.e. > > they both have to have key #1 set to 0x1111111111 instead on > the accesspoint > > having #1 set and the card having #3 set to the same key); is this > > expected?. > > Yes. The postion is important due to the way the standard was written. > From the problems you're having I suspect it just isn't going to work > until someone with actual documentation does some more work on the > driver. > > > Is there anyplace in the code for if_wi.c or someplace that I > can turn on > > some debugging code? I would like to see if my card is reacting > as expected > > compared against any traces anyone else may have... > > No, it's not really possiable. All assocation, authentication, and > encryption is handled by the card. If you had a Cisco card and were > running current you could snoop the raw frames off the wire, but it > likely wouldn't do you much good. > > -- Brooks > > -- > Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. > PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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