Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 13:40:42 GMT From: Eric Millbrandt <emillbrandt@coldhaus.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/88599: Change in default behavior with ifconfig and WEP Message-ID: <200511071340.jA7DegZC016914@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200511071350.jA7DoGq1078780@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 88599 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Change in default behavior with ifconfig and WEP >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Nov 07 13:50:16 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Eric Millbrandt >Release: 6.0 Release >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD sniffles.XYZ.com 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #1: Sun Nov 6 18:14:37 EST 2005 emillbrandt@sniffles.XYZ.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SNIFFLES i386 >Description: The default behavior of ifconfig has changed since 5.4 when configuring a wireless card. Previously in rc.conf ifconfig_wi0="inet 192.168.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid RedHouse wepmode on wepkey 0xVALUE" would successfully configure your card. Now in 6.0 you get the following error messages. ieee80211_load_module: load the wlan_wep module by hand for now. ifconfig: SIOCS80211: Invalid argument This change is not noted in the freebsd handbook or the ifconfig(8) man page. >How-To-Repeat: ifconfig_wi0="inet 192.168.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid RedHouse wepmode on wepkey 0xVALUE" >Fix: ifconfig_wi0="inet 192.168.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid RedHouse wepmode on weptxkey 1 wepkey 0xVALUE" >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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