Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 21:10:15 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: David LeCount <snailboy1@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Having much trouble with wep on wireless Message-ID: <43925E17.4070102@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <20051204030003.94007.qmail@web53704.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20051204030003.94007.qmail@web53704.mail.yahoo.com>
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David LeCount wrote: > I give in. I've been working for hours on this without > resolution. I just bought a wireless router and I'm > trying to get wep working. I'm pretty sure it's > working on the router side. I'm having trouble setting > the key in FreeBSD. The man page says to use wepkey to > set it, but that's been giving errors. When I just do > "ifconfig ath0", I notice there's a deftxkey, so I've > been using that to try to set the key. The problem is > that when I use it, it still says it's undefined > despite no errors. Here's an example: > > kenshi# ifconfig ath0 wepmode on deftxkey 0x0123456789 > kenshi# ifconfig ath0 > ath0: > flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu > 1500 > inet6 fe80::213:46ff:fe6e:def9%ath0 prefixlen > 64 scopeid 0x1 > ether 00:13:46:6e:de:f9 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet > autoselect (OFDM/36Mbps) > status: associated > ssid bahamut channel 6 bssid 00:14:bf:b4:c3:e8 > authmode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF > txpowmax 36 protmode CTS > bintval 100 > > Since it says privacy is on, I believe that means > wepmode was set, but I can't set the key for anything. > By the way, if I run ifconfig with all the parameters, > including the IP address, it says: > > ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists > > This has me completely baffled. I thought I got it > working once, but when I set it in rc.conf and > restarted, it no longer worked and I haven't managed > to get it working again. I appreciate any help. Here's some help via my setup - assuming you use 6.0: /etc/rc.conf: ifconfig_wi0="inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.xxx ssid yourssid wepmode on weptxkey 1 wepkey 0x.........................." /boot/loader.conf: if_wi0_load="YES" wlan_load="YES" wlan_wep_load="YES" Couple of notes - sub wi0 for your nic, and I use static. Adjust for DHCP if needed. -- Best regards, Chris Any surviving best shots are ruined when someone inadvertently open the darkroom door and all of the dark leaks out.
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