Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 19:33:24 +0100 From: Arne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org> To: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WPA on laptops running FreeBSD 5.3? Message-ID: <42051174.2070004@rfc2549.org> In-Reply-To: <20050205191707.0cfc7a31.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <20050205191707.0cfc7a31.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig3AD58425A6AAF53D5DC42B53 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: >Hello, > >I have recently installed FreeBSD 5.3-Release on a ThinkPad T41, and >upgraded to 5.4-stable: > >FreeBSD kg-jobbpc3.kg4.no 5.3-STABLE FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE #0: Sun Jan 30 >22:05:15 CET 2005 root@kg-jobbpc3.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/T41 >i386 > >This ThinkPad have an Atheros-based wireless card built-in: >tingo@kg-jobbpc3$ dmesg | grep ath0 >ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xc0210000-0xc021ffff irq 11 at device 2.0 on >pci2 ath0: mac 5.6 phy 4.1 5ghz radio 1.7 2ghz radio 2.3 >ath0: Ethernet address: 00:05:4e:46:ba:e5 >ath0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps >ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps >24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps > >I'm using a Linksys WRT54G as an access point. Both the WRT54G and the >T41 supports WPA, so the AP is configured with WPA-PSK. >With "other os" this works; I connect my T41 to the AP, and it just >works. But I don't want to use "other os" on this ThinkPad. > >Now, is there a way to get the T41 with FreeBSD 5.3-stable to support >WPA? > > The wpa support with other IEEE802.11 changes is present in -CURRENT. For 5.3-stable there is no support for wpa. Arne --------------enig3AD58425A6AAF53D5DC42B53 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCBRF5e8+cMNS4zRcRAr8ZAKDeQJuEH5BWPHB0q1Mjqlh99oqOvQCfUTHi oTv6WqhAXRmoMLhGHHZN4J8= =QdkF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig3AD58425A6AAF53D5DC42B53--
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