Hello,
I have a problem with OpenBSD 3.7 (GENERIC) on my laptop, Acer TravelMate
243LC, and WLAN with WEP. Since my laptop doesn't have a built in WLAN card, I
bought a Linksys WPC111v3 which, according to
http://www.openbsd.org/i386.html#hardware, is supported.
Connecting to an open and unsecured Access Point (AP) works fine, but it fails
to work with an AP that is protected by WEP (64bits, shared key).
WLAN card: Linksys WPC11v3
AP: Netgear WG602 (WEP 64bits, shared key)
All right, first when I plug the WLAN card in, I get this:
Oct 2 07:37:39 hrodulf /bsd: wi0: PRISM3 ISL37300P, Firmware 1.1.0 (primary),
1.4.2 (station), address
00:06:25:2b:55:5c
It seem the card is recognized, and I have tried both ifconfig and wicontrol to
make a connection to my AP, but to no avail.
---BOF---
ifconfig wi0 192.168.200.2 255.255.255.0 nwid "scyld" nwkey "BACE8A21EA"
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: /usr/ports (7:42:29)> ifconfig wi0
wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
address: 00:06:25:2b:55:5c
ieee80211: nwid scyld nwkey BACE8A21EA 5dBm (auto)
media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (DS2)
status: no network
inet6 fe80::206:25ff:fe2b:555c%wi0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x7
inet 192.168.200.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 255.255.255.0
---EOF---
It appears there is no connection to the AP. When I try wicontrol, I still
don't get a connection.
---BOF---
wicontrol wi0 -e 1 -k BACE8A21EA -t 3 -n scyld -s scyld -p 1 -A 2 -f 11
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: /usr/ports (7:43:01)> wicontrol wi0 -L
AP Information
ap[0]: netname (SSID): [ scyld ]
BSSID: [ 00:09:5b:67:71:a5 ]
Channel: [ 11 ]
Beacon Interval: [ 100 ]
Quality/Signal/Noise [signal]: [ 50 / 59 / 9 ]
Capinfo: [ ESS PRIV ]
DataRate [Mbps]: [ 1.0 ]
AvailableRates [Mbps]: [ 1.0 2.0 5.5 11.0 ]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: /usr/ports (7:43:23)> wicontrol wi0
NIC serial number: [ 99SA01000000 ]
Station name: [ scyld ]
SSID for IBSS creation: [ IBSS ]
Current netname (SSID): [ IBSS ]
Desired netname (SSID): [ scyld ]
Current BSSID: [ 44:44:44:44:44:44 ]
Channel list: [ 8191 ]
IBSS channel: [ 11 ]
Current channel: [ 11 ]
Comms quality/signal/noise: [ 0 81 27 ]
Promiscuous mode: [ Off ]
Process 802.11b Frame: [ Off ]
Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc, 6=Host AP): [ 1 ]
MAC address: [ 00:06:25:2b:55:5c ]
TX rate (selection): [ 3 ]
TX rate (actual speed): [ 2 ]
Maximum data length: [ 2304 ]
RTS/CTS handshake threshold: [ 2347 ]
Create IBSS: [ Off ]
Antenna diversity (0=auto,1=pri,2=aux): [ ]
Microwave oven robustness: [ On ]
Roaming mode(1=firm,3=disable): [ 1 ]
Access point density: [ 1 ]
Power Management: [ Off ]
Max sleep time: [ 100 ]
Enhanced Security mode: [ ]
Intersil Prism2-based card: [ 1 ]
Card info: [ PRISM3 ISL37300P, Firmware 1.4.2 ]
Encryption: [ On ]
Encryption algorithm: [ Firmware WEP ]
Authentication type
(1=OpenSys, 2=Shared Key): [ 2 ]
TX encryption key: [ 1 ]
Encryption keys: [ BACE8A21EA ][ ][ ][ ]
---EOF---
Is WEP just not supported or is my syntax wrong? Do you have any idea how to
get this to work?
--
Beste Gr|_e / Best regards ,
Nikolaus Hiebaum
