Wireless ath0 configuration on 8.0-RELEASE

[Rui Paulo]

On 3 Feb 2010, at 00:46, Mark Bennett wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've been beating my brains out off and on for several days trying to get a wireless card with an Atheros chip to work on 8.0.  Maybe somebody can help, but the on-line documentation seems to be stuck on version 7.2 and I've Googled till I'm blue in the face trying to find just one simple, straight-forward how-to for this version.
> 
> I'm not wanting anything fancy.  I just want this laptop with an Atheros card to associate to my access point with WPA2.  I've tried two different cards, same results.
> 
> 
> Here are pertinent facts about my configuration:
> ====================================
> Output of uname -v
> 
> FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Sat Nov 21 15:48:17 UTC 2009     root at almeida.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
> ------------------------------------
> Entire content of /boot/loader.conf
> 
> if_ath_load="YES"
> wlan_ccmp_load="YES"
> 
> ------------------------------------
> Edited content of /etc/rc.conf
> 
> pccard_enable="YES"
> vaps_ath0="wlan0"

This is wrong.

> # wlans_ath0="wlan0"

This is the correct version.

> # ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
> defaultrouter="192.168.5.100"
> 
> ------------------------------------
> Edited content of /etc/rc.conf
> 
> network={
>   ssid="CLARITY"
>   psk="MYWPAKEY"
> }
> ======================================

This should be in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf, not /etc/rc.conf.

> 
> When I issue the command:
> ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0
> 
> It echoes the following:
> wlan0: Ethernet address: 00:20:e0:37:8a:ca
> 
> At this point, everything seems to be OK.
> 
> When I issue the command:
> wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -dd -s -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> 
> It echoes the following:
> ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=7):
>   43 4c 41 52 49 54 59      CLARITY
> PSK (ASCII passphrase) - hexdump_ascii(len=63): [REMOVED]
> PSK (from passphrase) - hexdump(len=32): [REMOVED]
> 
> It hangs at this point, with the power/activity lights on the NIC alternately flashing.  Breaking this command echoes this:

I don't think wpa_supplicant is trying to associate.

> 
> ^Cioctl[SIOCS80211, op 26, arg 0x0]: Operation not supported
> Feb 2 19:28:38 pierce wpa_supplicant[1274]: Failed to disable WPA in the driver.
> ioctl[SIOCS80211, op 26, arg 0x0]: Operation not supported
> ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=5 eloop_data=0x28406140 user_data=0x2840d040 handler=0x8069f40
> 
> ==========================================
> 
> ifconfig for both ath0 and wlan0 show "status: no carrier"
> 
> The issue seems to be the "Failed to disable WPA in the driver" error, but I don't know at what point this failure happens, or what to do differently to fix it.
> 
> Any and all help is appreciated.
> 
> 
> -- 
> ++
> Mark Bennett
> Clarity Software Systems
> (417) 864-4404
> 
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> I want credit for this.
> 
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Rui Paulo