bin/128001: wpa_supplicant(8), wlan(4), and wi(4) issues

[David Wolfskill]

The following reply was made to PR bin/128001; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Wolfskill <david at catwhisker.org>
To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs at FreeBSD.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: bin/128001: wpa_supplicant(8), wlan(4), and wi(4) issues
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:22:05 -0700

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 Follow-up:
 
 Here's sme additional detail, as I was a bit rushed to get to work
 when I filed the PR.
 
 * The NIC is a "Dell TrueMobile 1150 Series PC Card" (in a miniPCI
   form factor).  That NIC is explicitly listed in wi(4) as supported.
 
 * On killing & re-starting wpa-supplicant, ifconfig(8) shows another
   "fake" association to an access point with a null SSDI, but this
   time, using channel 8 (vs. the use of 3 in the previously-cited
   example).
 
 * I have a 3rd access point (that is small enough that I'm in the habit
   of keeping it in my laptop bag when it's not in use).  Since it,
   unlike the previously-cited access points, is not normally being
   used by other folks, I can experiment with its settings as part
   of testing, if that would be useful.
 
 * I also have available an iwi(4) miniPCI card for which wpa_supplicant
   has worked.  However, I'd prefer to minimize switching the miniPCI
   cards back & forth, as it's a bit difficult to get the antenna
   lead reconnected each time, and breaking the lead is pretty easy
   (I've managed to accomplish this once before, much to my chagrin
   and annoyance).
 
 I will start poking around again to see if I can persuade wpa_cli
 to do something useful.
 
 Peace,
 david
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