[Solved] Re:Commands for AR5212 cause system to hang using 8.2-STABLE

[Adrian Chadd]

I didn't think wlan_xauth was deprecated; it should be installed in
/boot/kernel/ .


Adrian


On 1 September 2011 10:03, Martes G Wigglesworth
<mailinglistmember at mgwigglesworth.net> wrote:
> On 08/30/2011 09:47 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>>
>> Can you please try 8.0-RELEASE and see if it works for you? I'd like
>> to see where things broke along the FreeBSD-7 ->  FreeBSD-8.2 path.
>
> I finished another upgrade from source, and after the restart the ifconfig
> commands worked immediately.
> I guess whatever I did last Spring, was only a partial install.
> Results were as follows:
> <code>
> |router0>ifconfig
> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
>        ether 00:1b:2f:37:02:46
>        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>
>        status: running
> lagg0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
>        ether 00:00:00:00:00:00
>        media: Ethernet autoselect
>        status: no carrier
>        laggproto failover
> wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
>        ether 00:1b:2f:37:02:46
>        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>
>        status: running
>        ssid wrouter0 channel 1 (2412 MHz 11g) bssid 00:1b:2f:37:02:46
>        country US ecm authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 23 scanvalid 60
>        protmode CTS wme burst dtimperiod 1 -dfs |
> </code>
>
> I am able to get the wlan0 device to associate, and to scan, as listed
> below:
> <code>
> router0> ifconfig wlan0 scan
>                SSID/MESH ID    BSSID              CHAN RATE   S:N     INT
> CAPS
>                CZXQ2           00:26:b8:46:70:8d    1   54M -85:-96  100 EPS
>  WME HTCAP ATH
>                4EK81           00:26:b8:1f:ba:41    1   54M -92:-96  100 EPS
>  WME HTCAP ATH
>                virgicom-wi...  00:18:e7:0d:16:1a    2   54M   0:0    100 EPS
>  WPA
>                Belkin.306C     94:44:52:a3:f0:6c    1   54M -86:-96  100 EP
>   MESHCONF MESHCONF WPS HTCAP WPA RSN WME
>                88VC7           00:1f:90:ed:8d:b9    1   54M -88:-96  100 EPS
>  WME ATH
>                ALLEN           00:24:b2:d6:57:2c    2   54M   0:0    100 EPS
>  WME HTCAP ATH WPS
> </code>
>
> However, the current issue may be something that is a simple "staleness"
> issue with a faulty kernel install, and hostapd.
> When attempting to get hostapd running, I get the following:
>
> <code>
> router0>/etc/rc.d/hostapd start
> kldload: can't load wlan_xauth: No such file or directory
>              /etc/rc.d/hostapd: WARNING: Unable to load kernel module
> wlan_xauth
>              /etc/rc.d/hostapd: WARNING: failed precmd routine for hostapd
> </code>
>
> Here is the currently installed version, which is asking for the seemingly
> depricated kernel module wlan_xauth.
> <code>
> router0> hostapd -v
>                hostapd v0.7.3
>                User space daemon for IEEE 802.11 AP management,
>                IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP/RADIUS Authenticator
>                Copyright (c) 2002-2010, Jouni Malinen <j at w1.fi> and
> contributors
> </code>
>
> I have found that I am actually missing the required wlan_xauth.ko
> wlan_xauth.symbols entries in /boot/kernel so I must have a messy install of
> the 8.2-STABLE kernel.
>
> I am considering this issue resolved, since I can fully utilize the wlan0
> mechanism now.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> --
> Respectfully,
>
>
> Martes G Wigglesworth
> M. G. Wigglesworth Holdings, LLC
> www.mgwigglesworth.net
>
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