ath0 + wpa/wpa2 + apple airport extreme = no joy.

[Adrian Chadd]

Hi,

Please try -9 on your Soekris. :-)



Adrian


On 19 December 2012 15:32, Christopher Sean Hilton <chris at vindaloo.com> wrote:
> I posted on a similar subject last year but in the end it turned out
> to be irrelevant. I'm trying to get the combination of:
>
>      a Soekris Net4511,
>      FreeBSD 8-STABLE from Dec 2011,
>      an Atheros AR5BMB-44 wifi interface (identified as AR5212 in dmesg),
>      an Apple Airport Extreme (about 2010 vintage) with WPA/WPA2 security,
>
> to all play nicely. To start with I plan to look at the change logs
> for the wpa_supplicant suite to see if there were changes from last
> December to now. I will probably just upgrade this box to a later
> vintage of 8-STABLE. Still, hit me with a cluebat if this problem got
> fixed between December, 2011 and now.
>
> Anyhow, no matter what I've done, the result is the same:
>
>      The atheros/wlan combo associates to my wireless network;
>
>      The dhcp client on the soekris sends a request to the dhcp
>      server. The dhcp server receives the negotiation and tries to
>      offer a lease but the soekris never receives a reply;
>
> I've confirmed this by running tcpdump on the dhcp server where I've
> seen the requests arrive with the atheros' mac address and I've seen
> the replies go back out of the dhcp server but either the atheros
> isn't listening or the Airport Extreme isn't forwarding the traffic. I
> haven't sniffed the wifi to see if the Airport Extreme just isn't
> forwarding the reply or if the atheros isn't receiving it properly.
>
> I can convince this combination of hardware to work if I change the
> network security on the airport extreme from WPA/WPA2 to None.
>
> The configuration that I feel should make the atheros work with the
> Airport Extreme works just fine with my 2010 vintage Airport
> Express. The Express and the Extreme are basically creating the same
> network. The Extreme is on 2.4GHz channel 11, the Express on 2.4GHz 1.
> The reason I have both so you are always near an access point.
>
> I can get the atheros to work with WPA2 on my Mifi 4082.
>
> As a new data point, the combination of an Intel 2200bg + WPA works
> with the Airport Extreme.
>
> I've posted my configs after my signature if you want to look and I
> can provide more information if you need it.
>
> My hope in posting this is to try and figure out what's up with the
> atheros or the Airport Extreme that it isn't working in this
> configuration. If anyone has an atheros card working with WPA/WPA2 and
> an Apple Airport Extreme I'd love any assistance you'd be willing to
> give me with the configuration.
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
>
> --
>
> -- Chris
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                                       "There will be an answer, Let it be."
>                                            e: chris -at- vindaloo -dot- com
>
>  This is the hacked /etc/rc.conf to work with the Intel card:
>
>      ...
>      wpa_supplicant_enable="YES"
>      ## wlans_ath0="wlan0"
>      wlans_iwi0="wlan0"
>      ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
>      ...
>
>
> Here's my abridged /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf:
>
>      ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
>      ctrl_interface_group=0
>
>      ## Airport Extreme
>
>      network={
>          ssid="FooBarBaz"
>          bssid=f8:1e:df:xx:xx:xx
>          psk="************"
>          proto=RSN
>          key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
>          pairwise=CCMP TKIP
>          group=CCMP TKIP
>          priority=12
>      }
>
>      ## Airport Express
>
>      network={
>          ssid="FooBarBaz"
>          bssid=00:1f:f3:xx:xx:xx
>          psk="************"
>          proto=RSN
>          key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
>          pairwise=CCMP TKIP
>          group=CCMP TKIP
>          priority=10
>      }
>
>      ## Mifi 4082
>
>      network={
>          ssid="FooBarBaz-Mobile"
>          psk="************"
>          priority=0
>      }
>
> Finally, here's the result of ifconfig on wlan0/iwi0 associated and
> working with the Airport Extreme:
>
>      ryloth chris $ ifconfig iwi0
>      iwi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
>              ether 00:15:00:xx:xx:xx
>              media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g
>              status: associated
>      ryloth chris $ ifconfig wlan0
>      wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
>              ether 00:15:00:xx:xx:xx
>              inet 10.59.145.87 netmask 0xfffffe00 broadcast 10.59.145.255
>              media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g
>              status: associated
>              ssid FooBarBaz channel 11 (2462 MHz 11g) bssid f8:1e:df:xx:xx:xx
>              country US authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF
>              TKIP 3:128-bit txpower 0 bmiss 24 scanvalid 60 protmode CTS wme
>              roaming MANUAL
>
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