wpa_supplicant doesn't communicate with zyd(4) interface well

[Vladimir Botka]

Hello!

On Sat, 8 Oct 2016 16:09:30 -0700
Yuri <yuri at rawbw.com> wrote:
> I use wpa_gui program (net/wpa_gui port), and it talked to ndis-based 
> driver very well. wpa_supplicant is the latest version from ports.
> Now I switched to the Belkin device using zyd driver, and wpa_gui just 
> doesn't communicate well with it. It can't switch wifi network using the 
> combobox, for example.
> Anybody know what might be the problem?
> Yuri

To find the problem more details from wpa_supplicant would be needed.
You might want to add following line to /etc/rc.conf and post the log.

wpa_supplicant_flags="-dd -t -f /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log"

But, I'd recommend to try and configure the interface without wpa_gui
first. If this doesn't work wpa_gui won't help. wpa_gui is just an GUI
to configure wpa_supplicant.
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-wireless.html

But, to save time, you might want to change the adapter. Best choice is
Intel for client and Atheros for hostap. Ralink is doing well too. For
example RT5370 USB dongles work fine for me in 10.3. Available from $20
(amazon) to $3 (aliexpress).

# usbconfig -u 0 -a 4 dump_device_desc
ugen0.4: <802.11 n WLAN Ralink> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL
(12Mbps) pwr=ON (450mA)

  bLength = 0x0012 
  bDescriptorType = 0x0001 
  bcdUSB = 0x0200 
  bDeviceClass = 0x0000  <Probed by interface class>
  bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000 
  bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000 
  bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 
  idVendor = 0x148f 
  idProduct = 0x5370 
  bcdDevice = 0x0101 
  iManufacturer = 0x0001  <retrieving string failed>
  iProduct = 0x0002  <retrieving string failed>
  iSerialNumber = 0x0003  <retrieving string failed>
  bNumConfigurations = 0x0001

HTH. Cheers and have fun,

	-vlado
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