Hi,
> th> Did anyone get the WLAN interface running with encryption on that
> th> hardware? Do I have to configure anything else than just
> th> adjusting all the values in the /etc/network/interfaces config
> th> file? Are there any tricks I need to know?
>
> I just got it to work with FreeWRT version 1.0 revision 1008 on an
> ASUS WL-500gP by using the following settings:
>
> # WLAN
> auto eth2
> iface eth2 inet manual
> wifi-type brcm
> wifi-country CH
> wifi-mode ap
> wifi-akm psk2
> wifi-crypto aes+tkip
> wifi-ssid <myessid>
> wifi-wpa_psk <mypasswd>
>
> please note that I am using inet manual because I bridge it together
> with the physical ports at the back of the device.
>
> CAVEAT #1: I noticed that "wl" and "ifconfig" always seem to report
> the encryption key as off / non supported but my laptop
> can set up a connection properly regardless.
>
> CAVEAT #2: The setup does not seem stable. I sometimes have to ifdown
> / ifup the wireless interface until it works properly. Not
> sure whether this is related to my heavily playing around
> with it at the moment, though.
CAVEAT #3: Make sure "broadcom-nas" is installed if you selected all
manually, thats the service which handles the WPA stuff.
I don't know anything about the stability for now, at least we got WPA
running with a WRT54G3G which has virtually the same chipset (broadcom
WLAN). It worked for a whole weekend in the fridge (-18°C). ;-)
/Markus
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