On 10/29/17 18:38, Kurtis wrote:
Thank you very much, Carlos! That explains a lot, and you
probably just saved me many more hours of frustration.
I purchased this WiFi device with my new APU2. Is there a guide
or list to find decent devices which will support hostap mode? I'm not
quite sure what to look for when reading specs or driver man pages.
Take a look at: https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html#Wireless
At the top of that section, it talks about Host AP mode and which drivers
support them.
Take a look at each of those respective man pages (personally, I would focus on
ath(4), athn(4), and ral(4)) and choose the chipset capabilities you are
looking for.
If you bought your APU2 from PC Engines, they also sell the Compex WLE200NX
(http://pcengines.ch/wle200nx.htm) which is a compatible athn(4) card.
+--+
Carlos
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Gateway - Cannot bring WiFi up or broadcast ssid
Local Time: October 29, 2017 9:26 PM
UTC Time: October 30, 2017 1:26 AM
From: cardena...@gmail.com
To: Kurtis <kurtismull...@protonmail.com>
misc@openbsd.org <misc@openbsd.org>
On 10/29/17 17:51, Kurtis wrote:
I am configuring my home gateway. Being enthusiastically new to
OpenBSD, I followed the directions here along with other various
bits of documentation along the way:
https://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/example1.html
Unfortunately, I can't seem to understand how to bring my WiFi
network "up" and broadcast my SSID. Here is output from
ifconfig:
iwm0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
lladdr f0:42:1c:80:df:90
index 4 priority 4 llprio 3
groups: wlan
media: IEEE802.11 autoselect
status: no network
ieee80211: nwid <censored ssid> chan 1 wpakey <censored key> wpaprotos wpa2
wpaakms psk wpaciphers ccmp wpagroupcipher ccmp
inet 192.168.2.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
Running these commands don't seem to do anything:
ifconfig iwm0 up
ifconfig iwm0 up scan
Here is my /etc/hostname.iwm0 file:
cat /etc/hostname.iwm0
media autoselect mode 11n mediaopt hostap chan 1
nwid <censored ssid>
wpakey <censored key/password>
inet 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0
dmesg output:
dmesg | grep "iwm0"
iwm0 at pci4 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 7260" rev 0xc3, msi
iwm0: hw rev 0x140, fw ver 16.242414.0, address f0:42:1c:80:df:90
I'd appreciate if anyone can point me in the right direction on how to better
debug, learn, or otherwise get this working.
Hi Kurtis,
iwm(4) doesn't support hostap mode. You might want to check out a compatible
ath(4) or athn(4) card.
+--+
Carlos
