Dear Andy, Thank you.
Unfortunately the trouble with the open WEP network happened while I was in a conference earlier today. The conference ended and I no longer have access to the particular network. I cannot tcydump. Yes, I had tried without -nwkey. You gave a good tip about "mode 11g". I will try it out next time when I am facing a similar problem! Sincerely, Xianwen On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 5:54 PM, Andy Ruhl <acr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 4:25 AM, Chen, Xianwen (陈贤文) > <xianwen.c...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Dear NetBSD users, >> >> I am having trouble connecting NetBSD to an open WEP wireless network, >> called "ks-guest". Because my Android mobile phone is able to connect >> to "ks-guest", the network is functioning. >> >> "ifconfig iwi0 list scan" gives the following output: >> SSID BSSID CHAN RATE S:N INT >> CAPS >> ks-nett 24:01:c7:14:2a:60 1 54M 37:0 >> 102 EPS RSN WME >> ks-guest 10:bd:18:f0:26:f2 1 54M 69:0 >> 102 ES WME >> ks-mobil 10:bd:18:f0:26:f1 1 54M 69:0 >> 102 EPS RSN WME >> ks-mobil 24:01:c7:14:2a:61 1 54M 36:0 >> 102 EPS RSN WME >> ks-guest 24:01:c7:14:2d:d2 6 54M 55:0 >> 102 ES WME >> ks-guest 24:01:c7:14:27:32 6 54M 49:0 >> 102 ES WME >> GSS-KS 30:b5:c2:3e:7b:d8 11 54M 51:0 >> 100 EPS RSN WME >> ks-nett cc:d5:39:cc:61:a0 11 54M 52:0 >> 102 EPS RSN WME >> ks-guest cc:d5:39:cc:61:a2 11 54M 53:0 >> 102 ES WME >> ks-mobil cc:d5:39:cc:61:a1 11 54M 54:0 >> 102 EPS RSN WME >> KSA-Trakteriet cc:d5:39:cc:61:a3 11 54M 50:0 >> 102 EPS RSN WME >> >> I try to connect to "ks-guest" by "ifconfig iwi0 ssid ks-guest >> -nwkey". When I run "ifconfig", the ssid is updated. However, the >> status remains "no network": >> iwi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >> ssid ks-guest >> powersave off >> bssid 10:bd:18:f0:26:f0 >> address: 00:12:f0:f2:14:c4 >> media: IEEE802.11 autoselect >> status: no network >> inet6 fe80::212:f0ff:fef2:14c4%iwi0 prefixlen 64 detached scopeid 0x3 >> >> I tried to specify bssid and channel by for example "ifconfig -s iwi0 >> ssid ks-guest bssid 24:01:c7:14:2b:e2 chan 6 -nwke". However, the >> status does not change. > > I might not be helping much but I will try. > > I haven't done this in a really long time, but I know for sure that > this used to work. I would use an ifconfig command to connect to WEP > networks. This was an 802.11b network though, not sure if that makes a > difference. > > Did you try without -nwkey? Did you try specifically setting the media > type (maybe "mode 11g" or whatever it is)? > > Maybe try to tcpdump the interface to see if it really is offline... > > Andy
