Re: wireless help with wep authentication
On 11/20/11, Rob Clark wrote: > Running fbsd 8.2R on a Dell C640 laptop. > Using a pcmcia card with atheros. > > My 2wire wireless router comes setup default with > wep open with wireless security enabled, i.e., needs > the default passkey from the router. I cannot get the > ifconfig line correct so as to authenticate this way, > and have tried many different strings of text here. > > However, following the handbook, I turned off "enable > security" (on the 2wire router) to test things, hence, > using wep (not as authmode shared or authmode open) > and it works using the following in /etc/rc.conf: > > wlans_ath0="wlan0" > ifconfig_wlan0="ssid Mynetname DHCP" > > Mynetname is different -- of course. > > I can browse the web and ping with 0% packet loss. > > I have not delved into using > a /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf yet, I was > hoping i could get it done in rc.conf with ifconfig. > > I have tried many many things, for days on end for > authenticating with the passkey from the router. > Any help appreciated, I can provide further info and > things I've tried -- most things in the handbook > wireless section, minus wpa_supplicant.conf. Should adding "nwkey key" to ifconfig_wlan0 line above be enough? Key may be in ascii or in hex (in which case it must start with 0x). As you should probably already know wep provides 0% security so having wep or open network gives you almost exactly same amount of security. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
wireless help with wep authentication
Running fbsd 8.2R on a Dell C640 laptop. Using a pcmcia card with atheros. My 2wire wireless router comes setup default with wep open with wireless security enabled, i.e., needs the default passkey from the router. I cannot get the ifconfig line correct so as to authenticate this way, and have tried many different strings of text here. However, following the handbook, I turned off "enable security" (on the 2wire router) to test things, hence, using wep (not as authmode shared or authmode open) and it works using the following in /etc/rc.conf: wlans_ath0="wlan0" ifconfig_wlan0="ssid Mynetname DHCP" Mynetname is different -- of course. I can browse the web and ping with 0% packet loss. I have not delved into using a /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf yet, I was hoping i could get it done in rc.conf with ifconfig. I have tried many many things, for days on end for authenticating with the passkey from the router. Any help appreciated, I can provide further info and things I've tried -- most things in the handbook wireless section, minus wpa_supplicant.conf. Thanks In Advance, Rob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
wireless help
Hello, You say you've created a static ip for your computer. What is the actual ip? If your router is on subnet 192.168.22.0, then your ip must also be on that subnet. Also, is your router configured as a gateway or router and is DHCP enabled on the router? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: wireless help
ifconfig This looks ok. Mind you, I'm not all that up on wireless, so I don't know if that could be part of your issue. arp ? (192.168.1.3) at (incomplete) on ath0 [ethernet] ? (192.168.1.254) at (incomplete) on ath0 [ethernet] This is generally telling you that you have recently attempted to communicate to the IP's, and address resolution is in progress (and in your case, most likely will timeout). The rest of your message is irrelevant at this point, since you can't even resolve the layer 2 addresses on the local link. I'd have to say at this point that either there is a problem with the wireless config on the FreeBSD machine, or there is a firewall on the machine blocking your traffic. Does the linksys show you as connected? If you enable DHCP on the linksys, does it register a client lease for the box? If you cable yourself directly to the Linksys (as opposed to wireless) with the same IP configuration, does it work then? Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: wireless help
On Sat, Jun 07, 2008 at 07:38:38AM -0700, erpa1119 wrote: > > I am completely new to linux and need help with wireless connectivity. > I have installed freebsd 6.3-RELEASE Technically, FreeBSD is not Linux. The Unix family tree looks something like the following (greatly simplified): Bell Labs Unix | | | BSD Unix SysV Unix | | | | FreeBSD Solaris Linux Linux is way over to the right by itself because it doesn't really have any "genetic" relation to the others. FreeBSD doesn't share any original "genetic" material with the SysV line, either, but that's basically because it "evolved" to that point -- whereas Linux was created from scratch to emulate (mostly SysV) Unix functionality. There's a lot in common between most Linux distributions and most FreeBSD installs, but that's in large part because of the plethora of open source applications that can be installed on both, and because the two are both tied to a sort of Unix "tradition" of OS design. It's not so much because of any actual family relation, per se. Sorry if this seems somewhat off the topic of what you're asking. I'm just trying to be informative. A better way to phrase your original sentence would have been something like "I am completely new to Unix-like systems and need help with wireless connectivity." > > I have a toshiba satellite 1005-s157 with a dlink gs630 pcmcia card > and a linksys wr54g wireless router. > ifconfig shows status: associated but I cannot ping anything other > than the static IP address that I gave to the wireless card. > > The card is known working, the AP is known working. > I do not have DHCP running on the AP and simply assign IP's to all of > my boxes when I first bring them online. > > topology: > wall-->bellsouth router-->linksys AP > linksys has a static IP of 192.168.1.3 > bellsouth router has a static IP of 192.168.1.254 > > I have added a default route by running the following. > route add default 192.168.1.254 Is the Linksys access point a router? Is it running NAT? Your FreeBSD system might effectively be tucked away in a subnet, which could possibly account for (some of?) your problems. > > I also ran this > ifconfig ath0 ssid "MYAPNAMEHERE" wepmode on weptxkey "MYPASSPHRASE" > > ifconfig ath0 list scan shows the AP that I am trying to connect > through and shows CAPS of EP only. > > The Question is: > How am I associated with the AP but cannot ping anything other than > localhost, 127.0.0.1 and the static IP address that I gave the card? Does this mean you can't ping the Linksys access point? Is the access point configured to ignore pings? > > All pings except to localhost or 127 or my static ip result in a host > down message > > contents of /etc/resolv.conf > > > search . > nameserver 205.xxx.xxx.xxx > nameserver 205.xxx.xxx.xxx > nameserver 205.xxx.xxx.xxx You probably don't need three copies of the same line -- or are those three different IP addresses that you've Xed out? Is the period after "search" what's actually in the file, or did you elide some of the contents of that line? Sorry if I'm not as useful as I should be -- I still haven't fully woken up, and may miss something obvious. -- Chad Perrin [ content licensed PDL: http://pdl.apotheon.org ] Paul Graham: "SUVs are gross because they're the solution to a gross problem. (How to make minivans look more masculine.)" pgp8oO8dPxzUq.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: wireless help
had to figure out how to mount the usb stick ifconfig plip0: flags=108810 mtu 1500 lo0: flags=8049 mtu 16384 inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff00 ath0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 inet 192.168.1.12 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 ether 00:13:46:21:83:0c media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/36Mbps) status: associated ssid GCH_Wireless channel 10 bssid 00:18:39:7c:ea:88 authmode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF wepkey 1:104-bit txpowmax 38 bmiss 7 protmode CTS burst bintval 100 arp ? (192.168.1.3) at (incomplete) on ath0 [ethernet] ? (192.168.1.254) at (incomplete) on ath0 [ethernet] ping linksys PING 192.168.1.254 (192.168.1.254): 56 data bytes ping: sendto: Host is down ping: sendto: Host is down ping: sendto: Host is down ping: sendto: Host is down ping: sendto: Host is down --- 192.168.1.254 ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss PING 192.168.1.3 (192.168.1.3): 56 data bytes ping: sendto: Host is down ping: sendto: Host is down ping: sendto: Host is down ping: sendto: Host is down ping: sendto: Host is down --- 192.168.1.3 ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss netstat Routing tables Internet: DestinationGatewayFlagsRefs Use Netif Expire default192.168.1.254 UGS 00 ath0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 00lo0 192.168.1 link#3 UC 00 ath0 192.168.1.254 link#3 UHLW20 ath0 Internet6: Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire ::1 ::1 UHL lo0 fe80::%lo0/64 fe80::1%lo0 U lo0 fe80::1%lo0 link#2UHL lo0 ff01:2::/32 fe80::1%lo0 UC lo0 ff02::%lo0/32 fe80::1%lo0 UC lo0 Thanks for the help erpa1119 wrote: > > Are you saying it does work? Are you saying that perhaps you have other > hosts on your network use this same setup successfully? > > > Correct. > I have 4 other laptops on this AP that all have internet connectivity (2 > winxp and 2 win2k pro). > All configured with the gateway as 192.168.1.254 (the BS router) > > Any ping except to 192.168.1.12 (manually assigned) and 127.0.0.1 and > localhost result in either "host is down" or a name resolve issue, ie > cannot resolve host. > Additionally EricBSD (manually assigned name to box) returns with a cannot > resolve host as well. > > I will post the result of the below shortly. > # ifconfig -a > # netstat -rn > # ping ip.of.linksys > # ping ip.of.bellsouth > # arp -a > > > > > > Steve Bertrand-2 wrote: >> >> erpa1119 wrote: >>> Why would I change something that is known to function correctly? >> >> Pardon my ignorance... It was my understanding that the reason you >> posted to the list was to get help with an issue where you could not >> communicate with other network devices. >> >> Are you saying it does work? Are you saying that perhaps you have other >> hosts on your network use this same setup successfully? Are you saying >> that your Linksys "router" is not at all a gateway device (does not NAT >> and forward packets)? >> >> # ifconfig -a >> # netstat -rn >> # ping ip.of.linksys >> # ping ip.of.bellsouth >> # arp -a >> >> ...post them. >> >> Steve >> ___ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/wireless-help-tp17709547p17710677.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: wireless help
I am completely new to linux and need help with wireless connectivity. I have installed freebsd 6.3-RELEASE you should install linux not freebsd to learn linux ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: wireless help
Are you saying it does work? Are you saying that perhaps you have other hosts on your network use this same setup successfully? Correct. I have 4 other laptops on this AP that all have internet connectivity (2 winxp and 2 win2k pro). All configured with the gateway as 192.168.1.254 (the BS router) Any ping except to 192.168.1.12 (manually assigned) and 127.0.0.1 and localhost result in either "host is down" or a name resolve issue, ie cannot resolve host. Additionally EricBSD (manually assigned name to box) returns with a cannot resolve host as well. I will post the result of the below shortly. # ifconfig -a # netstat -rn # ping ip.of.linksys # ping ip.of.bellsouth # arp -a Steve Bertrand-2 wrote: > > erpa1119 wrote: >> Why would I change something that is known to function correctly? > > Pardon my ignorance... It was my understanding that the reason you > posted to the list was to get help with an issue where you could not > communicate with other network devices. > > Are you saying it does work? Are you saying that perhaps you have other > hosts on your network use this same setup successfully? Are you saying > that your Linksys "router" is not at all a gateway device (does not NAT > and forward packets)? > > # ifconfig -a > # netstat -rn > # ping ip.of.linksys > # ping ip.of.bellsouth > # arp -a > > ...post them. > > Steve > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/wireless-help-tp17709547p17710294.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: wireless help
erpa1119 wrote: Why would I change something that is known to function correctly? Pardon my ignorance... It was my understanding that the reason you posted to the list was to get help with an issue where you could not communicate with other network devices. Are you saying it does work? Are you saying that perhaps you have other hosts on your network use this same setup successfully? Are you saying that your Linksys "router" is not at all a gateway device (does not NAT and forward packets)? # ifconfig -a # netstat -rn # ping ip.of.linksys # ping ip.of.bellsouth # arp -a ...post them. Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: wireless help
Why would I change something that is known to function correctly? Steve Bertrand-2 wrote: > >> topology: >> wall-->bellsouth router-->linksys AP >> linksys has a static IP of 192.168.1.3 >> bellsouth router has a static IP of 192.168.1.254 > > You need to configure different prefixes (aka subnets) on each side of > the Linksys router: > > LAN side on Bellsouth:192.168.1.254 255.255.255.0 > WAN side on Linksys: 192.168.1.3 255.255.255.0 > > LAN (wifi) side of Linksys: 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0 > Laptop: 192.168.2.2 255.255.255.0 > > Laptop gateway: 192.168.2.1 > > A trick I recommend very frequently to our ADSL subs that want to > implement a wireless router into their network who are already using our > equipment that has NAT enabled (to avoid double-NAT), is to disable DHCP > on the LAN side of the Linksys, disable the WAN interface, and connect > the ADSL modem to one of the LAN ports on the Linksys. > > Essentially, your access point will then be just that. > > Hope I understood your problem properly. > > Steve > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/wireless-help-tp17709547p17709899.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: wireless help
topology: wall-->bellsouth router-->linksys AP linksys has a static IP of 192.168.1.3 bellsouth router has a static IP of 192.168.1.254 You need to configure different prefixes (aka subnets) on each side of the Linksys router: LAN side on Bellsouth: 192.168.1.254 255.255.255.0 WAN side on Linksys:192.168.1.3 255.255.255.0 LAN (wifi) side of Linksys: 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0 Laptop: 192.168.2.2 255.255.255.0 Laptop gateway: 192.168.2.1 A trick I recommend very frequently to our ADSL subs that want to implement a wireless router into their network who are already using our equipment that has NAT enabled (to avoid double-NAT), is to disable DHCP on the LAN side of the Linksys, disable the WAN interface, and connect the ADSL modem to one of the LAN ports on the Linksys. Essentially, your access point will then be just that. Hope I understood your problem properly. Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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I am completely new to linux and need help with wireless connectivity. I have installed freebsd 6.3-RELEASE I have a toshiba satellite 1005-s157 with a dlink gs630 pcmcia card and a linksys wr54g wireless router. ifconfig shows status: associated but I cannot ping anything other than the static IP address that I gave to the wireless card. The card is known working, the AP is known working. I do not have DHCP running on the AP and simply assign IP's to all of my boxes when I first bring them online. topology: wall-->bellsouth router-->linksys AP linksys has a static IP of 192.168.1.3 bellsouth router has a static IP of 192.168.1.254 I have added a default route by running the following. route add default 192.168.1.254 I also ran this ifconfig ath0 ssid "MYAPNAMEHERE" wepmode on weptxkey "MYPASSPHRASE" ifconfig ath0 list scan shows the AP that I am trying to connect through and shows CAPS of EP only. The Question is: How am I associated with the AP but cannot ping anything other than localhost, 127.0.0.1 and the static IP address that I gave the card? All pings except to localhost or 127 or my static ip result in a host down message contents of /etc/resolv.conf search . nameserver 205.xxx.xxx.xxx nameserver 205.xxx.xxx.xxx nameserver 205.xxx.xxx.xxx -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/wireless-help-tp17709547p17709547.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: wireless help
Yea I looked at the that page but I'm still having truble connecting. Is there a program on freeBSD ports that can just connect to me automatically On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Steve Franks wrote: Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 10:38:07 -0700 From: Steve Franks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Juan Ortega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: wireless help Juan, first, add the line, wlan_wep_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf, then add ifconfig_ndis0="nwkey 0x2205801095 DHCP" to /etc/rc.conf and then reboot. If I got some syntax wrong and that doesn't work, serch freebsd.org for 'wireless', and click on the link to advanced networking in the handbook - that have a very complete and excellent discussion of all the options. Steve On 1/3/07, Juan Ortega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi im having trouble setting up my PCI card to connect to my access point I have freeBSD-RC2-RELEASE The driver I installed for it using ndis when I enter the command "ifconfig ndis0 up scan" it shows my access point I tried ifconfig, and wpa_supplicant to configure it but dosent work Heres what I have need to configure it to; Infrastructue Mode SSID: 2WIRE701 BSSID: 00:14:95:c6:af:91 Authmode: SHARED WEP-KEY: 2205801095 Channel: 6 I'm not sure what weptxkey for my access point is, if I need it, anyways I can know? for the IP, cant DHCP set one up for it? how do I put all that in ifconfig or wpa_supplicant to make it connect? [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to " [EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- Steve Franks, KE7BTE Staff Engineer La Palma Devices, LLC http://www.lapalmadevices.com (520) 312-0089 [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: wireless help
Juan, first, add the line, wlan_wep_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf, then add ifconfig_ndis0="nwkey 0x2205801095 DHCP" to /etc/rc.conf and then reboot. If I got some syntax wrong and that doesn't work, serch freebsd.org for 'wireless', and click on the link to advanced networking in the handbook - that have a very complete and excellent discussion of all the options. Steve On 1/3/07, Juan Ortega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi im having trouble setting up my PCI card to connect to my access point I have freeBSD-RC2-RELEASE The driver I installed for it using ndis when I enter the command "ifconfig ndis0 up scan" it shows my access point I tried ifconfig, and wpa_supplicant to configure it but dosent work Heres what I have need to configure it to; Infrastructue Mode SSID: 2WIRE701 BSSID: 00:14:95:c6:af:91 Authmode: SHARED WEP-KEY: 2205801095 Channel: 6 I'm not sure what weptxkey for my access point is, if I need it, anyways I can know? for the IP, cant DHCP set one up for it? how do I put all that in ifconfig or wpa_supplicant to make it connect? [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to " [EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- Steve Franks, KE7BTE Staff Engineer La Palma Devices, LLC http://www.lapalmadevices.com (520) 312-0089 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: wireless help
Have you tried read this section of the handbook yet? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-wireless.html BTW, if you are using WEP (though WEP isn't really secure), then you shouldn't use wpa_supplicant. Are you sure that you are using WPA, not WEP? It seems like that you have a WEP key, not a WPA key. 2007/1/4, Juan Ortega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi im having trouble setting up my PCI card to connect to my access point I have freeBSD-RC2-RELEASE The driver I installed for it using ndis when I enter the command "ifconfig ndis0 up scan" it shows my access point I tried ifconfig, and wpa_supplicant to configure it but dosent work Heres what I have need to configure it to; Infrastructue Mode SSID: 2WIRE701 BSSID: 00:14:95:c6:af:91 Authmode: SHARED WEP-KEY: 2205801095 Channel: 6 I'm not sure what weptxkey for my access point is, if I need it, anyways I can know? for the IP, cant DHCP set one up for it? how do I put all that in ifconfig or wpa_supplicant to make it connect? [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- sunnz.net - sunnz.com - sunnz.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
wireless help
Hi im having trouble setting up my PCI card to connect to my access point I have freeBSD-RC2-RELEASE The driver I installed for it using ndis when I enter the command "ifconfig ndis0 up scan" it shows my access point I tried ifconfig, and wpa_supplicant to configure it but dosent work Heres what I have need to configure it to; Infrastructue Mode SSID: 2WIRE701 BSSID: 00:14:95:c6:af:91 Authmode: SHARED WEP-KEY: 2205801095 Channel: 6 I'm not sure what weptxkey for my access point is, if I need it, anyways I can know? for the IP, cant DHCP set one up for it? how do I put all that in ifconfig or wpa_supplicant to make it connect? [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
