Re: FreeBSD box as an Acess Point, again

Mike

Mike Avery wrote:
> Fourteen faq's later... as well as a few questions here, I'm still not getting it.  
> Maybe I'm just going out of my way to make this hard for myself...
> 
> I have two wi driver cards, a D-Link DWL 650 and a Cabletron Roamabout that 
> I use in a desktop machine with the PCI/PCMCIA adapter that came with the 
> DWL-650.  I'm getting the same results with both NICs.

Hostap will only work for Prism cards, so in your case the DWL 650 is 
the go.

> 
> My 4.7 FreeBSD system recognizes the cards, and I can use them to associate 
> with a nearby AP.  This suggests the basic hardware issues are covered.
> 
> When I try to turn the cards into AP's, strange things happen.
> 
> Here's the file I use to start the card...
> wicontrol -i wi0 -n wave
> wicontrol -i wi0 -s "peak2"
> wicontrol -i wi0 -k 0xabcdefghij -v 1
> wicontrol -i wi0 -f 1
> wicontrol -i wi0 -p 1

> #wicontrol -i wi0 -c 1

I have this command uncommented.
Heres mine:
wicontrol -f 7
wicontrol -p 1
wicontrol -c 1
wicontrol -s "Luke"
wicontrol -k "abcde"
wicontrol -e 1
ifconfig wi0 inet 10.11.12.99 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid BSD mediaopt hostap

> # enable wep security
> wicontrol -i wi0 -e 1
>  
> # select the active wep key - note - it's case sensitive!
> wicontrol -i wi0 -T 1
>  
> # set the IP address and netmask of the wireless device
> # (key changed to protect the innocent)
> ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.3.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid peak22 wepkey 
> 0xbcdefghijk mediaopt hostap
> 
> The result I get is:
> ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA: Device not configured

Not good, if you do this with the DWL650 what do you get?
What does wicontrol -i wi0 show?
Heres mine:
NIC serial number:                      [ 99SA01000000 ]
Station name:                           [ Luke ]
SSID for IBSS creation:                 [ BSD ]
Current netname (SSID):                 [ BSD ]
Desired netname (SSID):                 [ BSD ]
Current BSSID:                          [ 00:30:ab:07:e5:fe ]
Channel list:                           [ 8191 ]
IBSS channel:                           [ 7 ]
Current channel:                        [ 7 ]
Comms quality/signal/noise:             [ 0 81 27 ]
Promiscuous mode:                       [ Off ]
Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc):            [ 6 ]
MAC address:                            [ 00:30:ab:07:e5:fe ]
TX rate (selection):                    [ 3 ]
TX rate (actual speed):                 [ 2 ]
RTS/CTS handshake threshold:            [ 2347 ]
Create IBSS:                            [ On ]
Access point density:                   [ 1 ]
Power Mgmt (1=on, 0=off):               [ 0 ]
Max sleep time:                         [ 100 ]
WEP encryption:                         [ On ]
TX encryption key:                      [ 1 ]
Encryption keys:                        [ adcde ][  ][  ][  ]
Note that nothing is accessing my AP ATM.

> When I run ifconfig, it tells me:
> wi0: flags=8842<BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         ether 00:40:05:de:d2:01
>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/2Mbps)
>         status: no carrier
>         ssid peak22 1:peak22
>         stationname peak2
>         channel 6 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
>         wepmode MIXED weptxkey 1
>         wepkey 1:64-bit
> 
> It seems odd it's on channel 6 when I'd asked for 1, that it's at 2mbps when 
> I'd wanted faster, and that there's no carrier.

Firstly the interface is not up. It is also missing the inet statement.
Heres mine:
wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
         inet 10.11.12.99 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.11.12.255
         ether 00:30:ab:07:e5:fe
         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect <hostap> 		 
(DS/2Mbps <hostap>)
         status: associated
         ssid BSD 1:BSD
         stationname Luke
         channel 7 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
         wepmode MIXED weptxkey 1
         wepkey 1:64-bit
Note that it is up and has an inet statement.

> Stumbling around with netstumbler turns up other AP's, but not the FBSD 
> box.
> 
> I started with the setup suggested in Steven Fettig's howto, 
> http://www.stevenfettig.com/article.php?sid=29 and went on from there 
> based on comments in bsd-wireless.
> 
> Thanks for any advice you can give,
> Mike

I am running 4.6.2 with a Netgear MA401 and it all just works.
Good Luck

Cheers

Luke

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