Re: wi in hostap mode causes panic near linksys router

Hey, thanks for the info Warner,

To make things simpler for testing, I have followed your advice and removed
all the fluf.  I used this command to start the hostap mode on the card:

/sbin/ifconfig wi0 ssid princenet \
  channel 1 media DS/11Mbps mediaopt hostap debug up
/sbin/sysctl net.link.ether.bridge_cfg="wi0 fxp0"
/sbin/sysctl net.link.ether.bridge=1

Unfortunatly, the system still panics and reboots.

I still feel strongly that this is caused by my neighbor's linksys access
point somehow.  This is because the config I posted in my first message
worked great for days when I was at home and out of town over the break.  At
home I was in range of my brother's D-Link wireless router (running wep),
and I had no problems.  Away I was out of range of all other wireless
devices.  Now back at school, I am in range of this Linksys wireless router
(not running wep) and without a doubt within a few minutes of enabling
hostap mode, it panics.  I dont even have any clients connected, dont even
get that far.

The only thing I could think of is the Linksys AP must be sending some sort
of invalid or unknown broadcast which causes something here to go haywire
and cause a panic.

Any other thoughts?  Anything else I can do or try?

Ben

----- Original Message -----
From: "M. Warner Losh" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 11:02 PM
Subject: Re: wi in hostap mode causes panic near linksys router


> Here's what I use.  I'm using it right now to send you this message:
>
> ifconfig wi0 ssid SSIDduImp channel 7 media DS/11Mbps mediaopt hostap
debug up
> sysctl net.link.ether.bridge=1
> sysctl net.link.ether.bridge_cfg='wi0 ed0'
>
> I've not tried setting WEP keys, but if you are, I'd try:
>
> ifconfig wi0 ssid SSIDduImp channel 7 media DS/11Mbps mediaopt hostap \
> debug wepmode on wepkey 0xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx up
>
> Note that your problems were that you didn't say 'media DS/11Mbps' in
> your ifconfig.
>
> That's likely the root of the problems.
>
> Warner
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