On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 10:27:29PM -0600, David Young wrote:

> 1 Are you using WEP encryption? MacOS X, when it is configured to use
>   WEP, expects for the AP to authenticate using a shared key.  NetBSD has
>   temporarily lost its shared-key authentication with wi(4)'s adoption
>   of the shared 802.11 state machine.

No, not using any WEP at this stage.

>   For what it's worth, my Powerbook with Mac OS X will join an open
>   network (eek!) run with -current NetBSD sources.

Hrm, this gives me a little confidence I guess :-)

> 2 Is the "wi0: device timeout" new with this version of NetBSD? If
>   you rewind the source back to my jumbo patch, you may find much
>   more conservative timings borrowed from the relatively more clueful
>   linux-wlan-ng folks. It *may* end the timeouts. I am not too concerned
>   about timeouts themselves. It is bad if 'wi0: init failed' appears,
>   also.

I've only got my wireless card recently, so I haven't used it prior to
1.6I. I'll try some slightly older kernel source.

> It would help to see the output of tcpdump -ne -D ieee802_11 -i wi0 while
> your Mac tries to associate. Also, the output of "ifconfig wi0" is useful.

Okay, here it is:

wi0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        nwid test
        powersave off
        bssid 00:09:5b:0d:f4:bc chan 3
        address: 00:09:5b:0d:f4:bc
        media: IEEE802.11 DS11 hostap (DS2 hostap)
        status: active
        inet 10.199.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.199.1.255
        inet6 fe80::209:5bff:fe0d:f4bc%wi0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1

tcpdump: data link type DLT_IEEE802_11
tcpdump: listening on wi0
i09:16:59.131292 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc SA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 Authentication (Open System)-1: Succesful
09:16:59.131307 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 SA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc Authentication (Open System)-2: 
09:16:59.211268 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc SA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 Authentication (Open System)-1: Succesful
09:16:59.211274 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 SA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc Authentication (Open System)-2: 
09:17:04.140042 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 SA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DeAuthentication: Deauthenticated because sending station is leaving (or has left) IBSS or ESS

09:17:20.267443 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc SA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 Authentication (Open System)-1: Succesful
09:17:20.267461 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 SA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc Authentication (Open System)-2: 
09:17:20.337426 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc SA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 Authentication (Open System)-1: Succesful
09:17:20.337432 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 SA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc Authentication (Open System)-2: 
09:17:25.280049 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 SA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DeAuthentication: Deauthenticated because sending station is leaving (or has left) IBSS or ESS
09:17:36.463490 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc SA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 Authentication (Open System)-1: Succesful
09:17:36.463506 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 SA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc Authentication (Open System)-2: 
09:18:21.815214 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc SA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 Authentication (Open System)-1: Succesful
09:18:21.815227 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 SA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc Authentication (Open System)-2: 
09:18:21.825203 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc SA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 Authentication (Open System)-1: Succesful
09:18:21.825206 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 SA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc Authentication (Open System)-2: 
09:18:21.835194 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc SA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 Authentication (Open System)-1: Succesful
09:18:21.835196 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 SA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc Authentication (Open System)-2: 
09:18:21.845192 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc SA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 Authentication (Open System)-1: Succesful
09:18:21.845195 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 SA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc Authentication (Open System)-2: 
09:18:26.422379 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc SA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 Authentication (Open System)-1: Succesful
09:18:26.422394 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 SA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc Authentication (Open System)-2: 
09:18:54.715225 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc SA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 Authentication (Open System)-1: Succesful
09:18:54.715240 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 SA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc Authentication (Open System)-2: 
09:18:54.725196 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc SA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 Authentication (Open System)-1: Succesful
09:18:54.725199 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 SA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc Authentication (Open System)-2: 
09:19:21.236377 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc SA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 Authentication (Open System)-1: Succesful
09:19:21.236389 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 SA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc Authentication (Open System)-2: 
09:19:21.246408 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc SA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 Authentication (Open System)-1: Succesful
09:19:21.246411 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 SA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc Authentication (Open System)-2: 
09:19:21.256365 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc SA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 Authentication (Open System)-1: Succesful
09:19:21.256367 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 SA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc Authentication (Open System)-2: 
09:19:21.266356 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc SA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 Authentication (Open System)-1: Succesful
09:19:21.266359 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 SA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc Authentication (Open System)-2: 
09:19:21.276360 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc SA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 Authentication (Open System)-1: Succesful
09:19:21.276362 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 SA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc Authentication (Open System)-2: 
09:19:22.182201 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc SA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 Authentication (Open System)-1: Succesful
09:19:22.182214 BSSID:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc DA:0:30:65:16:5d:c5 SA:0:9:5b:d:f4:bc Authentication (Open System)-2: