Re: wi and WPA-PSK

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 04:19:21 +0000 (UTC)
christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas) wrote:

> In article <20081129041506.GA19141%SDF.LONESTAR.ORG@localhost>,
> Vlad Markov  <markov%sdf.lonestar.org@localhost> wrote:
> >I flashed a Netgear MA401 Wireless NIC so that I cold use it
> >via my WPA-PSK wireless router on a Windows box. It has been
> >working there nicely for a few months now.
> >
> >I want to use it on my NetBSD box also. From dmesg:
> >wi0 at pcmcia0 function 0: <NETGEAR MA401RA Wireless PC, Card,
> >ISL37300P, Eval-R
> >evA>
> >wi0: 802.11 address 00:09:5b:23:3c:0e
> >wi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 MAC:ISL3873B(PCMCIA)
> >wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary (1.1.1), Station (1.7.4)
> >wi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> >
> >That looks good to me.
> >
> >from ifconfig:
> >wi0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>
> >mtu 1500
> >        ssid utopia nwkey *****
> >        powersave off
> >        bssid 00:1e:e5:6f:ad:4d chan 1
> >        address: 00:09:5b:23:3c:0e
> >        media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (DS2)
> >        status: active
> >        inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
> >        inet6 fe80::209:5bff:fe23:3c0e%wi0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
> >
> >Doesn't "nwkey" mean its trying to use WEP?
> >
> >It looks like WPA is not supported by the NetBSD wi driver.
> >
> >Am I correct? If I am correct, is there any chance WPA will be
> >implemented for wi in NetBSD 5.0?
> >
> 
> For WPA you need to configure and run wpa_supplicant.
> 
You may want to look at
http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2008-11/2008-11-28.html for my
observations on the subject...


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb