Re: wi and WPA-PSK

["Francisco Valladolid" <ficovh%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 11:15 PM, 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?

I think the prism chip in this card don-t support WPA, only WEP ª

please check the spec info for your card.

http://kbserver.netgear.com/datasheets/ma401-Aug2003.pdf

Regards

>
> Vlad
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