Re: wi and WPA-PSK

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

On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:27:56 -0500
"Francisco Valladolid" <ficovh%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:

> 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 __
> 
> please check the spec info for your card.
> 
> http://kbserver.netgear.com/datasheets/ma401-Aug2003.pdf
> 
Does NetBSD give any way to tell the capabilities of a given device?


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