Re: wi and WPA-PSK

[Vlad Markov <markov%sdf.lonestar.org@localhost>]

On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 01:45:12PM -0500, Francisco Valladolid wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Vlad Markov 
> <markov%sdf.lonestar.org@localhost> wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 12:27:56PM -0500, Francisco Valladolid 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
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Vlad
> >
> > It didn't support WPA until I flashed it. After flashing it,
> > the card has been doing WPA-PSK in Windows for a few months now.
> 
> I think the current wi driver in NetBSD dont support WPA ..
> 
> 
I went and looked at the code, there is no support for WPA in the
wi driver in NetBSD 4.0.1.

I found this:
http://perforce.freebsd.org/depotTreeBrowser.cgi?FSPC=//depot/projects/vap/sys/dev/wi

Too bad I don't have FreeBSD to try out their driver with my card.