RTL8192SE WLAN

Anselm Strauss amsibamsi at gmail.com
Wed Feb 17 21:25:04 UTC 2010 

On Feb 17, 2010, at 13:54 , Paul B Mahol wrote:

> On 2/17/10, Anselm Strauss <amsibamsi at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:28 PM, Paul B Mahol <onemda at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 2/16/10, Anselm Strauss <amsibamsi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hey,
>>>> 
>>>> anybody got the RTL8192SE wireless chip to work with FreeBSD? I bought a
>>>> Asus 1201N laptop. I successfully compiled the Windows XP driver with
>>>> ndisgen(8). The driver loads and the device is there. On the FreeBSD
>>> EeePC
>>>> wiki it says it's a 8191 chip, but when I look at the driver download
>>> from
>>>> Asus and dmesg it's reported as 8192. The driver seems to work at least
>>> in
>>>> some way since I'm able to scan for networks and get a list. But I
>>>> cannot
>>>> connect to a WPA2 network. Association with the network always fails in
>>>> wpa_supplicant(8).
>>> 
>>> Maybe there is some kind of timeout, I could send you small patch to test
>>> it.
>>> Just post full verbose debug output from wpa_supplicant(8)
>>> 
>>> Anyway, feel free to test http://www.gitorious.org/NDISulator
>>> 
>>>> Anyone has some experience?
>>> 
>>> You are using wpa_supplicant with -D ndis flag, right?
>>> 
>> 
>> Hm, interesting. No, I didn't know this option. Can't find it on the
>> wpa_supplicant manpage. But I will try it ...
> 
> You do not need it if you use 8.0 and you start wpa_supplicant via rc.conf

I use 8.0. Here is the script of what I did to manually setup the card:

Script started on Wed Feb 17 21:33:08 2010
[root at thor ~]# kldload rtl8192se_sys
[root at thor ~]# ifconfig ndis0
ndis0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
	ether 00:25:d3:93:50:c8
	media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
	status: no carrier
[root at thor ~]# ifconfig ndis0 list caps
ifconfig: unable to get device capabilities: Invalid argument
[root at thor ~]# ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ndis0
[root at thor ~]# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	ether 00:25:d3:93:50:c8
	media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
	status: no carrier
	ssid "" channel 1 (2412 Mhz 11b)
	country US authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 0 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60
	bintval 0
[root at thor ~]# ifconfig wlan0 list caps
drivercaps=1802303<STA,803ENCAP,IBSS,PMGT,TXPMGT,WPA1,WPA2>
cryptocaps=b<WEP,TKIP,AES_CCM>
[root at thor ~]# cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf 
ap_scan=2
network={
  ssid="ttyv0"
  scan_ssid=1
  proto=WPA2
  key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
  pairwise=CCMP
  group=CCMP
  psk="(removed)"
}
[rootk at thor ~]# wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -dddt
1266441009.079270: Initializing interface 'wlan0' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'default' ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A'
1266441009.080825: Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
1266441009.081640: Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
1266441009.082993: ap_scan=2
1266441009.083143: Line: 2 - start of a new network block
1266441009.084136: ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=5):
     74 74 79 76 30                                    ttyv0           
1266441009.084487: scan_ssid=1 (0x1)
1266441009.084612: proto: 0x2
1266441009.084719: key_mgmt: 0x2
1266441009.084822: pairwise: 0x10
1266441009.084943: group: 0x10
1266441009.085040: PSK (ASCII passphrase) - hexdump_ascii(len=10): [REMOVED]
1266441009.396285: PSK (from passphrase) - hexdump(len=32): [REMOVED]
1266441009.396530: Priority group 0
1266441009.396561:    id=0 ssid='ttyv0'
1266441009.396585: Initializing interface (2) 'wlan0'
1266441009.400393: Own MAC address: 00:25:d3:93:50:c8
1266441009.400453: wpa_driver_bsd_set_wpa: enabled=1
1266441009.400558: wpa_driver_bsd_set_wpa_internal: wpa=3 privacy=1
1266441009.400618: wpa_driver_bsd_del_key: keyidx=0
1266441009.400652: wpa_driver_bsd_del_key: keyidx=1
1266441009.400680: wpa_driver_bsd_del_key: keyidx=2
1266441009.400707: wpa_driver_bsd_del_key: keyidx=3
1266441009.400738: wpa_driver_bsd_set_countermeasures: enabled=0
1266441009.400768: wpa_driver_bsd_set_drop_unencrypted: enabled=1
1266441009.400798: RSN: flushing PMKID list in the driver
1266441009.400862: Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
1266441009.434450: EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state DISCONNECTED
1266441009.434501: EAPOL: KEY_RX entering state NO_KEY_RECEIVE
1266441009.434521: EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state INITIALIZE
1266441009.434652: EAP: EAP entering state DISABLED
1266441009.434765: Added interface wlan0
1266441009.503454: State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING
1266441009.503527: Trying to associate with SSID 'ttyv0'
1266441009.503553: Cancelling scan request
1266441009.503574: WPA: clearing own WPA/RSN IE
1266441009.503593: Automatic auth_alg selection: 0x1
1266441009.503624: wpa_driver_bsd_set_auth_alg alg 0x1 authmode 1
1266441009.503668: WPA: No WPA/RSN IE available from association info
1266441009.503767: WPA: Set cipher suites based on configuration
1266441009.503783: WPA: Selected cipher suites: group 16 pairwise 16 key_mgmt 2 proto 2
1266441009.503803: WPA: clearing AP WPA IE
1266441009.503821: WPA: clearing AP RSN IE
1266441009.503844: WPA: using GTK CCMP
1266441009.503866: WPA: using PTK CCMP
1266441009.503891: WPA: using KEY_MGMT WPA-PSK
1266441009.503913: WPA: Set own WPA IE default - hexdump(len=22): 30 14 01 00 00 0f ac 04 01 00 00 0f ac 04 01 00 00 0f ac 02 00 00
1266441009.503962: No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
1266441009.503984: wpa_driver_bsd_set_drop_unencrypted: enabled=1
1266441009.504016: State: SCANNING -> ASSOCIATING
1266441009.504048: wpa_driver_bsd_associate: ssid 'ttyv0' wpa ie len 22 pairwise 3 group 3 key mgmt 1
1266441009.504104: wpa_driver_bsd_associate: set PRIVACY 1
ioctl[SIOCS80211, op 21, len 42]: No such file or directory
1266441009.504550: Association request to the driver failed
1266441009.504576: Setting authentication timeout: 5 sec 0 usec
1266441009.504609: EAPOL: External notification - EAP success=0
1266441009.504634: EAPOL: External notification - EAP fail=0
1266441009.504655: EAPOL: External notification - portControl=Auto
1266441010.437381: EAPOL: disable timer tick
1266441014.508365: Authentication with 00:00:00:00:00:00 timed out.
1266441014.508477: Added BSSID 00:00:00:00:00:00 into blacklist
1266441014.508543: No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
1266441014.508586: State: ASSOCIATING -> DISCONNECTED
1266441014.508634: EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
1266441014.508689: EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
1266441014.508737: EAPOL: External notification - EAP success=0
1266441014.508799: Setting scan request: 0 sec 0 usec
1266441014.508915: State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING
1266441014.508977: Trying to associate with SSID 'ttyv0'
1266441014.509032: Cancelling scan request
1266441014.509080: WPA: clearing own WPA/RSN IE
1266441014.509122: Automatic auth_alg selection: 0x1
1266441014.509164: wpa_driver_bsd_set_auth_alg alg 0x1 authmode 1
1266441014.509256: WPA: No WPA/RSN IE available from association info
1266441014.509305: WPA: Set cipher suites based on configuration
1266441014.509360: WPA: Selected cipher suites: group 16 pairwise 16 key_mgmt 2 proto 2
1266441014.509415: WPA: clearing AP WPA IE
1266441014.509457: WPA: clearing AP RSN IE
1266441014.509506: WPA: using GTK CCMP
1266441014.509556: WPA: using PTK CCMP
1266441014.509610: WPA: using KEY_MGMT WPA-PSK
1266441014.509654: WPA: Set own WPA IE default - hexdump(len=22): 30 14 01 00 00 0f ac 04 01 00 00 0f ac 04 01 00 00 0f ac 02 00 00
1266441014.509788: No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
1266441014.509832: wpa_driver_bsd_set_drop_unencrypted: enabled=1
1266441014.509893: State: SCANNING -> ASSOCIATING
1266441014.509947: wpa_driver_bsd_associate: ssid 'ttyv0' wpa ie len 22 pairwise 3 group 3 key mgmt 1
1266441014.510028: wpa_driver_bsd_associate: set PRIVACY 1
ioctl[SIOCS80211, op 21, len 42]: No such file or directory
1266441014.510922: Association request to the driver failed
1266441014.510983: Setting authentication timeout: 5 sec 0 usec
1266441014.511055: EAPOL: External notification - EAP success=0
1266441014.511105: EAPOL: External notification - EAP fail=0
1266441014.511153: EAPOL: External notification - portControl=Auto
^C1266441017.044014: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING - signal 2 received
1266441017.044170: Removing interface wlan0
1266441017.044248: State: ASSOCIATING -> DISCONNECTED
1266441017.044325: No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
1266441017.044391: EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
1266441017.044469: EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
1266441017.044537: wpa_driver_bsd_set_wpa: enabled=0
1266441017.044599: wpa_driver_bsd_set_wpa_internal: wpa=0 privacy=0
ioctl[SIOCS80211, op 26, arg 0x0]: Operation not supported
1266441017.045884: Failed to disable WPA in the driver.
1266441017.045950: wpa_driver_bsd_set_drop_unencrypted: enabled=0
1266441017.046038: wpa_driver_bsd_set_countermeasures: enabled=0
1266441017.046130: No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
1266441017.048685: Removed BSSID 00:00:00:00:00:00 from blacklist (clear)
1266441017.048861: Cancelling scan request
1266441017.048948: Cancelling authentication timeout
1266441017.049087: wpa_driver_bsd_set_wpa_internal: wpa=0 privacy=0
ioctl[SIOCS80211, op 26, arg 0x0]: Operation not supported
ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=4 eloop_data=0x28406140 user_data=0x2840e040 handler=0x8069f40
[root at thor ~]# ifconfig wlan0 scan
[root at thor ~]# ifconfig wlan0 list scan
[root at thor ~]# exit

Script done on Wed Feb 17 22:10:33 2010

For some reason I did not have any luck this time scanning the network. But I know that this worked at least once. I tried different values for ap_scan, but the result never changes. Sometimes it event gets not past the scanning part, it's just stuck.

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