wpa_suuplicant(8) & wlan(4) vs. an(4) et al.
David Wolfskill
david at catwhisker.org
Wed Oct 8 23:48:37 UTC 2008
On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 04:32:46PM -0700, Sam Leffler wrote:
> ...
> > Hmmm.... "reject, not an 802.11 device" seems a bit harsh, given:
> >
> > g1-37(8.0-C)[7] ifconfig an0
> > ...
> > but I expect that's merely an artifact of an(4) not having been
> > overhauled to the new(er) wlan(4) framework or some such thing. (Though
> > I could well be completely wrong about this, as I confess I've not
> > actually looked at the code in a long time.)
>
> Correct, an does not use net80211 so cannot be used to clone wlan vap's.
> The "not an 802.11 device" is because the wlan clone routine checks the
> ifnet's type to be sure it's IFT_IEE80211 and not IFT_ETHER.
OK; makes sense.
> It's entirely possible to make an use net80211 and/or do wpa but noone's
> made the effort.
Ah....
> ...
> > I'm not enough of a hacker to overhaul a device driver, but I am willing
> > (as some here might attest) to test patches & report back.
> >
> > I wouldn't mind being able to delete my script -- while retaining my
> > ability to have network connetivity. :-}
>
> I guess you were also asking about using iwi and wi devices. iwi should
> work; if it does not then please provide info though I'm overloaded and
> may not have time to respond quickly. Submitting a PR would be useful.
OK; I can certainly do that -- assuming(!) that more careful testing
demonstrate that there's actually an issue.
> wi was rewritten in HEAD and does support WPA but only with a subset of
> the hardware (and firmware) that used to be usable. I believe the
> manual page calls out what hardware is supported.
Cool; I'll check -- I had dyked the driver out of my kernel config,
intending to use kldload(8) for times I actually planned to use it.
I certainly understand ENOTIME; thank you very much for your response.
I will investigate more carefully & report (via PR if that's
appropriate).
Peace,
david
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