HowTo configure WPA[2] ath0 [wlan0] on up to date 8.0-CURRENT

[maddaemon at gmail.com]

On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 10:36 AM,  <eculp at casasponti.net> wrote:
> I'm currently using wep at home and in the office configured from rc.conf.
> example:
> ifconfig_wlan0="DHCP ssid virus wepmode on wepkey 1:0x2373FE9515 weptxkey 1"
>
> I'm traveling and haven't been able to connect to hotspots that are using
> wpa[2].  The handbook isn't up to date and I have been looking for over a
> week unsuccessfully.  As far as I know there isn't an X utility to do this
> from and I've tried wpa_suplicant.conf with a router here but since I don't
> understand it, I'm sure it is incorrect (plus the important clue that it
> doesn't work)  Hopefully this is an easier and simpler way to do this.
>
> The wpa_supplicant.conf configuration that I've tested is:
>
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> ctrl_interface_group=0
> ## eapol_version=1
> ap_scan=1
> fast_reauth=1
> network={
> scan_ssid=1
> proto=WPA2
> ssid="TestRouter"
> ## bssid=[mac address of your access point here]
> ## key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> ## pairwise=TKIP
> ## psk=[i forgot what this is, presumably the md5 of the passphrase.]
> password="Testing123"
> }
>
> Any suggestions for getting out of this glass of water that I'm drowning in
> would be greatly appreciated.

Handbook: Section 31
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/book.html#NETWORK-WIRELESS

HTML Manpage for wpa_supplicant.conf:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=wpa_supplicant.conf&sektion=5

proto   List of acceptable protocols; one or more of: WPA (IEEE
	     802.11i/D3.0) and RSN (IEEE 802.11i).  WPA2 is another name for
	     RSN.  If not set this defaults to "WPA RSN".

I have 7.0-RELEASE working perfectly with WPA2/CCMP (using AES), so I
can't imagine that 8 would break it that badly, but I could be wrong..

Here's my (very simple) wpa_supplicant.conf (psk edited, of course):

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1

# Home:
network={
        ssid="<none>"
	scan_ssid=1
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        psk="x}&]{-9jimCm`6V:>LI#HiLa[Q5\jL/b;R:2)/%HU#zW=:&?K?PP8mx48`Jvx-K"
}

HTH

~MD