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

[eculp at casasponti.net]

Quoting "maddaemon at gmail.com" <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"
> }

I really needed a working example and that did it.  I've tested with  
several and they all work fine.  I also reread the handbook pages and  
understood them much better. I also wasn't using /etc/rc.d/netif for  
testing.  I had forgotten about it.

Thanks so much,

ed

>
> HTH
>
> ~MD
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