Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 ipw WPA

[Adam Vande More]

On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Andreas Rudisch <"cyb."@gmx.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 15:27:55 -0700 (MST)
> Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:
>
> > Finishing a complete new install of 8-stable on a Thinkpad T42.  This
> > model came with the Intel PRO/wireless 2100.
> >
> > So far, it has almost but not quite been able to connect using WPA on
> > FreeBSD.
>
> Same here when trying to set up wireless LAN on a T41 with an Intel
> PRO/wireless 2100.
>
> > rc.conf:
> > wlans_ipw0="wlan0"
> > ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
> >
> > loader.conf:
> > legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1
> > if_ipw_load="YES"
>
> That's what I did too. No joy.
>
> > ifconfig wlan0 scan sees all the nearby access points, including mine.
>
> Here too.
>
> > wpa_supplicant can't quite attach, but doesn't give up trying.
>
> > /var/log/messages:
> > Jan  3 14:49:40 paddy wpa_supplicant[392]: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
> > Jan  3 14:49:40 paddy wpa_supplicant[392]: Trying to associate with
> 00:14:bf:cd:a2:0b (SSID='myssid' freq=2412 MHz)
> > Jan  3 14:49:50 paddy wpa_supplicant[392]: Authentication with
> 00:14:bf:cd:a2:0b timed out.
>
> Appart from that I got the following in /var/log/messages:
>  kernel: ipw0: need multicast update callback
>
> Since the same setup worked fine on FreeBSD 7.2, maybe this infomation
> regarding ipw is correct after all:
>
> http://wiki.freebsd.org/8.0TODO#head-637d4dd09847005583f360ebb430cf32b64a4d8b
>

Yeah I think it was mentioned in one of the beta announcements, but can't
seem to find it now.  Anyways, my laptop is stuck on 7-STABLE due to this.

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Adam Vande More