wireless access point in FreeBSD 8.2p2

[Jason]

On 08/28/11 02:21, Paul Beard wrote:
> I seem to be missing something, possibly from reading too many HOWTOs. What I am trying to do is get a system with a wireless card to stand in as a wireless AP should my aging LinkSys base station develop a tragic smoke leak. 
>
> It's an ath0-based card and the following steps suggest it should work (it has HOSTAP capabilities and offering robust encryption). 
>
> ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0
> ifconfig wlan0 list caps
> drivercaps=6f85ed41<STA,FF,IBSS,HOSTAP,AHDEMO,TXPMGT,SHSLOT,SHPREAMBLE,MONITOR,MBSS,WPA1,WPA2,BURST,WME,WDS,BGSCAN,TXFRAG>
> cryptocaps=f<WEP,TKIP,AES,AES_CCM>
>
> But various permutations of rc.conf, hostap.conf and many iterations of /etc/rc.c/netif restart leave me with two ifconfig entries, one of the ath0 interface and one for wlan0. None of the examples show this so I suspect it's wrong. The IP address is pingable from the host it's installed in but not from anywhere else. And I can see the AP from another system and attach to it but it doesn't route any traffic. 
>
> from /etc/rc.conf: 
> wlans_ath0="wlan0"
> create_args_wlan0="wlanmode hostap"
> ifconfig_wlan0="inet 192.168.0.26 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid lower mode 11g channel 8"
>
> from hostap.conf: 
> interface=wlan0
> debug=1
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
> ctrl_interface_group=wheel
> ssid=lower
> wpa=0
>
> redacted results of ifconfig: 
> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
> 	ether 00:0d:88:93:21:3a
> 	media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>
> 	status: running
>
> wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
> 	ether 00:0d:88:93:21:3a
> 	inet 192.168.0.26 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
> 	inet6 fe80::20d:88ff:fe93:213a%wlan0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x7 
> 	nd6 options=3<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV>
> 	media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>
> 	status: running
> 	ssid lower channel 8 (2447 MHz 11g) bssid 00:0d:88:93:21:3a
> 	regdomain FCC indoor ecm authmode AUTO privacy OFF txpower 27
> 	scanvalid 60 protmode CTS wme burst dtimperiod 1 -dfs
>
> Yes, I am trying it without any encryption until I see some packets being passed. 
>
> It seems like a lot of people are getting this to work but I'm not able to follow how they did it. 
> --
> Paul Beard
>
> Are you trying to win an argument or solve a problem? 
>
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8.2 RELEASE p2 (ath card, works dhcp wpa)

#      /etc/rc.conf
        wlans_ath0="wlan0"
        ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"

#      /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
network={
        ssid="BigPond455FC2"
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        proto=WPA
        psk="B104264B61"
}


I hope this helps
jason

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