FreeBSD 7.0 and wep

Hi,

I am currently running FreeBSD 7.0 on a thinkpad T42. I have recently
placed a D-link DI-514 wireless router. It currently only offers WEP
protection. The Dlink is set for dhcpd. So I should just be able to grab
an ip. I also set the WEP key in the d link.

I read [url]http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-wireless.html[/url]
and created /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf:
network={
ssid="network_name"
key_mgmt=NONE
wep_key3=111111111 <----- Just example
wep_tx_keyidx=3
}

So here is what happens when I try to connect.
[9:44am] Gargoyle[root@/root] >wpa_supplicant -i ath0 -c
/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
Trying to associate with 00:00:00:00:00:00 (SSID='network_name'
freq=2437 MHz)
Associated with 00:00:00:00:00:00
CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:00:00:00:00:00 completed (auth)
[id=0 id_str=]

and it just sits there.

if I bring up ifconfig ath0 in another terminal.
[bhorne@Gargoyle:bhorne, 09:47 AM, Thu Oct 09]>ifconfig ath0
ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
ether 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 192.168.0.100 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/11Mbps)
status: associated
ssid network_name channel 6 (2437 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:00:00:00:00:00
authmode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey 4 wepkey 4:40-bit txpower 31.5
bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250
roam:rssi11g 7 roam:rate11g 5 protmode CTS burst roaming MANUAL

I will do ^c and end up with this:
^CCTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING - signal 2 received
ioctl[SIOCS80211, op 20, len 7]: Can't assign requested address


So what can I do to be able to access the wireless router with WEP?

Sincerely,
Brendhan

On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:57:03 -0400, Understudy wrote:
[color=blue]
> I am currently running FreeBSD 7.0 on a thinkpad T42. I have recently
> placed a D-link DI-514 wireless router. It currently only offers WEP
> protection. The Dlink is set for dhcpd. So I should just be able to grab
> an ip. I also set the WEP key in the d link.[/color]

I probably can't help you with the WEP problem, but by coincidence I have
one of the same wireless routers. I can tell you that if you upgrade the
DI-514 to the latest firmware, it will magically acquire the ability to
handle WPA. It will also, incidentally, also become able to set the time
correctly from an NTP server (a feature which is apparently present, but
broken, in the original firmware).

On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:57:03 -0400, Understudy wrote:

Without invalidating my other reply about WPA on the DI-514, I took
another look at your post.
[color=blue]
> I am currently running FreeBSD 7.0 on a thinkpad T42. I have recently
> placed a D-link DI-514 wireless router. It currently only offers WEP
> protection. The Dlink is set for dhcpd. So I should just be able to grab
> an ip. I also set the WEP key in the d link.
>
> I read
> [url]http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-wireless.html[/url] and
> created /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf: network={
> ssid="network_name"
> key_mgmt=NONE
> wep_key3=111111111 <----- Just example wep_tx_keyidx=3
> }[/color]

Seems OK.
[color=blue]
> So here is what happens when I try to connect. [9:44am]
> Gargoyle[root@/root] >wpa_supplicant -i ath0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> Trying to associate with 00:00:00:00:00:00 (SSID='network_name'
> freq=2437 MHz)
> Associated with 00:00:00:00:00:00
> CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:00:00:00:00:00 completed (auth)
> [id=0 id_str=]
>
> and it just sits there.[/color]

Well, it says it's connected. wpa_supplicant works by continuing to run
and managing the connection. So that looks like the expected behaviour.
[color=blue]
> if I bring up ifconfig ath0 in another terminal.
> [bhorne@Gargoyle:bhorne, 09:47 AM, Thu Oct 09]>ifconfig ath0 ath0:
> flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
> ether 00:00:00:00:00:00
> inet 192.168.0.100 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/11Mbps)
> status: associated
> ssid network_name channel 6 (2437 Mhz 11g) bssid
> 00:00:00:00:00:00 authmode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey 4 wepkey
> 4:40-bit txpower 31.5 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl
> 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11g 7 roam:rate11g 5 protmode CTS
> burst roaming MANUAL[/color]

And that says that ath0 is associated to "network_name" on channel 6 and
has been given the IP address 192.168.0.100, so it looks like everything
is working right.

At this stage, can you do, say "ping yahoo.com" and get a response?
[color=blue]
> I will do ^c and end up with this:
> ^CCTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING - signal 2 received ioctl[SIOCS80211, op 20,
> len 7]: Can't assign requested address[/color]

This kills wpa_supplicant and breaks the wireless connection.
[color=blue]
> So what can I do to be able to access the wireless router with WEP?[/color]

I think you've done it already. In your startup script, just run your
wpa_supplicant command in the background and ath0 should work
continuously.

Mark Madsen wrote:[color=blue]
> On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:57:03 -0400, Understudy wrote:
>[color=green]
>> I am currently running FreeBSD 7.0 on a thinkpad T42. I have recently
>> placed a D-link DI-514 wireless router. It currently only offers WEP
>> protection. The Dlink is set for dhcpd. So I should just be able to grab
>> an ip. I also set the WEP key in the d link.[/color]
>
> I probably can't help you with the WEP problem, but by coincidence I have
> one of the same wireless routers. I can tell you that if you upgrade the
> DI-514 to the latest firmware, it will magically acquire the ability to
> handle WPA. It will also, incidentally, also become able to set the time
> correctly from an NTP server (a feature which is apparently present, but
> broken, in the original firmware).[/color]

I go the upgrade it went from 1.02 to 1.03. There was no option for WPA.
Did I miss something?

Sincerely,
Brendhan

Mark Madsen wrote:[color=blue]
> On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:57:03 -0400, Understudy wrote:
>
> Without invalidating my other reply about WPA on the DI-514, I took
> another look at your post.
>[color=green]
>> I am currently running FreeBSD 7.0 on a thinkpad T42. I have recently
>> placed a D-link DI-514 wireless router. It currently only offers WEP
>> protection. The Dlink is set for dhcpd. So I should just be able to grab
>> an ip. I also set the WEP key in the d link.
>>
>> I read
>> [url]http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-wireless.html[/url] and
>> created /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf: network={
>> ssid="network_name"
>> key_mgmt=NONE
>> wep_key3=111111111 <----- Just example wep_tx_keyidx=3
>> }[/color]
>
> Seems OK.
>[color=green]
>> So here is what happens when I try to connect. [9:44am]
>> Gargoyle[root@/root] >wpa_supplicant -i ath0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
>> Trying to associate with 00:00:00:00:00:00 (SSID='network_name'
>> freq=2437 MHz)
>> Associated with 00:00:00:00:00:00
>> CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:00:00:00:00:00 completed (auth)
>> [id=0 id_str=]
>>
>> and it just sits there.[/color]
>
> Well, it says it's connected. wpa_supplicant works by continuing to run
> and managing the connection. So that looks like the expected behaviour.
>[color=green]
>> if I bring up ifconfig ath0 in another terminal.
>> [bhorne@Gargoyle:bhorne, 09:47 AM, Thu Oct 09]>ifconfig ath0 ath0:
>> flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
>> ether 00:00:00:00:00:00
>> inet 192.168.0.100 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/11Mbps)
>> status: associated
>> ssid network_name channel 6 (2437 Mhz 11g) bssid
>> 00:00:00:00:00:00 authmode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey 4 wepkey
>> 4:40-bit txpower 31.5 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl
>> 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11g 7 roam:rate11g 5 protmode CTS
>> burst roaming MANUAL[/color]
>
> And that says that ath0 is associated to "network_name" on channel 6 and
> has been given the IP address 192.168.0.100, so it looks like everything
> is working right.
>
> At this stage, can you do, say "ping yahoo.com" and get a response?
>[color=green]
>> I will do ^c and end up with this:
>> ^CCTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING - signal 2 received ioctl[SIOCS80211, op 20,
>> len 7]: Can't assign requested address[/color]
>
> This kills wpa_supplicant and breaks the wireless connection.
>[color=green]
>> So what can I do to be able to access the wireless router with WEP?[/color]
>
> I think you've done it already. In your startup script, just run your
> wpa_supplicant command in the background and ath0 should work
> continuously.[/color]

When it connects it does not send traffic. I cannot ping anything.

Sincerely,
Brendhan

On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:38:34 -0400, Understudy wrote:
[color=blue]
> Mark Madsen wrote:[color=green]
>> On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:57:03 -0400, Understudy wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> I am currently running FreeBSD 7.0 on a thinkpad T42. I have recently
>>> placed a D-link DI-514 wireless router. It currently only offers WEP
>>> protection. The Dlink is set for dhcpd. So I should just be able to
>>> grab
>>> an ip. I also set the WEP key in the d link.[/color]
>>
>> I probably can't help you with the WEP problem, but by coincidence I
>> have one of the same wireless routers. I can tell you that if you
>> upgrade the DI-514 to the latest firmware, it will magically acquire
>> the ability to handle WPA. It will also, incidentally, also become
>> able to set the time correctly from an NTP server (a feature which is
>> apparently present, but broken, in the original firmware).[/color]
>
> I go the upgrade it went from 1.02 to 1.03. There was no option for WPA.
> Did I miss something?[/color]

I would check for you, but my DI-514 has been retired and is sitting in a
box somewhere. I confess I have no recollection what the latest firmware
version should be, but googling shows 1.03 with the note:

"# D-Link DI-514 Wireless Router Firmware 1.03.Added WPA and WPA-PSK
support
# Added Radio ON / OFF option on Wireless Page
# Modified the Time page - Adding Local Computer Time Option."

On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:39:08 -0400, Understudy wrote:
[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> So what can I do to be able to access the wireless router with WEP?[/color]
>>
>> I think you've done it already. In your startup script, just run your
>> wpa_supplicant command in the background and ath0 should work
>> continuously.[/color]
>
> When it connects it does not send traffic. I cannot ping anything.[/color]

Not even 192.168.0.1?

What happens if you do "dhclient ath0"?

Mark Madsen wrote:[color=blue]
> On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:38:34 -0400, Understudy wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Mark Madsen wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:57:03 -0400, Understudy wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am currently running FreeBSD 7.0 on a thinkpad T42. I have recently
>>>> placed a D-link DI-514 wireless router. It currently only offers WEP
>>>> protection. The Dlink is set for dhcpd. So I should just be able to
>>>> grab
>>>> an ip. I also set the WEP key in the d link.
>>> I probably can't help you with the WEP problem, but by coincidence I
>>> have one of the same wireless routers. I can tell you that if you
>>> upgrade the DI-514 to the latest firmware, it will magically acquire
>>> the ability to handle WPA. It will also, incidentally, also become
>>> able to set the time correctly from an NTP server (a feature which is
>>> apparently present, but broken, in the original firmware).[/color]
>> I go the upgrade it went from 1.02 to 1.03. There was no option for WPA.
>> Did I miss something?[/color]
>
> I would check for you, but my DI-514 has been retired and is sitting in a
> box somewhere. I confess I have no recollection what the latest firmware
> version should be, but googling shows 1.03 with the note:
>
> "# D-Link DI-514 Wireless Router Firmware 1.03.Added WPA and WPA-PSK
> support
> # Added Radio ON / OFF option on Wireless Page
> # Modified the Time page - Adding Local Computer Time Option."[/color]


Alright. I am going to dig further into it. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Brendhan

Mark Madsen wrote:[color=blue]
> On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:39:08 -0400, Understudy wrote:
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>> So what can I do to be able to access the wireless router with WEP?
>>> I think you've done it already. In your startup script, just run your
>>> wpa_supplicant command in the background and ath0 should work
>>> continuously.[/color]
>> When it connects it does not send traffic. I cannot ping anything.[/color]
>
> Not even 192.168.0.1?
>
> What happens if you do "dhclient ath0"?[/color]

Hi,

I figured it out.
ifconfig ath0 authmode open bssid 00:00:00:00:00:00 deftxkey 1 ssid
network_name wepmode on wepkey 1:0x1111111111

Note rc.conf has ath0 is set up for dhcp.

This will work as a command line set up.

What I need to do know is figure out a script that I can put in rc.d so
if I am home it activates and if I am not home it doesn't activate.

Sincerely,
Brendhan