Re: Getting WPA to work on ath(4)

From: James Snow <snow+freebsd-current_at_teardrop.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:31:39 -0400
On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 11:16:20PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> 
> How do you disable WME?  [ I feel stranded in a maze of acronyms, all
> different :-) ]

ifconfig <if> -wme

I think it's in the ifconfig man page, but I reserve the right to be
wrong. If it's not, it clearly should be.

My understanding is that we do something wrong with WME right now, and
this in turn makes APs unhappy with us.

> I noticed today that wpa_supplicant renegotiated multiple times even with
> SSID broadcasting enabled.  So it was most definitely not the full 
> fix to enable broadcasting.

Well, we also shouldn't have to enable broadcasting to get
wpa_supplicant to work. I exchanging emails with Sam Leffler about this,
but he's on vacation this week.


-Snow
Received on Thu Jun 23 2005 - 19:29:58 UTC

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