Re: 6.0-RC1 hostapd with wi(4) problems

Russell J. Yount wrote:
> I have FreeBSD 6.0-RC1 setup as an AP using ath(4) driver,
> hostapd(8) using WPA-PSK, and if_bridge(4) between an sis(4)
> and wi(4). It seems to work well with a windows XP client.
> 
> When I try to substitute the wi(4) driver (with card firmware 1.7.4)
> windows XP seems to see it to be WEP security rather than AES,TKIP
> and will not associate.
> 
> Running hostapd with debugging seem to indicate no packets are
> passed to hostapd and I do not see received packet on the wi(4)
> interface with netstat -i.
> 
> With open authentication wi(4) seems to work well.
> 
> Is there something different in capabilities between the ath(4)
> and wi(4) drivers related to using hostapd in FreeBSD?

The wi driver does not support WPA and I've never tried it with 802.1x.

> 
> The intersil-prism card I have used with hostapd in linux for
> over a year with no problems.

Linux uses a completely different driver that supports WPA w/ Prism cards.

	Sam