Re: 802.11 w/ WEP requires deftxkey explicitly set after 2007-08-24

Sam Leffler wrote:

 > deftxkey has defaulted to an undefined state since 6.0.  Perhaps you can
 > show the specific case that is a regression for you.

Sony Vaio PCG-XG9
Netgear WG511T

from rc.conf:
ifconfig_ath0="DHCP ssid Doke wepmode mixed wepkey 0x2718281828"

with kernels prior to 2007-08-24 15:44:27 UTC the above config was
sufficient to associate with AP defined above using WEP, get an address,
etc. assigned by my dhcp server, and use the network.

with kernels after that time i could see all traffic crossing the AP with
tcpdump, but nobody received my packets. once i found the breaking point,
i figured out that adding "deftxkey 1" to ifconfig_ath0 solved my problem
for newer kernels.


/boot/loader.conf:

random_load="YES"
if_ath_load="YES"
wlan_wep_load="YES"
wlan_ccmp_load="YES"
wlan_tkip_load="YES"
io_load="YES"
mem_load="YES"
sound_load="YES"
snd_ds1_load="YES"
sio_load="YES"
ucom_load="YES"
uplcom_load="YES"
wlan_scan_sta_load="YES"
debug.acpi.disable="timer"
debug.witness.watch="0"
exec="set boot_verbose"



/sys/i386/conf/KALI:

cpu             I686_CPU
ident           KALI
maxusers        0

makeoptions     DEBUG=-g                #Build kernel with gdb(1) debug symbols

options         SCHED_4BSD
options         PREEMPTION              # Enable kernel thread preemption
options         INET                    #InterNETworking
options         FFS                     #Berkeley Fast Filesystem
options         SOFTUPDATES             #Enable FFS soft updates support
options         UFS_ACL                 #Support for access control lists
options         UFS_DIRHASH             #Improve performance on big directories
options         MD_ROOT                 #MD is a potential root device
#options        MSDOSFS                 #MSDOS Filesystem
options         CD9660                  #ISO 9660 Filesystem
options         PROCFS                  # Process filesystem (requires PSEUDOFS)
options         PSEUDOFS                # Pseudo-filesystem framework
options         GEOM_PART_GPT           # GUID Partition Tables.
options         GEOM_LABEL              # Provides labelization
options         COMPAT_43TTY            # BSD 4.3 TTY compat [KEEP THIS!]
options         COMPAT_FREEBSD6         #Compatible with FreeBSD4
options         KTRACE                  #ktrace(1) support
options         SYSVSHM                 #SYSV-style shared memory
options         SYSVMSG                 #SYSV-style message queues
options         SYSVSEM                 #SYSV-style semaphores
options         _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING
options         KBD_INSTALL_CDEV        # install a CDEV entry in /dev
options         ADAPTIVE_GIANT          # Giant mutex is adaptive.
options         STOP_NMI                # Stop CPUS using NMI instead of IPI

# Debugging for use in -current
options         KDB                     #Enable the kernel debugger
options         DDB                     #Enable the kernel debugger

#device         isa
device          eisa
device          pci

# Floppy drives
device          fdc

# ATA and ATAPI devices
device          ata
device          atadisk                 # ATA disk drives
device          atapicd                 # ATAPI CDROM drives
options         ATA_STATIC_ID           #Static device numbering

# atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse
device          atkbdc          # At keyboard controller
device          atkbd           # at keyboard
device          psm             # psm mouse

device          kbdmux          # keyboard multiplexer

device          vga             # VGA screen
# splash screen/screen saver
device          splash

# syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console
device          sc

device          agp             # support several AGP chipsets

# Power management support (see NOTES for more options)
device          apm
# Add suspend/resume support for the i8254.
device          pmtimer

# PCCARD (PCMCIA) support
device          cbb             # cardbus (yenta) bridge
device          pccard          # PC Card (16-bit) bus
device          cardbus         # CardBus (32-bit) bus

# Serial (COM) ports
#device         sio             # 8250, 16[45]50 based serial ports

# Parallel port
device          ppc
device          ppbus           # Parallel port bus (required)
#device         lpt             # Printer
#device         plip            # TCP/IP over parallel
#device         ppi             # Parallel port interface device

# PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus controller code.
# NOTE: Be sure to keep the 'device miibus' line in order to use these NICs!
device          miibus          # MII bus support
#device         ed              # NE[12]000, SMC Ultra, 3c503, DS8390 cards

# Pseudo devices - the number indicates how many units to allocate.
device          loop            # Network loopback
device          ether           # Ethernet support
device          pty             # Pseudo-ttys (telnet etc)
device          md              # Memory "disks"
device          firmware        # firmware assist module

# The `bpf' device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter.
# Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this!
device          bpf             # Berkeley packet filter

# USB support
device          uhci            # UHCI PCI->USB interface
device          usb             # USB Bus (required)
device          ugen            # Generic
#device         uplcom          # USB support for Prolific PL-2303/2303X/2303HX
#device         ucom            # USB tty support
device          uhid            # "Human Interface Devices"
device          ukbd            # Keyboard
device          ulpt            # Printer
device          ums             # Mouse

options         SC_HISTORY_SIZE=800     # number of history buffer lines
options         SC_NORM_ATTR="(FG_GREEN|BG_BLACK)"

device          spic