On Wednesday, March 09, 2011 02:00:40 Michael wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running FreeBSD 8.1-Release with ath0 card. For some unknown reason > this laptop is not able to get IP address from my access point (DHCP) if > WPA encryption is enabled. > > The tricky part is that it says it is associated but has IP of 0.0.0.0. > So it looks like encryption part is working and then other communication > fails. > > Everything works fine if I switch the encryption off. > The same station works fine with other access points. Other operating > systems works fine on the same station with the same access point. And > the same access point works fine with other stations. > In short - it's only FreeBSD that is having problems in this setup. > > What I have tried and it didn't help: > - using FreeBSD 8.0-R and 8.1-R > - using isc-dhcp41-client and isc-dhcp31-client from ports > - turning on/off different QoS settings on the access point > - adding my station to static IP table on the access point > - configuring ip address, netmask and routing table manually on my > station with DHCP server both enabled and disabled > - using different access points - two out of four are not working, all > different makes and models > > [..] > > I'm quite desperate to get it fixed so any ideas/suggestions appreciated.
Do I get that right? You've tried setting a fixed IP? Can you also run tcpdump on a remote side? How does your wpa_supplicant.conf look like? Do you have any other device available? an USB wlan stick or something to rule out the Atheros hardware. -- Bernhard _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
