On Wednesday, March 09, 2011 10:14:23 Michael wrote: > On 09/03/2011 09:02, Bernhard Schmidt wrote: > > 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. > > > > Was talking with Adrian about that after remembering the famous > > keycache issue. There are some fixes for that in HEAD, can I talk you > > into trying HEAD? > > > > Absolutely yes. As I said I am really keen to get it sorted. I have > spent quite a lot of money on two different wireless routers (in 6 > months time, two different locations) that doesn't work wireless with my > FreeBSD laptop - bummer. > Is there some image file I can download and install or do I have to > compile the whole thing from sources?
There are snapshots available: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/201102/ Maybe the livefs iso is enough for giving this a shot, dunno. -- 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"
