I didn't think wlan_xauth was deprecated; it should be installed in /boot/kernel/ .
Adrian On 1 September 2011 10:03, Martes G Wigglesworth <mailinglistmem...@mgwigglesworth.net> wrote: > On 08/30/2011 09:47 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: >> >> Can you please try 8.0-RELEASE and see if it works for you? I'd like >> to see where things broke along the FreeBSD-7 -> FreeBSD-8.2 path. > > I finished another upgrade from source, and after the restart the ifconfig > commands worked immediately. > I guess whatever I did last Spring, was only a partial install. > Results were as follows: > <code> > |router0>ifconfig > ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290 > ether 00:1b:2f:37:02:46 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap> > status: running > lagg0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 > media: Ethernet autoselect > status: no carrier > laggproto failover > wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > ether 00:1b:2f:37:02:46 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap> > status: running > ssid wrouter0 channel 1 (2412 MHz 11g) bssid 00:1b:2f:37:02:46 > country US ecm authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 23 scanvalid 60 > protmode CTS wme burst dtimperiod 1 -dfs | > </code> > > I am able to get the wlan0 device to associate, and to scan, as listed > below: > <code> > router0> ifconfig wlan0 scan > SSID/MESH ID BSSID CHAN RATE S:N INT > CAPS > CZXQ2 00:26:b8:46:70:8d 1 54M -85:-96 100 EPS > WME HTCAP ATH > 4EK81 00:26:b8:1f:ba:41 1 54M -92:-96 100 EPS > WME HTCAP ATH > virgicom-wi... 00:18:e7:0d:16:1a 2 54M 0:0 100 EPS > WPA > Belkin.306C 94:44:52:a3:f0:6c 1 54M -86:-96 100 EP > MESHCONF MESHCONF WPS HTCAP WPA RSN WME > 88VC7 00:1f:90:ed:8d:b9 1 54M -88:-96 100 EPS > WME ATH > ALLEN 00:24:b2:d6:57:2c 2 54M 0:0 100 EPS > WME HTCAP ATH WPS > </code> > > However, the current issue may be something that is a simple "staleness" > issue with a faulty kernel install, and hostapd. > When attempting to get hostapd running, I get the following: > > <code> > router0>/etc/rc.d/hostapd start > kldload: can't load wlan_xauth: No such file or directory > /etc/rc.d/hostapd: WARNING: Unable to load kernel module > wlan_xauth > /etc/rc.d/hostapd: WARNING: failed precmd routine for hostapd > </code> > > Here is the currently installed version, which is asking for the seemingly > depricated kernel module wlan_xauth. > <code> > router0> hostapd -v > hostapd v0.7.3 > User space daemon for IEEE 802.11 AP management, > IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP/RADIUS Authenticator > Copyright (c) 2002-2010, Jouni Malinen <j...@w1.fi> and > contributors > </code> > > I have found that I am actually missing the required wlan_xauth.ko > wlan_xauth.symbols entries in /boot/kernel so I must have a messy install of > the 8.2-STABLE kernel. > > I am considering this issue resolved, since I can fully utilize the wlan0 > mechanism now. > > Thanks again. > > -- > Respectfully, > > > Martes G Wigglesworth > M. G. Wigglesworth Holdings, LLC > www.mgwigglesworth.net > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > _______________________________________________ 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"
