Re: AirportExtreme with FreeBSD HostAP

2003-03-26 Thread Mike Hoskins
On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Wes Peters wrote: > Yup, mac address filtering is even less useful than WEP. At least WEP > takes *some* effort to crack. ;^) It all takes ``some'' effort. That's the point, sort of like car alarms that are easily bypassed... The burgler will usually choose to hit the car p

Re: AirportExtreme with FreeBSD HostAP

2003-03-26 Thread Wes Peters
On Monday 24 March 2003 15:20, Mike Hoskins wrote: > > I actually just use a dumb 802.11b (Netgear) AP in infrastructure > mode at home now. It dangles off a "DMZ" interface on my FreeBSD > firewall. That interface only has Squid and dhcpd bound to it. DHCP > listens for requests and only assign

Re: AirportExtreme with FreeBSD HostAP

2003-03-24 Thread Kevin Stevens
>> The PowerBook returns invalid password (128bit wep Key entered in Hex) >> supplied. > > Of course you've re-checked for typos. Aren't 26-character hex keys > fun? Did you use the required $ prefix in the Airport client WEP requester? >> Has anybody had experience getting an AirportExtreme cli

Re: AirportExtreme with FreeBSD HostAP

2003-03-24 Thread Mike Hoskins
(I removed the -questions CC, looks like this is moving to -net...) On Sun, 23 Mar 2003, Aaron Daubman wrote: > >From my experiences, I cannot get my PowerBook to connect to my FreeBSD > 4-Stable (built 2 nights ago) HostAP, WinXP clients work fine. I've only had experience with a couple APs in

AirportExtreme with FreeBSD HostAP

2003-03-23 Thread Aaron Daubman
Hi, I have done a bit of research on the topic, and I've only been able to find sporadic postings to several newsgroups (mostly Open/Net BSD related) hinting at the fact that Apple's AirportExtreme (talking 802.11b, not g here) drivers are incompatible with Free/Net/Open BSD HostAP mode APs with W