Re: Prism 2.5 HostAP + WEP not working....

[matt snow <mattsnow_(_at_)_gmail_(_dot_)_com>]

and here is the output of wicontrol:

(drama_(_at_)_obf) ~ # wicontrol
NIC serial number:                      [ 99SA01000000 ]
Station name:                           [ WaveLAN/IEEE node ]
SSID for IBSS creation:                 [ wlan ]
Current netname (SSID):                 [ wlan ]
Desired netname (SSID):                 [ wlan ]
Current BSSID:                          [ 00:09:5b:2f:81:d0 ]
Channel list:                           [ 2047 ]
IBSS channel:                           [ 6 ]
Current channel:                        [ 6 ]
Comms quality/signal/noise:             [ 0 81 27 ]
Promiscuous mode:                       [ Off ]
Process 802.11b Frame:                  [ Off ]
Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc, 6=Host AP): [ 6 ]
MAC address:                            [ 00:09:5b:2f:81:d0 ]
TX rate (selection):                    [ 3 ]
TX rate (actual speed):                 [ 2 ]
Maximum data length:                    [ 2304 ]
RTS/CTS handshake threshold:            [ 2347 ]
Create IBSS:                            [ Off ]
Antenna diversity (0=auto,1=pri,2=aux): [ ]
Microwave oven robustness:              [ On ]
Roaming mode(1=firm,3=disable):         [ 1 ]
Access point density:                   [ 1 ]
Power Management:                       [ Off ]
Max sleep time:                         [ 100 ]
Enhanced Security mode:                 [ ]
Intersil Prism2-based card:             [ 1 ]
Card info:                              [ PRISM2.5 ISL3874A(Mini-PCI),
Firmware 1.3.6 ]
Encryption:                             [ On ]
Encryption algorithm:                   [ Firmware WEP ]
Authentication type
(1=OpenSys, 2=Shared Key):              [ 1 ]
TX encryption key:                      [ 1 ]
Encryption keys:                        [ 0xcc88f3e793e14704bc69121443
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On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 22:29:51 -0800, matt snow <mattsnow_(_at_)_gmail_(_dot_)_com> wrote:
> sorry, I meant I wrote the changes, then rebooted.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 22:29:25 -0800, matt snow <mattsnow_(_at_)_gmail_(_dot_)_com> wrote:
> > I saw it work, then I wrote the changes to /etc/hostname.wi0 and then
> > it stopped working. :(
> >
> > This is *exactly* what is in the file:
> > up nwid wlan media autoselect mediaopt hostap
> > !wicontrol \$if -e 1 -k 0xcc88f3e793e14704bc69121443 -v 1 -f 6
> >
> > and in XP on my laptop I have the 128bit key set to hex, and
> > cc88f3e793e14704bc69121443.
> >
> > ..Matt
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 06:19:28 +0100, Alexandre Anriot
> > <aanriot_(_at_)_atlantilde_(_dot_)_com> wrote:
> > > > So I tried this with still no luck:
> > > > If I do -A 2 I can not even sync my windowsXP or linux client.
> > >
> > > Too complicated. Try something like this:
> > >
> > > ifconfig wi0 nwid wlan media autoselect mediaopt hostap
> > > wicontrol wi0 -e 1 -k 0xcc88f3e793e14704bc69121443 -v 1 -f 6
> > >
> > > and use the same key on the client side.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Alexandre Anriot
> > > aanriot_(_at_)_atlantilde_(_dot_)_com
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > *-*
> > Matt Snow
> >  mattsnow_(_at_)_gmail_(_dot_)_com
> >
> 
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> Matt Snow
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