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Re: WEP in Lucent silver card
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Lehey" <grog@lemis.com>
To: "Josh Ziering" <whoredware@yahoo.com>; "Todd C. Miller"
<Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
Cc: <misc@openbsd.org>
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: WEP in Lucent silver card
> On Sunday, 3 March 2002 at 21:35:41 -0500, Josh Ziering wrote:
> > On Sunday, March 03, 2002 7:59 PM, Todd C. Miller
<Todd.Miller@courtesan.com> wrote:
> >
> >> This is almost certainly firmware version specific. On OpenBSD the
> >> firmware rev. is listed in the kernel bootup message. I have no
> >> idea what FreeBSD does. The OpenBSD wicontrol also prints this
> >> info but I don't think FreeBSD's does.
> >>
> >> Anyway, I do this for an IBSS master:
> >> wicontrol wi0 -p 0 -c 1 -n 'My BSSID' -q 'My BSSID'
> >> And for a client:
> >> wicontrol wi0 -p 0 -n 'My BSSID'
> >>
> >> That is using Lucent firmware 8.10. I have also done this with
> >> Prism2 cards using firmware 0.8.3. If you are using a Lucent card
> >> where '-p 0' doesn't work, '-p 1' should work instead unless your
> >> firmware is < 6.16 in which case it does not support IBSS. If you
> >> are using Prism2 firmware < 0.8.2 IBSS probably doesn't work.
> >>
> >> - todd
> >>
> >
> > Hmm, Still nothing. I used the command set that Todd gave, and it seems
I
> > still can't ping my clients. My wicontrol output is:
> >
> > NIC serial number: [ 99SA01000000 ]
> > Station name: [ WaveLAN/IEEE node ]
> > SSID for IBSS creation: [ Josh's Network ]
> > Current netname (SSID): [ Josh's Network ]
> > Desired netname (SSID): [ Josh's Network ]
> > Current BSSID: [ 02:05:ea:19:43:04 ]
>
> This shows a different MAC address for the IBSS.
>
> > Channel list: [ 2047 ]
> > IBSS channel: [ 11 ]
> > Current channel: [ 11 ]
> > Comms quality/signal/noise: [ 58 99 3 ]
>
> And I haven't seen any valid comms quality display when running IBSS
> mode, though this may be due to different firmware.
>
> > Promiscuous mode: [ Off ]
> > Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc): [ 0 ]
> > MAC address: [ 00:05:5d:d7:0c:35 ]
> > TX rate (selection): [ 3 ]
> > TX rate (actual speed): [ 11 ]
> > Maximum data length: [ 2304 ]
> > RTS/CTS handshake threshold: [ 2347 ]
> > Create IBSS: [ On ]
> > Microwave oven robustness: [ 249 3577 3602 ]
> > Roaming mode(1:firm,3:disable): [ 1 ]
> > Access point density: [ 1 ]
> > Power Mgmt (1=on, 0=off): [ 0 ]
> > Max sleep time: [ 100 ]
> > Card info: [ PRISM 2.5 ISL3873, Firmware
1.3
> > variant 5
> > WEP encryption: [ Off ]
> > Authentication type
> > (1=OpenSys, 2=Shared Key): [ 1 ]
> > TX encryption key: [ 1 ]
> > Encryption keys: [ ][ ][ ][ ]
>
> On Sunday, 3 March 2002 at 19:41:05 -0700, Todd C. Miller wrote:
> > In message <036201c1c325$4739a150$0400a8c0@Lapadapolis>
> > so spake Josh Ziering (whoredware):
> >
> >> wi0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0 "Global Sun GL24110P02" rev 0x02: irq 12
> >> wi0: "D, Link DWL-650 11Mbps WLAN Card, Version 01.02"
> >> wi0: PRISM 2.5 ISL3873, Firmware 1.3 variant 5, address
00:05:5d:d7:0c:35
> >>
> >> Isn't 1.3 a really high firmware number?
> >
> > That's a Prism 2.5 card, they use different firmware than Prism 2.
> > I don't have a Prism 2.5 card so I've never tested '-p 0' on one.
> > However, your wicontrol output looks good if you are trying to be
> > an IBSS master--have you verified that your clients are using the
> > same channel?
>
> It would be interesting to see the result of a '-p 1' under these
> circumstances. Also, it's correct that you're not using a base
> station, right? Otherwise you shouldn't be trying IBSS mode.
>
> Greg
> --
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>
No, I have no base station. I have been running internet access for a few
weeks using ad hoc, but if I do base station, I effectively double the
range between computers. Also, ADhoc sucks.
-Josh Ziering-