[laptop-discuss] dladm - WPA-PSK - SUNWcryr

[Quaker Fang]

Emery wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was just checking to see if there have been any updates or
> breakthroughs to the issue of WPA support for the Broadcom 4318
> wireless adapter in the past quarter. When last visited, the latest
> NDIS version (1.1) still did not provide the proper crypto mechanism.
NDIS still doesn't support WPA.

--
Quaker
>
> Thanks,
>
> Emery Rudolph
>
>
> Quaker Fang wrote:
>> Super-User wrote:
>>
>>> So Quaker, is the bottom line that there is nothing I can do at this
>>> time with the current state of software development to get WPA to
>>> work with my Broadcom 4318? If this is the bottom line, I can stop
>>> pursuing this and focus on other things until a supported build
>>> arrives.
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>> -- 
>> Quaker
>>
>>>
>>> Emery
>>>
>>> Quaker Fang wrote:
>>>
>>>> Emery wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Okay,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am using NDIS 1.1, which was the latest version I could find.
>>>>> Please tell me what version of ndiswrapper I should be using to
>>>>> get WPA support.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, at present, the ndis 1.1 is the latest one, no new version
>>>> available.
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Quaker
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Emery
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Quaker Fang wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Emery,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Emery wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Quaker,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please clarify something. You stated that the problem with WPA
>>>>>>> identification is with the NDIS driver. I copied the driver from
>>>>>>> my working Windows XP installation, performed the iconv on the
>>>>>>> .inf file and went through the ndiswrapper
>>>>>>> compilation/configuration without a problem. The driver has
>>>>>>> built in support for WPA, because I am currently sending this
>>>>>>> over my WAP connection within MS XP, which is WPA enabled. With
>>>>>>> those facts how is it that the NDIS driver is not supporting WPA?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "ndiswrapper compilation/configuration" -- the codes of
>>>>>> ndiswrapper you used don't support WPA.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> Quaker
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Emery
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----------------------------------
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Quaker Fang wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Emery,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Emery Rudolph wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hello Valerie,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> There is so much conflicting information regarding this
>>>>>>>>> matter, I am glad to speak to a primary developer. My
>>>>>>>>> confusion is that I keep hearing that I would need to upgrade
>>>>>>>>> these packages, but I do not have them installed at all. I
>>>>>>>>> have read some information saying it was included with the
>>>>>>>>> build and others saying I need to download and install them.
>>>>>>>>> Can you tell me which is correct? If I do not have them
>>>>>>>>> installed can you send the the exact link to the packages. 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am the developer of Solaris WPA.
>>>>>>>> The answer is, under WPA-PSK mode, if you use DHCP to get IP
>>>>>>>> address, you need SUNWcry installed, if you use static IP, not
>>>>>>>> need.
>>>>>>>> As I know, at present, the SUNWcry package is not downloadable
>>>>>>>> to community users.
>>>>>>>> As Valerie said, this situation will be changed when his
>>>>>>>> project putback.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Additionally, would you know if the lack of these packages
>>>>>>>>> would result in WPA WAPs showing up as WEP in the dladm
>>>>>>>>> scan-wifi output?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No, this is caused by the ndiswrapper driver, the ndiswrapper
>>>>>>>> driver doesn't support WPA.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>>> Quaker
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Emery
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Emery -
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Yes, you do need to upgrade the SUNWcry/SUNWcryr packages
>>>>>>>>> everytime you upgrade
>>>>>>>>> your system. These are available in the closed-bin tar bundle,
>>>>>>>>> associated
>>>>>>>>> with each build. I'm not sure, specifically, how this affects
>>>>>>>>> WPA driver, but
>>>>>>>>> I do know that changes in the core crypto components often
>>>>>>>>> require all the
>>>>>>>>> modules to be updated as well for other tasks.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This is documented here:
>>>>>>>>> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/crypto/Documentation/sunwcry/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This will soon be changing, as I am wrapping up a project to
>>>>>>>>> pull strong
>>>>>>>>> crypto into the base OS.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> hope that helps,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Valerie
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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