linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: r8712u: Fix driver to support ad-hoc mode

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Sun, 1 May 2011 07:08:11 +0800
From:	Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@...il.com>
To:	clemens fischer <ino-news@...tteswoode.dnsalias.org>
Cc:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>, wlanfae@...ltek.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8712u: Fix driver to support ad-hoc mode

On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 8:21 PM, clemens fischer
<ino-news@...tteswoode.dnsalias.org> wrote:
>> clemens fischer:
> Whatever I did late in the past night: sleeping ten hours helped a lot!
> I can now confirm that "r8712u" works in Ad-hoc mode using
> "wpa_supplicant(8)", it gets its IP from DHCP, connects everywhere and
> lets me get spam and all that.

Clemens,

Glad to head that!

> I still wish "r8712u" would let me use wireless-tools/iwconfig, but
> I can live with "wpa_supplicant(8)".

You wish just came true. To use plain iwconfig with wpa_supplicant,
here's what you need to do ...
just remember that the "order" is important ... you must set the
encryption key "before" you bring up the interface!!! This applies to
non-realtek devices as well.

# modprobe r8712u
# iwconfig wlan0 key restricted your-encrypted-password-same-as-wpa-psk-string
# ifconfig wlan0 up   <-- this comes after you set up the encryption above!
# iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc essid your-ssid
# ifconfig wlan0 your-ip
# dhcpd wlan0

Larry, thanks again for your help getting me started on this. The
device is working great!

Jeff
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/