Re: Gateway - Cannot bring WiFi up or broadcast ssid

On 10/29/17 17:51, Kurtis wrote:
> I am configuring my home gateway. Being enthusiastically new to
> OpenBSD, I followed the directions here along with other various
> bits of documentation along the way:
>
> https://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/example1.html
>
> Unfortunately, I can't seem to understand how to bring my WiFi
> network "up" and broadcast my SSID. Here is output from
> `ifconfig`:
>
> iwm0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> lladdr f0:42:1c:80:df:90
> index 4 priority 4 llprio 3
> groups: wlan
> media: IEEE802.11 autoselect
> status: no network
> ieee80211: nwid <censored ssid> chan 1 wpakey <censored key> wpaprotos wpa2
> wpaakms psk wpaciphers ccmp wpagroupcipher ccmp
> inet 192.168.2.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
>
> Running these commands don't seem to do anything:
>
> # ifconfig iwm0 up
> # ifconfig iwm0 up scan
>
> Here is my `/etc/hostname.iwm0` file:
>
> # cat /etc/hostname.iwm0
> media autoselect mode 11n mediaopt hostap chan 1
> nwid <censored ssid>
> wpakey <censored key/password>
> inet 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0
>
> dmesg output:
>
> # dmesg | grep "iwm0"
> iwm0 at pci4 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 7260" rev 0xc3, msi
> iwm0: hw rev 0x140, fw ver 16.242414.0, address f0:42:1c:80:df:90
>
> I'd appreciate if anyone can point me in the right direction on how to better
> debug, learn, or otherwise get this working.
>
Hi Kurtis,

iwm(4) doesn't support hostap mode. You might want to check out a compatible
ath(4) or athn(4) card.

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Carlos