From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.117]:36495 "EHLO mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751364AbXHKPFf (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:05:35 -0400 Message-ID: <46BDD038.4040207@lwfinger.net> Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:05:28 -0500 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Buesch CC: wireless Subject: Re: How to use software encryption with WEP and mac80211 References: <46BD2C17.4000702@lwfinger.net> <200708111142.15991.mb@bu3sch.de> In-Reply-To: <200708111142.15991.mb@bu3sch.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Michael Buesch wrote: > On Saturday 11 August 2007 05:25:11 Larry Finger wrote: >> What do I need to do to get mac80211 to do software encryption for WEP? My port of the PHY code from >> bcm43xx and the mac80211 front end works with WPA encryption. With WEP, it authenticates and >> associates, but never gets an IP number from DHCP. That indicates to me that the encryption is not >> set up correctly. I looked through the various definitions in include/net/mac80211.h, but nothing >> seems to apply. > > Which hw enc code do you use in that tree? The old softmac crap > or my new code from bcm43xx-mac80211? I had stripped out all the key stuff, but before that it was from bcm43xx-mac80211. > Anyway, if you want to disable hw enc, always set the force sw enc bit > in the set_key function and return early: > > key->flags |= IEEE80211_KEY_FORCE_SW_ENCRYPT; > return 0; This doesn't seem to work. I had tried it before. I guess I put your code back in again. Thanks, Larry