From 0524a9d87e88322d226b296d3e7cca02b3836178 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: arbalan Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 21:21:15 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Editing done as a part of GCI --- .../handbook-advanced-networking/index.mdwn | 153 ------------------ 1 file changed, 153 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/docs/newhandbook/handbook-advanced-networking/index.mdwn b/docs/docs/newhandbook/handbook-advanced-networking/index.mdwn index e702dd2e..0380e97a 100644 --- a/docs/docs/newhandbook/handbook-advanced-networking/index.mdwn +++ b/docs/docs/newhandbook/handbook-advanced-networking/index.mdwn @@ -660,29 +660,13 @@ It is also suggested that you read the section on encryption that follows. -#####Status Information -Once the access point is configured and operational, operators will want to see the clients that are associated with the access point. At any time, the operator may type: - - - - - - # wicontrol -l - - 1 station: - - 00:09:b7:7b:9d:16 asid#04c0, flags3<ASSOC,AUTH>, caps=1<ESS>, rates=f<1M,2M,5.5M,11M>, sig=38/15 - -This shows that there is one station associated, along with its parameters. The signal indicated should be used as a relative indication of strength only. Its translation to dBm or other units varies between different firmware revisions. - - ####Clients @@ -700,104 +684,6 @@ There are a few different ways to configure a wireless client. These are based o -#####Requirements - - - -There is only one real requirement for setting up DragonFly as a wireless client. You will need a wireless card that is supported by DragonFly. - - - -#####Setting Up a Wireless DragonFly Client - - - -You will need to know a few things about the wireless network you are joining before you start. In this example, we are joining a network that has a name of `***my_net***`, and encryption turned off. - - - - **Note:** In this example, we are not using encryption, which is a dangerous situation. In the next section, you will learn how to turn on encryption, why it is important to do so, and why some encryption technologies still do not completely protect you. - - - -Make sure your card is recognized by DragonFly: - - - - - - # ifconfig -a - - wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 - - inet6 fe80::202:2dff:fe2d:c938%wi0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x7 - - inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255 - - ether 00:09:2d:2d:c9:50 - - media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/2Mbps) - - status: no carrier - - ssid "" - - stationname "DragonFly Wireless node" - - channel 10 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 - - wepmode OFF weptxkey 1 - - - - - -Now, we can set the card to the correct settings for our network: - - - - - - # ifconfig wi0 inet `***192.168.0.20***` netmask `***255.255.255.0***` ssid `***my_net***` - - - - - -Replace `192.168.0.20` and `255.255.255.0` with a valid IP address and netmask on your wired network. Remember, our access point is bridging the data between the wireless network, and the wired network, so it will appear to the other devices on your network that you are on the wired network just as they are. - - - -Once you have done that, you should be able to ping hosts on the wired network just as if you were connected using a standard wired connection. - - - -If you are experiencing problems with your wireless connection, check to make sure that your are associated (connected) to the access point: - - - - - - # ifconfig wi0 - - - - - -should return some information, and you should see: - - - - - - status: associated - - - - - -If it does not show `associated`, then you may be out of range of the access point, have encryption on, or possibly have a configuration problem. - ####Encryption @@ -812,40 +698,6 @@ The two most common ways to encrypt the data between your client and the access -#####WEP - - - -WEP is an abbreviation for Wired Equivalency Protocol. WEP is an attempt to make wireless networks as safe and secure as a wired network. Unfortunately, it has been cracked, and is fairly trivial to break. This also means it is not something to rely on when it comes to encrypting sensitive data. - - - -It is better than nothing, so use the following to turn on WEP on your new DragonFly access point: - - - - - - # ifconfig wi0 inet up ssid `***my_net***` wepmode on wepkey `***0x1234567890***` media DS/11Mbps mediaopt hostap - - - - - -And you can turn on WEP on a client with this command: - - - - - - # ifconfig wi0 inet `***192.168.0.20***` netmask `***255.255.255.0***` ssid `***my_net***` wepmode on wepkey `***0x1234567890***` - - - - - -Note that you should replace the `***0x1234567890***` with a more unique key. - #####IPsec @@ -864,11 +716,6 @@ There are a small number of tools available for use in debugging and setting up -#####The `wicontrol`, `ancontrol` and `raycontrol` Utilities - - - -These are the tools you can use to control how your wireless card behaves on the wireless network. In the examples above, we have chosen to use [wicontrol(8)](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command#wicontrol§ion8), since our wireless card is a `wi0` interface. If you had a Cisco wireless device, it would come up as `an0`, and therefore you would use [ancontrol(8)](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=ancontrol§ion=8). -- 2.41.0