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Old 6th July 2013
kimotori kimotori is offline
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Originally Posted by jggimi View Post
WPA pre-shared key mode uses a 256-bit key. This key is either represented as a string of 64 Hexidecimal digits (and by convention, on Unix-like system they are represented beginning with 0x, such as 0xb7d130....), or as an 8 to 63-byte printable ASCII passphrase, such as "this is my passphrase" or MySecretKey or as you tried to use, 123456790.

If an ASCII passphrase is used, it is transformed into a 256-bit key via a cryptographic hash, using the SSID as a salt to 4096 iterations of HMAC-SHA1.

This transformation is the job of wpa_supplicant, if it finds an ASCII passphrase. You need not do this yourself. Just set psk="1234567890" in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf if that is your ASCII passphrase.
Tnx @jggimi @ldOp

works ok!

wpa_passphrase I have not used because it creates a problem.

I wrote a file, wpa_supplicant.conf manually. I make a brief summary:

vi /etc/rc.conf
Quote:
...
wpa_supplicant=YES
wpa_supplicant_flags="-B -i ath0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf"
sshd=YES
wscons=YES
...
vi /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
Quote:
network={
ssid="BSD"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk="1234567890"
}
mistakenly wrote psk=1234567890...without the quotes..

I recommend, use the "" and don't use a wpa_passphrase

vi /etc/ifconfig.ath0

Quote:
inet 192.168.1.200 netmask 255.255.255.0
!route add default 192.168.1.254
ifconfig ath0

Quote:
...
status=active
...

Last edited by kimotori; 9th July 2013 at 03:31 AM.
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