Re: [Madwifi-devel] madwifi and 802.1x?

[Sam L. <sa...@er...>]

> I am testing madwifi0802 with Atheros 5212 chipset. According to the
> README file in madwifi, there is no build-in support for 802.1x and WPA,
> but the authors said that we can use other tools to support these
> security functions, such as xSupplicant for 802.1x.
> 
> After my testing, it seems doesn't work with xsupplicant. Is there any
> one doing the same job like me?
> 
> If I turn on 802.1x function on AP site, madwifi can't associate with AP,
> is it a bug?

The README file states:

> This distribution does not include support for 802.1x authentication
> or (obviously) WPA.  Support for .1x should be possible using
> existing tools such as xsupplicant but this has not been tried.

This is based on the fact that xsupplicant uses libpcap to send and receive
frames to do the protocol negotiation.  I believe this is sufficient to
allow it to work with a driver that otherwise knows nothing about 802.1x.
You may need to modify xsupplicant to communicate with the driver to set
keys, but I don't recall all the specifics of the .1x protocol or how
xsupplicant is implemented.

	Sam