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Forum Topic - WPA Supplicant for QNX 6.3.2: (9 Items)
   
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pankaj nirala
11/17/2008 9:15 AM
post16654
WPA Supplicant for QNX 6.3.2   
Hi,
I need to implement security for Wi2Wi-8686 WiFi card. I am using QNX 6.3.2. Is there any QNX Supplicant available for 
this?
Andrew Boyd(deleted)
11/17/2008 9:32 AM
post16660
RE: WPA Supplicant for QNX 6.3.2   
I'm a bit confused ... are you using io-net or
io-pkt with the mv8686?

We don't have an io-net driver for the mv8686/8688
AFAIK.  For io-pkt, our drivers for the 8686 and
8688 do NOT use the normal BSD 802.11 wireless
infrastructure (believe me, I tried!) because of
the API provided by the ARM executable.

So, what I did was implement the Linux Wireless
Extension API (as used by the Marvell driver) in
the driver ioctl, and then added support to the
io-pkt wireless supplicant for it (see -Dwext 
command line option).  The source to the io-pkt
wireless supplicant is on the foundry.

--
aboyd
pankaj nirala
11/17/2008 9:52 AM
post16663
Re: RE: WPA Supplicant for QNX 6.3.2   
I am using io-net with mv8686 card. I had implemented the driver the same way as done by you ie(implement the Linux 
Wireless Extension API (as used by the Marvell driver) in
the driver ioctl).
I am looking for io-net WAP supplicant. Is it available anywhere?
Andrew Boyd(deleted)
11/17/2008 9:58 AM
post16668
RE: RE: WPA Supplicant for QNX 6.3.2   
The io-net infrastructure has NO knowledge of
wireless - in io-net, wireless support is 
implemented entirely in the driver.

So, why not just use the io-pkt WPA supplicant?

The source is on the foundry, and it's already got
the Linux Wireless Extension driver added to it
(see -Dwext) specifically for the mv8686/8688.

Main problem with our io-pkt supplicant is that 
it's a tad elderly - I think it's supposed to
be updated for 6.4.1 ... if you want, you can 
download the latest and greatest yourself from:

http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_supplicant/

--
aboyd
Robert Craig
11/17/2008 10:26 AM
post16674
RE: RE: WPA Supplicant for QNX 6.3.2   
Hi Pankaj:
	There is no supplicant support for io-net.  Our supplicant is
only available for io-pkt.

    Robert.

-----Original Message-----
From: pankaj nirala [mailto:community-noreply@qnx.com] 
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 9:53 AM
To: drivers-networking
Subject: Re: RE: WPA Supplicant for QNX 6.3.2

I am using io-net with mv8686 card. I had implemented the driver the
same way as done by you ie(implement the Linux Wireless Extension API
(as used by the Marvell driver) in the driver ioctl).
I am looking for io-net WAP supplicant. Is it available anywhere?

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pankaj nirala
11/18/2008 1:13 AM
post16718
Re: RE: RE: WPA Supplicant for QNX 6.3.2   
Hi Craig,
Is it possible to port the io-pkt WEP supplicant to io-net?
Sean Boudreau(deleted)
11/18/2008 9:35 AM
post16761
Re: RE: RE: WPA Supplicant for QNX 6.3.2   
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 01:13:02AM -0500, pankaj nirala wrote:
> Hi Craig,
> Is it possible to port the io-pkt WEP supplicant to io-net?

Not easily.  It's not something we plan on doing.

-seanb
Robert Craig
11/18/2008 10:17 AM
post16777
RE: RE: RE: WPA Supplicant for QNX 6.3.2   
You also don't need a supplicant for WEP since the keys don't change.
Other io-net wifi drivers (look at the docs for devn-bcm43xx.so) simply
passed the information through the command line.

   Robert. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Boudreau [mailto:community-noreply@qnx.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 9:36 AM
To: drivers-networking
Subject: Re: RE: RE: WPA Supplicant for QNX 6.3.2

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 01:13:02AM -0500, pankaj nirala wrote:
> Hi Craig,
> Is it possible to port the io-pkt WEP supplicant to io-net?

Not easily.  It's not something we plan on doing.

-seanb

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Andrew Boyd(deleted)
11/18/2008 10:07 AM
post16773
RE: RE: RE: WPA Supplicant for QNX 6.3.2   
> Is it possible to port the io-pkt WEP supplicant to io-net?

Just to try to clarify again, the io-net infrastructure
has NO knowledge of wireless.  This is unlike io-pkt, which
has hardware-independent support for 802.11.  In io-net,
the individual driver provides ALL the wireless support.
 
In view of the above paragraph, we could re-arrange your
question to be:

"Is it possible for an io-net driver to support the (io-pkt) supplicant?

The answer to that question, is that it is completely
up to the io-net driver, as to what it supports, and
doesn't support.

Assuming that you access to the entire source of the
driver, and you have access to the entire source of
the supplicant (eg http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_supplicant/ )
then the answer is really up to you. 

--
aboyd

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