Re: [Winpcap-users] Adapting WinPcap’s functionality for connecting to Wi-Fi access points (APs).

[George S. Lockwood]

thanks. I did find that site, but haven't been able to get it to run
properly.  Had to find some dlls for the gui app, but found them.  so gui
runs but I must need to config it somehow.

do you remember your steps when first  trying this out.  the /? help isn't
quite cutting it for me.

george

On 7/13/06, Bryan Kadzban <bryan at kadzban.is-a-geek.net> wrote:
>
> George S. Lockwood wrote:
> > Say, do you happen to have the direct link to wpa_supplicant site?
> >
> > On 7/13/06, George S. Lockwood <gslockwood at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Hey thanks.
> >>
> >> Just so I'm sure the wpa_supplicant's Windows port you mention is
> >> using the NIC to provide connectivity...it's not a device driver
> >> itself, right?
> >>
> >> thanks again,
> >>
> >> george
>
> No, wpa_supplicant is not a driver.  (WinPcap is, but I think you
> already knew that.)  It's a userspace program that you can either run
> directly, or install as a service and run that way.  This:
>
> http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_supplicant/
>
> is the current URL.  Near the end of that page, there's a set of steps
> that happen when you associate with a wireless LAN; the PacketRequest
> API is used for the following steps:
>
> - wpa_supplicant requests the kernel driver to scan neighboring BSSes
> - wpa_supplicant requests the kernel driver to associate with the chosen
> BSS
> - wpa_supplicant configures encryption keys for unicast and broadcast
>
> There's another option in NDIS for the initial association, too --
> wpa_supplicant can program in an SSID and security settings, and let the
> card associate with any matching AP (this is used when connecting to an
> AP that doesn't include an SSID IE in its beacons).
>
> Also, I'm pretty sure that the WinPcap packet-send and -capture API is
> used during the following steps:
>
> - if WPA-EAP: integrated IEEE 802.1X Supplicant completes EAP
> authentication with the authentication server (proxied by the
> Authenticator in the AP)
> - If WPA-EAP: master key is received from the IEEE 802.1X Supplicant
> - wpa_supplicant completes WPA 4-Way Handshake and Group Key Handshake
> with the Authenticator (AP)
>
> This is not PacketRequest (I don't think), but it is WinPcap.
>
>
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