wpa_supplicant / ndiswrapper / Dell WLAN 1450 / Slackware issues

[Jouni Malinen]

On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 10:33:56AM -0800, Philip H. Schlesinger wrote:

> wpa_supplicant.conf:
> 
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> ctrl_interface_group=0
> #
> # home network; allow all valid ciphers
> network={
> ssid="ssid is entered here (not going to reveal it)"
> scan_ssid=0
> #ap_scan=2
> key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> psk="key is entered here (not going to reveal it)"
> }
> #
> 
> Note, by the way, that the ap_scan line, while I'd like to use it, 
> doesn't work - I get "Line 8: unknown network field 'ap_scan') (this is 
> PROBLEM 1)

Please note that ap_scan is a global variable like ctrl_interface, i.e.,
it cannot be used within a network block.

> Line 1: Invalid configuration line 'ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant'.
> Line 2: Invalid configuration line 'ctrl_interface_group=0'.

Looks like you have built wpa_supplicant without support for control
interface. You will need to have CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE=y line in .config if
you want to use the control interface.

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA