stations don't connect, log ?

Maxent s.r.o. maxent
Sat Jan 31 02:27:31 PST 2004 

Hi,
I've sort of newbie question: Is there any way to find in some log 
what's going on when
a station is connecting to hostap (mdk rpm version 0.0.4 running on up 
to date updated
Mandrake 9.2). Everything seems fine and up but no station can connect, 
they find
strong signal, find essid, but when they try to connect, nothing 
happens. I was trying to
search web for some info on hostap logging but failed to find any 
detailed information
except obvious /var/log/syslog stuff. Maybe some kind of increased log 
level exists ?

Thanks in advance,
Karel Rericha

"iwconfig" output:

lo          no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"xxx" 
          Mode:Master  Frequency:2.442GHz  Access Point: 00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
          Bit Rate:11Mb/s   Sensitivity=1/3 
          Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:338  Invalid misc:1618484   Missed beacon:0

eth0       no wireless extensions.

eth1       no wireless extensions.

wlan0ap   IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"xxx" 
          Mode:Master  Frequency:2.442GHz  Access Point: 00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
          Bit Rate:11Mb/s   Sensitivity=1/3 
          Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
         
wlan0sta  IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"xxx" 
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.442GHz  Access Point: 
00:00:00:00:00:00 
          Bit Rate:11Mb/s   Sensitivity=1/3 
          Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off

"cat /var/log/syslog | wlan0" output:
(you can see zillion of restarts, enabling hostapd and ip address change,
mode change test and, ehm LOL time shifted 12 hours back due to
instalation pm<->am mistake )

Jan 27 22:07:45 Cerberus kernel: hostap_pci: Registered netdevice wlan0
Jan 27 22:07:45 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: NIC: id=0x8013 v1.0.0
Jan 27 22:07:45 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: PRI: id=0x15 v1.1.1
Jan 27 22:07:45 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: STA: id=0x1f v1.7.4
Jan 27 22:07:45 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Intersil Prism2.5 PCI: 
mem=0xea111000, irq=16
Jan 27 22:17:28 Cerberus kernel: hostap_pci: Registered netdevice wlan0
Jan 27 22:17:28 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: NIC: id=0x8013 v1.0.0
Jan 27 22:17:28 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: PRI: id=0x15 v1.1.1
Jan 27 22:17:28 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: STA: id=0x1f v1.7.4
Jan 27 22:17:28 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Intersil Prism2.5 PCI: 
mem=0xea111000, irq=16
Jan 28 22:07:25 Cerberus kernel: hostap_pci: Registered netdevice wlan0
Jan 28 22:07:25 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: NIC: id=0x8013 v1.0.0
Jan 28 22:07:25 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: PRI: id=0x15 v1.1.1
Jan 28 22:07:25 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: STA: id=0x1f v1.7.4
Jan 28 22:07:25 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Intersil Prism2.5 PCI: 
mem=0xea111000, irq=16
Jan 29 00:21:48 Cerberus kernel: hostap_pci: Registered netdevice wlan0
Jan 29 00:21:48 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: NIC: id=0x8013 v1.0.0
Jan 29 00:21:48 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: PRI: id=0x15 v1.1.1
Jan 29 00:21:48 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: STA: id=0x1f v1.7.4
Jan 29 00:21:48 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Intersil Prism2.5 PCI: 
mem=0xea111000, irq=16
Jan 29 01:17:05 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: enabling hostapd mode
Jan 29 01:17:05 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Registered netdevice wlan0ap for 
AP management
Jan 29 01:17:05 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Registered netdevice wlan0sta 
for STA use
Jan 29 01:21:53 Cerberus named[2206]: listening on IPv4 interface wlan0, 
10.1.0.1#53
Jan 29 01:36:07 Cerberus kernel: hostap_pci: Registered netdevice wlan0
Jan 29 01:36:07 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: NIC: id=0x8013 v1.0.0
Jan 29 01:36:07 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: PRI: id=0x15 v1.1.1
Jan 29 01:36:07 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: STA: id=0x1f v1.7.4
Jan 29 01:36:07 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Intersil Prism2.5 PCI: 
mem=0xea111000, irq=16
Jan 29 02:21:30 Cerberus kernel: hostap_pci: Registered netdevice wlan0
Jan 29 02:21:30 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: NIC: id=0x8013 v1.0.0
Jan 29 02:21:30 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: PRI: id=0x15 v1.1.1
Jan 29 02:21:30 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: STA: id=0x1f v1.7.4
Jan 29 02:21:30 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Intersil Prism2.5 PCI: 
mem=0xea111000, irq=16
Jan 29 02:21:49 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: enabling hostapd mode
Jan 29 02:21:49 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Registered netdevice wlan0ap for 
AP management
Jan 29 02:21:49 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Registered netdevice wlan0sta 
for STA use
Jan 29 03:21:35 Cerberus named[2206]: listening on IPv4 interface wlan0, 
10.1.0.1#53
Jan 29 12:43:07 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Disabling ALC
Jan 30 01:44:02 Cerberus kernel: hostap_pci: Registered netdevice wlan0
Jan 30 01:44:02 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: NIC: id=0x8013 v1.0.0
Jan 30 01:44:02 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: PRI: id=0x15 v1.1.1
Jan 30 01:44:02 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: STA: id=0x1f v1.7.4
Jan 30 01:44:02 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Intersil Prism2.5 PCI: 
mem=0xea111000, irq=16
Jan 30 01:44:22 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: enabling hostapd mode
Jan 30 01:44:22 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Registered netdevice wlan0ap for 
AP management
Jan 30 01:44:22 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Registered netdevice wlan0sta 
for STA use
Jan 30 01:49:06 Cerberus kernel: hostap_pci: Registered netdevice wlan0
Jan 30 01:49:06 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: NIC: id=0x8013 v1.0.0
Jan 30 01:49:06 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: PRI: id=0x15 v1.1.1
Jan 30 01:49:06 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: STA: id=0x1f v1.7.4
Jan 30 01:49:06 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Intersil Prism2.5 PCI: 
mem=0xea111000, irq=16
Jan 30 01:49:26 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: enabling hostapd mode
Jan 30 01:49:26 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Registered netdevice wlan0ap for 
AP management
Jan 30 01:49:26 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Registered netdevice wlan0sta 
for STA use
Jan 30 02:06:14 Cerberus kernel: hostap_pci: Registered netdevice wlan0
Jan 30 02:06:14 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: NIC: id=0x8013 v1.0.0
Jan 30 02:06:14 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: PRI: id=0x15 v1.1.1
Jan 30 02:06:14 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: STA: id=0x1f v1.7.4
Jan 30 02:06:14 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Intersil Prism2.5 PCI: 
mem=0xea111000, irq=16
Jan 30 02:39:25 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: enabling hostapd mode
Jan 30 02:39:25 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Registered netdevice wlan0ap for 
AP management
Jan 30 02:39:25 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Registered netdevice wlan0sta 
for STA use
Jan 30 02:47:32 Cerberus kernel: hostap_pci: Registered netdevice wlan0
Jan 30 02:47:32 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: NIC: id=0x8013 v1.0.0
Jan 30 02:47:32 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: PRI: id=0x15 v1.1.1
Jan 30 02:47:32 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: STA: id=0x1f v1.7.4
Jan 30 02:47:32 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Intersil Prism2.5 PCI: 
mem=0xea111000, irq=16
Jan 30 02:47:52 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: enabling hostapd mode
Jan 30 02:47:52 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Registered netdevice wlan0ap for 
AP management
Jan 30 02:47:52 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Registered netdevice wlan0sta 
for STA use
Jan 30 02:56:37 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Disabling ALC
Jan 30 03:47:37 Cerberus named[2203]: listening on IPv4 interface wlan0, 
10.1.0.1#53
Jan 29 21:17:02 Cerberus kernel: hostap_pci: Registered netdevice wlan0
Jan 29 21:17:02 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: NIC: id=0x8013 v1.0.0
Jan 29 21:17:02 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: PRI: id=0x15 v1.1.1
Jan 29 21:17:02 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: STA: id=0x1f v1.7.4
Jan 29 21:17:02 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Intersil Prism2.5 PCI: 
mem=0xea111000, irq=16
Jan 29 21:17:22 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: enabling hostapd mode
Jan 29 21:17:22 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Registered netdevice wlan0ap for 
AP management
Jan 29 21:17:22 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Registered netdevice wlan0sta 
for STA use
Jan 29 21:17:22 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Disabling ALC
Jan 29 22:17:07 Cerberus named[2202]: listening on IPv4 interface wlan0, 
10.1.0.1#53
Jan 30 16:12:47 Cerberus kernel: prism2: wlan0: operating mode changed 3 
-> 2
Jan 30 16:13:13 Cerberus kernel: prism2: wlan0: operating mode changed 2 
-> 3
Jan 30 19:47:34 Cerberus kernel: hostap_pci: Registered netdevice wlan0
Jan 30 19:47:34 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: NIC: id=0x8013 v1.0.0
Jan 30 19:47:34 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: PRI: id=0x15 v1.1.1
Jan 30 19:47:34 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: STA: id=0x1f v1.7.4
Jan 30 19:47:34 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Intersil Prism2.5 PCI: 
mem=0xea111000, irq=16
Jan 30 19:47:54 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: enabling hostapd mode
Jan 30 19:47:54 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Registered netdevice wlan0ap for 
AP management
Jan 30 19:47:54 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Registered netdevice wlan0sta 
for STA use
Jan 30 19:47:54 Cerberus kernel: wlan0: Disabling ALC
Jan 30 20:47:39 Cerberus named[2215]: listening on IPv4 interface wlan0, 
10.10.0.2#53

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