wpa_supplicant 0.2.5: succesful key negotiation, kicked off by "new AP" event

[Pedro Ramalhais]

On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 19:28, Pedro Ramalhais wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 19:20, DAVID LOSADA CARBALLO wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm using wpa_supplicant 0.2.5 along with Intel ipw2100 drivers (version 1.0) on a linux 2.6.9 kernel on a Gentoo distribution. This against a Buffalo AirStation G54 access point, using a WPA-PSK configuration with AES encryption.
> > 
> > As what i understand from wpa_supplicant debugging output (which i can send directly to anybody willing to help me), wpa_supplicant succesfully finds the wireless LAN and performs the key negotiation:
> > 
> > WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:07:40:a2:d4:98
> > Cancelling authentication timeout
> > EAPOL: External notification - portValid=1
> > EAPOL: External notification - EAP success=1
> > 
> > immediately after, though, a wireless event is received:
> > 
> > Wireless event: cmd=0x8b15 len=20
> > Wireless event: new AP: 00:07:40:a2:d4:98
> > 
> > ("new AP", maybe still scanning?). In consequence, negotiated keys are cleared and process is kicked off again:
> > 
> > Association event - clear replay counter
> > Associated to a new BSS: BSSID=00:07:40:a2:d4:98
> > wpa_driver_ipw2100_set_key: alg=none key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
> > wpa_driver_ipw2100_set_key: alg=none key_idx=1 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
> > wpa_driver_ipw2100_set_key: alg=none key_idx=2 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
> > wpa_driver_ipw2100_set_key: alg=none key_idx=3 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
> > wpa_driver_ipw2100_set_key: alg=none key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
> > EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
> > EAPOL: External notification - EAP success=0
> > EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=1
> > EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state CONNECTING
> > 
> > result is that i never get a stable connection. Any clues about what to do with this problem, please?
> > 
> > kind regards
> > 
> > David Losada
> > 
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> 
> Hi!
> That's a problem with the ipw2100 driver where association events are
> delayed (it's a firmware problem), so wpa_supplicant receives packets
> before the association event, and when it receives the association event
> it resets the keys, making authentication fail.

Try ipw2100-0.56+wpa eapol patch
Check this script:
http://www.uninova.pt/~pmr/files/WPA/WPA-HOWTO-script.sh

-- 
Pedro Ramalhais <ramalhais at serrado.net>