wpa_supplicant, madwifi and WEP?

[Gonzalo Diethelm]

Since I didn't get any replies to my previous post, I'll try to ask a
few more directed questions:

1. Does wpa_supplicant support configuring a connection with static WEP
passwords (what I would call the typical configuration you see on a
Windows machine using WiFi with some kind of protection)?

2. If yes, is this supported with an Atheros-based (madwifi) card?

3. Could someone provide an example of a network block for such a
configuration? What I am trying to use, without success, is:

network={
        ssid="XXX"
        priority=50
        auth_alg=SHARED
        key_mgmt=NONE
        wep_key0=xxxxxxxxx0
        wep_key1=xxxxxxxxx1
        wep_key2=xxxxxxxxx2
        wep_key3=xxxxxxxxx3
        wep_tx_keyidx=0
}

More details in my previous post, included below. Thanks everyone.

On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 20:16 -0400, Gonzalo Diethelm wrote:
> Hello, first post here.
> 
> I'm using linux 2.6.8 (debian unstable), and my WiFi card is:
> 
> 0000:00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc.
> AR5212802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
> 
> The madwifi driver is from CVS as of today. This is my wpa_supplicant
> configuration (the XXX values are there to protect the innocent):
> 
> network={
>         ssid="XXX"
>         scan_ssid=1
>         priority=50
>         auth_alg=SHARED
>         key_mgmt=NONE
>         wep_key0=xxxxxxxxx0
>         wep_key1=xxxxxxxxx1
>         wep_key2=xxxxxxxxx2
>         wep_key3=xxxxxxxxx3
>         wep_tx_keyidx=0
> }
> 
> The scan_ssid is there because this network does not broadcast its SSID;
> is this the right approach? (At least it did allow me to find the AP and
> try to bind to it).
> 
> Now, when I run wpa_supplicant in debug mode it does find the AP and it
> does bind to it, but the WEP keys are never passed on to the card, and
> therefore the card eventually unbinds from the AP. Here is part of the
> log I'm seeing:
> 
> Trying to associate with 00:4f:62:00:00:2a (SSID='ovislink' freq=2437
> MHz)
> Cancelling scan request
> Automatic auth_alg selection: 0x1
> Overriding auth_alg selection: 0x2
> No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
> wpa_driver_madwifi_set_key: alg=WEP key_idx=0 set_tx=1 seq_len=0
> key_len=5
> wpa_driver_madwifi_set_key: alg=WEP key_idx=1 set_tx=0 seq_len=0
> key_len=5
> wpa_driver_madwifi_set_key: alg=WEP key_idx=2 set_tx=0 seq_len=0
> key_len=5
> wpa_driver_madwifi_set_key: alg=WEP key_idx=3 set_tx=0 seq_len=0
> key_len=5
> wpa_driver_madwifi_set_drop_unencrypted: enabled=1
> wpa_driver_madwifi_associate
> wpa_driver_madwifi_set_wpa: enabled=0
> Setting authentication timeout: 5 sec 0 usec
> EAPOL: External notification - portControl=ForceAuthorized
> Wireless event: cmd=0x8b1a len=21
> Wireless event: cmd=0x8b15 len=20
> Wireless event: new AP: 00:4f:62:00:00:2a
> Association event - clear replay counter
> Associated to a new BSS: BSSID=00:4f:62:00:00:2a
> Associated with 00:4f:62:00:00:2a
> EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
> EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
> EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=1
> EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state S_FORCE_AUTH
> EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state IDLE
> EAP: EAP entering state INITIALIZE
> EAP: EAP entering state IDLE
> Cancelling authentication timeout
> RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'ath0' added
> 
> 
> After that final line, I do a iwconfig on the card and it does show the
> correct AP MAC address and ESSID name, but the encryption key is off.
> 
> Can anybody give me a hand here? Am I misconfiguring wpa_supplicant? Is
> perhaps this mode (WEP with encryption) not supported?
> 
> Thanks in advance, and best regards.
> 
> 

-- 
Gonzalo Diethelm
gonzalo.diethelm at aditiva.com

-- 
Gonzalo Diethelm
gonzalo.diethelm at aditiva.com